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The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records|title=State Climate Extremes Committee (SCsEC)|author=National Climatic Data Center|author-link=National Climatic Data Center|access-date=February 14, 2015}} If two dates have the same temperature record (e.g. record low of {{convert|40|°F|1|disp=or}} in 1911 in Aibonito and 1966 in San Sebastian in Puerto Rico), only the most recent date is shown.

Extreme temperatures for each U.S. state and territory

class="wikitable sortable"

! State,
federal district,
or territory

! Record high
temperature!! Date !! Place(s) !!data-sort-type="number" | Record low
temperature !! Date !! Place(s)

!Difference

{{flag|Alabama}}

| {{Convert|112|F|1}}

{{dts|1925-09-06}}Centreville

| {{Convert

27|F|1}}{{dts|1966-01-30}}New Market

| {{Convert|139|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Alaska}}

| {{Convert|100|F|1}}

{{dts|1915-06-27}}Fort Yukon

| {{Convert|−80|F|1}}

{{dts|1971-01-23}}Prospect Creek

| {{Convert|180|F-change}}

{{flag|American Samoa}}These are the temperature extremes for Tutuila Island. Temperature extremes for other parts of American Samoa, such as the Manuʻa Islands, are unavailable.http://scacis.rcc-acis.org/ SC ACIS (Applied Climate Information System). NOAA Regional Climate Centers. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

| {{Convert|99|F|1}}

{{dts|1972-04-27}}Also on earlier date or dates in that state or territoryMalaeloa/Aitulagi

| {{Convert|53|F|1}}

{{dts|1962-03-28}}Malaeloa/Aitulagi

| {{Convert|46|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Arizona}}

| {{Convert|128|F|1}}

{{dts|1994-06-29}}Lake Havasu City

| {{Convert|−40|F}}

{{dts|1971|01|07}}McNary

| {{Convert|168|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Arkansas}}

| {{Convert|120|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-08-10}}Ozark

| {{Convert|−29|F|1}}

{{dts|1905-02-13}}Gravette

| {{Convert|149|F-change|1}}

{{flag|California}}

| {{Convert|134|F|1}}

Highest temperature recorded on EarthGreenland Ranch (Death Valley)

| {{Convert|−45|F|1}}

{{dts|1937-01-20}}Boca

| {{Convert|179|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Colorado}}

| {{Convert|115|F|1}}

{{dts|2019-07-20}}John Martin Reservoir{{cite news |last=Sakas |first=Michael|date=October 4, 2019|title=It's Official, Colorado's 'Wild Weather Year' Sets New High Temp And Hailstone Records|url=https://www.cpr.org/2019/10/04/its-official-colorados-wild-weather-year-sets-new-high-temp-and-hailstone-records/|access-date=October 5, 2019}}

| {{Convert|−61|F|1}}

{{dts|1985-02-01}}Maybell

| {{Convert|176|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Connecticut}}

| {{Convert|106|F|1}}

{{dts|1995-07-15}}Danbury

| {{Convert|−37|F|1}}

{{dts|1943-02-16}}Norfolk{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=19|title=Some Errors in the NCDC U.S.A. State Weather Extreme Records Data: Part 2|author=Christopher C. Burt|website=wunderground.com|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012131142/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=19|archive-date=October 12, 2015}}

| {{Convert|143|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Delaware}}

| {{Convert|110|F|1}}

{{dts|1930-07-21}}Millsboro

| {{Convert|−17|F|1}}

{{dts|1893-01-17}}Millsboro

| {{Convert|127|F-change|1}}

{{flag|District of Columbia}}{{cite web |title= Washington, D.C. shatters all-time June record high, sizzles to 104 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/washington-dc-ties-record-high-of-101/2012/06/29/gJQAiiRmBW_blog.html |website=The Washington Post |date=2012-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326035812/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/washington-dc-ties-record-high-of-101/2012/06/29/gJQAiiRmBW_blog.html |archive-date=2023-03-26 |url-status=live |last1=Samenow |first1=Jason}}https://web.archive.org/web/20101231041158/http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/winter/DC-Winters.htm Watson, Barbara McNaught (November 17, 1999). "Washington Area Winters". National Weather Service. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010.

