U.S. state Temperature Extremes - wikipedia U.S. state Temperature Extremes The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in each state in the United States, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius during the past two centuries. State Record high temperature Date Place ( s ) Record low temperature Date Place ( s ) Alabama 110 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001925 - 09 - 05 - 0000 September 5, 1925 Centreville − 27 ° F / − 33 ° C 000000001966 - 01 - 30 - 0000 January 30, 1966 New Market Alaska 100 ° F / 38 ° C 000000001915 - 06 - 27 - 0000 June 27, 1915 Fort Yukon − 80 ° F / − 62 ° C 000000001971 - 01 - 23 - 0000 January 23, 1971 Prospect Creek Arizona 128 ° F / 53 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1994 Lake Havasu City − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001971 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1971 McNary Arkansas 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1936 Ozark − 29 ° F / − 34 ° C 000000001905 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1905 Gravette California 134 ° F / 57 ° C 000000001913 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1913 Furnace Creek − 45 ° F / − 43 ° C 000000001937 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1937 Boca Colorado 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 11 - 0000 July 11, 1954 Sedgwick − 61 ° F / − 52 ° C 000000001985 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 1985 Maybell Connecticut 106 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001995 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1995 Danbury − 37 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001943 - 02 - 16 - 0000 February 16, 1943 Norfolk Delaware 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1930 Millsboro − 17 ° F / − 27 ° C 000000001893 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1893 Millsboro District of Columbia 106 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20, 1930 Washington − 15 ° F / − 26 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 11 - 0000 February 11, 1899 Washington Florida 109 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001931 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1931 Monticello − 2 ° F / − 19 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1899 Tallahassee Georgia 112 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001983 - 08 - 20 - 0000 August 20, 1983 * Greenville − 17 ° F / − 27 ° C 000000001940 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27, 1940 Chatsworth Hawaii 98 ° F / 37 ° C 000000001957 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1957 Puunene * 15 ° F / - 9 ° C 000000001975 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1975 Mauna Kea Observatories Idaho 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001934 - 07 - 28 - 0000 July 28, 1934 Orofino − 60 ° F / − 51 ° C 000000001943 - 01 - 18 - 0000 January 18, 1943 Island Park Illinois 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1954 East Saint Louis − 36 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001999 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1999 Congerville Indiana 116 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1936 Collegeville − 36 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001994 - 01 - 19 - 0000 January 19, 1994 New Whiteland Iowa 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001934 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20, 1934 Keokuk − 47 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001996 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 1996 * Elkader Kansas 121 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 1936 * Alton − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001905 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1905 Lebanon Kentucky 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 28 - 0000 July 28, 1930 Greensburg − 37 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001994 - 01 - 19 - 0000 January 19, 1994 Shelbyville Louisiana 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001936 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1936 Plain Dealing − 16 ° F / − 27 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1899 Minden Maine 105 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001911 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1911 * North Bridgton − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000002009 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 2009 Clayton Lake Maryland 109 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 * Cumberland − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001912 - 01 - 13 - 0000 January 13, 1912 Oakland Massachusetts 107 ° F / 42 ° C 000000001975 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1975 New Bedford − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001984 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 1984 Chester Michigan 112 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 13 - 0000 July 13, 1936 Mio − 51 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001934 - 02 - 09 - 0000 February 9, 1934 Vanderbilt Minnesota 115 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001917 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 1917 Beardsley − 60 ° F / − 51 ° C 000000001996 - 02 - 02 - 0000 February 2, 1996 Tower Mississippi 115 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 1930 Holly Springs − 19 ° F / − 28 ° C 000000001966 - 01 - 30 - 0000 January 30, 1966 Corinth Missouri 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1954 * Warsaw − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001905 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1905 Warsaw Montana 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001937 - 07 - 05 - 0000 July 5, 1937 Medicine Lake − 70 ° F / − 57 ° C 