| {{Convert|106|F|1}}

{{dts|1930-07-20}}Washington

| {{Convert|−15|F|1}}

{{dts|1899-02-11}}Washington

| {{Convert|121|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Florida}}

| {{Convert|109|F|1}}

{{dts|1931-06-29}}Monticello

| {{Convert|−2|F|1}}

{{dts|1899-02-13}}Tallahassee

| {{Convert|111|F-change|1}}

{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} Georgia

| {{Convert|112|F|1}}

{{dts|1983-08-20}}Greenville

| {{Convert|−17|F|1}}

{{dts|1940-01-27}}Chatsworth

| {{Convert|129|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Guam}}

| {{Convert|100|F|1}}

{{dts|1945-09-10}}Sånta Rita-Sumai

| {{Convert|56|F|1}}

{{dts|1987-05-31}}Inalåhan

| {{Convert|44|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Hawaii}}

| {{Convert|100|F|1}}

{{dts|1931-04-27}}Pahala

| {{Convert|15|F|1}}

{{dts|1975-01-05}}Mauna Kea Observatories{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=18|title=Some Errors in the NCDC U.S.A. State Weather Extreme Records Data: Part 1|author=Christopher C. Burt|website=wunderground.com|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012131142/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=18|archive-date=October 12, 2015}}

| {{Convert|83|F-change}}

{{flag|Idaho}}

| {{Convert|118|F|1}}

{{dts|1934-07-28}}Orofino

| {{Convert|−60|F|1}}

{{dts|1943-01-18}}Island Park

| {{Convert|178|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Illinois}}

| {{Convert|117|F|1}}

{{dts|1954-07-14}}East Saint Louis

| {{Convert|−38|F|1}}

{{dts|2019-01-31}}Mount Carroll{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/extremes/scec/reports/20190305-Illinois-Minimum-Temperature.pdf|title=Memorandum — Illinois State Record Minimum Temperature at Mt. Carroll

|access-date=March 7, 2019|publisher=NCDC }}

| {{Convert|155|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Indiana}}

| {{Convert|116|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-07-14}}Collegeville

| {{Convert|−36|F|1}}

{{dts|1994-01-19}}New Whiteland

| {{Convert|152|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Iowa}}

| {{Convert|118|F|1}}

{{dts|1934-07-20}}Keokuk

| {{Convert|−47|F|1}}

{{dts|1996-02-03}}Elkader

| {{Convert|165|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Kansas}}

| {{Convert|121|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-07-24}}Alton

| {{Convert|−40|F|1}}

{{dts|1905-02-13}}Lebanon

| {{Convert|161|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Kentucky}}

| {{Convert|116|F|1}}

{{dts|1930-07-28}}Louisville

| {{Convert|−37|F|1}}

{{dts|1994-01-19}}Shelbyville

| {{Convert|151|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Louisiana}}

| {{Convert|114|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-08-10}}Plain Dealing

| {{Convert|−16|F|1}}

{{dts|1899-02-13}}Minden

| {{Convert|130|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Maine}}

| {{Convert|105|F|1}}

{{dts|1911-07-10}}North Bridgton

| {{Convert|−50|F|1}}

{{dts|2009-01-16}}Clayton Lake

| {{Convert|155|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Maryland}}

| {{Convert|109|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-07-10}}Cumberland

| {{Convert|−40|F}}

{{dts|1912-01-13}}Oakland

| {{Convert|149|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Massachusetts}}

| {{Convert|107|F|1}}

{{dts|1975-08-02}}New Bedford

| {{Convert|−40|F}}

{{dts|1984-01-22}}Chester

| {{Convert|147|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Michigan}}

| {{Convert|112|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-07-13}}Mio

| {{Convert|−51|F|1}}

{{dts|1934-02-09}}Vanderbilt

| {{Convert|163|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Minnesota}}

| {{Convert|115|F|1}}

{{dts|1917-07-29}}Beardsley

| {{Convert|−60|F|1}}

{{dts|1996-02-02}}Tower

| {{Convert|175|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Mississippi}}