000000001954 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1954 Lincoln ( Rogers Pass ) Nebraska 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 1936 * Minden − 47 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001989 - 12 - 22 - 0000 December 22, 1989 * Oshkosh Nevada 125 ° F / 52 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1994 Laughlin − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001937 - 01 - 08 - 0000 January 8, 1937 San Jacinto New Hampshire 106 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001911 - 07 - 04 - 0000 July 4, 1911 Nashua − 47 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001885 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 1885 Randolph New Jersey 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 Runyon − 34 ° F / − 37 ° C 000000001904 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1904 River Vale New Mexico 122 ° F / 50 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 27 - 0000 June 27, 1994 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001951 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 1951 Gavilan New York 109 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001926 - 07 - 22 - 0000 July 22, 1926 Troy − 52 ° F / − 47 ° C 000000001979 - 02 - 18 - 0000 February 18, 1979 * Old Forge North Carolina 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001983 - 08 - 21 - 0000 August 21, 1983 Fayetteville − 34 ° F / − 37 ° C 000000001985 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 1985 Burnsville North Dakota 121 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 06 - 0000 July 6, 1936 Steele − 60 ° F / − 51 ° C 000000001936 - 02 - 15 - 0000 February 15, 1936 Parshall Ohio 113 ° F / 45 ° C 000000001934 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1934 Gallipolis − 39 ° F / − 39 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 1899 Milligan Oklahoma 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 08 - 12 - 0000 August 12, 1936 * Altus − 31 ° F / − 35 ° C 000000002011 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 2011 Nowata Oregon 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001939 - 07 - 27 - 0000 July 27, 1939 Umatilla − 54 ° F / − 48 ° C 000000001933 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 1933 * Seneca Pennsylvania 111 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 * Phoenixville − 42 ° F / − 41 ° C 000000001904 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1904 Smethport Rhode Island 104 ° F / 40 ° C 000000001975 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1975 Providence − 28 ° F / − 33 ° C 000000001942 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1942 Richmond South Carolina 113 ° F / 45 ° C 000000002012 - 06 - 30 - 0000 June 30, 2012 * Camden − 22 ° F / − 30 ° C 000000001985 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 1985 Landrum South Dakota 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000002006 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 2006 * Fort Pierre * − 58 ° F / − 50 ° C 000000001936 - 02 - 17 - 0000 February 17, 1936 McIntosh Tennessee 113 ° F / 45 ° C 000000001933 - 08 - 09 - 0000 August 9, 1933 * Perryville − 32 ° F / − 36 ° C 000000001917 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1917 Mountain City Texas 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 28 - 0000 June 28, 1994 * Monahans − 23 ° F / − 31 ° C 000000001933 - 02 - 08 - 0000 February 8, 1933 * Seminole Utah 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001985 - 07 - 05 - 0000 July 5, 1985 Saint George − 69 ° F / − 56 ° C 000000001985 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 1985 Peter Sinks Vermont 105 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001911 - 07 - 04 - 0000 July 4, 1911 Vernon − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001933 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1933 Bloomfield Virginia 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1954 Balcony Falls − 30 ° F / − 34 ° C 000000001985 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 1985 Pembroke Washington 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001961 - 08 - 05 - 0000 August 5, 1961 * Burbank − 48 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001968 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1968 Mazama West Virginia 112 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 * Martinsburg − 37 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001917 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1917 Lewisburg Wisconsin 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 13 - 0000 July 13, 1936 Wisconsin Dells − 55 ° F / − 48 ° C 000000001996 - 02 - 04 - 0000 February 4, 1996 Couderay Wyoming 115 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001983 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 1983 Basin − 63 ° F / − 53 ° C 000000001933 - 02 - 09 - 0000 February 9, 1933 Moran * Also on earlier date or dates in that state See Also Canadian provincial and territorial temperature extremes References Jump up ^ National Climatic Data Center. `` State Climate Extremes Committee ( SCsEC ) ''. Retrieved 2015 - 02 - 14. ^ Jump up to : : Christopher C. Burt. `` Some Errors in the NCDC U.S.A. State Weather Extreme Records Data : Part 2 ''. wunderground.com. Archived from the original on 2015 - 10 - 12. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) ^ Jump up to : : Christopher C. Burt. `` Some Errors in the NCDC U.S.A. State Weather Extreme Records Data : Part 1 ''. wunderground.com. Archived from the original on 2015 - 10 - 12. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Peter Sinks Temperature Monitoring ''. Utah Climate Center. Retrieved February 20, 2018. 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Question: what is the coldest temperature ever recorded in the continental united states
Answer: −69 °F / −56 °C