| {{Convert|115|F|1}}

{{dts|1930-07-29}}Holly Springs

| {{Convert|−19|F|1}}

{{dts|1966-01-30}}Corinth

| {{Convert|134|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Missouri}}

| {{Convert|118|F|1}}

{{dts|1954-07-14}}Warsaw

| {{Convert|−40|F}}

{{dts|1905-02-13}}Warsaw

| {{Convert|158|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Montana}}

| {{Convert|117|F|1}}

{{dts|1937-07-05}}Medicine Lake

| {{Convert|−70|F|1}}

{{dts|1954-01-20}}Lincoln (Rogers Pass)

| {{Convert|187|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Nebraska}}

| {{Convert|118|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-07-24}}Minden

| {{Convert|−47|F|1}}

{{dts|1989-12-22}}Oshkosh

| {{Convert|165|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Nevada}}

| {{Convert|125|F|1}}

{{dts|1994-06-29}}Laughlin

| {{Convert|−50|F|1}}

{{dts|1937-01-08}}San Jacinto

| {{Convert|175|F-change|1}}

{{flag|New Hampshire}}

| {{Convert|106|F|1}}

{{dts|1911-07-04}}Nashua

| {{Convert|−50|F|1}}

{{dts|1885-01-22}}Mount Washington

| {{Convert|156|F-change|1}}

{{flag|New Jersey}}

| {{Convert|110|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-07-10}}Runyon

| {{Convert|−34|F|1}}

{{dts|1904-01-05}}River Vale

| {{Convert|144|F-change}}

{{flag|New Mexico}}

| {{Convert|122|F}}

{{dts|1994-06-27}}Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

| {{Convert|−57|F|1}}

{{dts|1963-01-13}}Ciniza

| {{Convert|179|F-change|1}}

{{flagicon|New York}} New York

| {{Convert|108|F|1}}

{{dts|1926-07-22}}Troy

| {{Convert|−52|F|1}}

{{dts|1979-02-18}}Old Forge{{cite web|url=https://www.ggweather.com/climate/extremes_us.htm%7c|title=UNITED STATES EXTREME RECORD TEMPERATURES & DIFFERENCES. Golden Gate Weather Services. Published 2014. Accessed 19 February 2019.}}

| {{Convert|160|F-change|1}}

{{flag|North Carolina}}

| {{Convert|110|F|1}}

{{dts|1983-08-21}}Fayetteville

| {{Convert|−34|F|1}}

{{dts|1985-01-21}}Burnsville

| {{Convert|144|F-change}}

{{flag|North Dakota}}

| {{Convert|121|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-07-06}}Steele

| {{Convert|−60|F|1}}

{{dts|1936-02-15}}Parshall

| {{Convert|181|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}{{refn|group=note|These are the temeperature extremes for Saipan, Tinian and Rota. Temperature extremes for the Northern Islands Municipality are unavailable.}}

| {{Convert|99|F|1}}

{{dts|2010-07-08}}Saipan

| {{Convert|62|F|1}}

{{dts|2000-12-15}}Saipan

| {{Convert|37|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Ohio}}

| {{Convert|113|F}}

{{dts|1934-07-21}}Gallipolis

| {{Convert|−39|F|1}}

{{dts|1899-02-10}}Milligan

| {{Convert|152|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Oklahoma}}

| {{Convert|120|F|1}}

{{dts|1994-06-27}}Tipton

| {{Convert|−31|F|1}}

{{dts|2011-02-10}}Nowata

| {{Convert|151|F-change|1}}

{{flag|Oregon}}

| {{Convert|119|F|1}}

{{dts|2021-06-29}}Pelton Dam

| {{Convert|−54|F|1}}

{{dts|1933-02-10}}Seneca

| {{Convert|172|F-change

}

|-

| {{flag|Pennsylvania}}

| {{Convert|111|F|1}} || {{dts|1936-07-10}} || Phoenixville

| {{Convert|−42|F|1}} || {{dts|1904-01-05}} || Smethport

| {{Convert|153|F-change}}

|-

| {{flag|Puerto Rico}}https://www.weather.gov/sju/climo_extremes NOAA. National Weather Service. All Time Extremes for PR and VI. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

| {{Convert|104|F}} || {{dts|1996-07-02}} || Isla de Mona (Mayagüez)

| {{Convert|40|F|1}} || {{dts|1966-01-24}} || San Sebastián

| {{Convert|64|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Rhode Island}}

| {{Convert|104|F}} || {{dts|1975-08-02}} || Providence

| {{Convert|−28|F|1}} || {{dts|1942-01-17}} || Richmond

| {{Convert|132|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|South Carolina}}

| {{Convert|113|F}} || {{dts|2012-06-29}} || Columbia

| {{Convert|−22|F}} || {{dts|1985-01-21}} || Landrum (Hogback Mountain)

| {{Convert|135|F-change}}

|-

| {{flag|South Dakota}}

| {{Convert|120|F|1}} || {{dts|2006-07-15}} || Fort Pierre

| {{Convert|−60|F}} || {{dts|1989-12-22}} || Rochford

| {{Convert|180|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Tennessee}}

| {{Convert|113|F}} || {{dts|1930-08-09}} || Perryville

| {{Convert|−32|F|1}} || {{dts|1917-12-30}} || Mountain City

| {{Convert|145|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Texas}}

| {{Convert|120|F|1}} || {{dts|1994-06-28}} || Monahans

| {{Convert|−23|F|1}} || {{dts|1933-02-08}} || Seminole

| {{Convert|143|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Utah}}

| {{Convert|120|F|C|1}}|| {{dts|2007-07-05}}|| Lake Powell

| {{Convert|−69|F|1}} || {{dts|1985-02-01}} || Peter Sinks{{cite web

|url=https://climate.usurf.usu.edu/PeterSinks/index.php|title=Peter Sinks Temperature Monitoring

|access-date=February 20, 2018

|publisher=Utah Climate Center }}

| {{Convert|189|F-change|C-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Vermont}}

| {{Convert|105|F|1}} || {{dts|1911-07-04}} || Vernon

| {{Convert|−50|F|1}} || {{dts|1933-12-30}} || Bloomfield

| {{Convert|155|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flagicon|U.S. Virgin Islands}} Virgin Islands (U.S.)

| {{Convert|99|F|1}} || {{dts|1996-06-23}} || Charlotte Amalie West
(Cyril E. King Airport)

| {{Convert|51|F|1}} || {{dts|1954-01-31}} || Anna's Hope (Saint Croix)

| {{Convert|48|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Virginia}}

| {{Convert|110|F|1}} || {{dts|1954-07-15}} || Balcony Falls

| {{Convert|−30|F|1}} || {{dts|1985-01-22}} || Pembroke

| {{Convert|140|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flagicon|Washington}} Washington

| {{Convert|120|F|1}} || {{dts|2021-06-29}} || Hanford Site

| {{Convert|−48|F|1}} || {{dts|1968-12-30}} || Winthrop

| {{Convert|168|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|West Virginia}}

| {{Convert|112|F|1}} || {{dts|1936-07-10}} || Martinsburg

| {{Convert|−37|F|1}} || {{dts|1917-12-30}} || Lewisburg

| {{Convert|149|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Wisconsin}}

| {{Convert|114|F|1}} || {{dts|1936-07-13}} || Wisconsin Dells

| {{Convert|−55|F|1}} || {{dts|1996-02-04}} || Couderay

| {{Convert|169|F-change|1}}

|-

| {{flag|Wyoming}}

| {{Convert|116|F|1}} || {{dts|1900-07-12}} || Bitter Creek

| {{Convert|−66|F|1}} || {{dts|1933-02-09}} || Riverside Ranger Station

| {{Convert|182|F-change|1}}

|}

Unreferenced data assumed to be from [https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records NOAA]

See also

  • Canadian provincial and territorial temperature extremes
  • February 2023 North American cold wave — Mount Washington in New Hampshire experienced a record breaking wind chill of −108 °F (−78 °C).{{cite web |title=‘Historic Arctic outbreak’ crushes records in New England |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/02/04/northeast-record-cold-boston-arctic/ |website=The Washington Post |date=2023-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330081721/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/02/04/northeast-record-cold-boston-arctic/ |archive-date=2023-03-30 |url-status=live |last1=Cappucci |first1=Matthew}}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html NOAA Satellite and Information Service, National Climatic Data Center]
  • [http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/extremes.html NOAA Website — Weather Extremes]
  • [https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records NOAA Website — Record Highest/Lowest Temperatures by State]

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