The list below shows the coldest temperature ever logged in all 50 states since such records have been kept, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Only one state, Hawaii, has escaped a record low below zero. The coldest recorded low was in Alaska where on Jan. 23, 1971 in Prospect Creek, the temperature was recorded at -80 degrees.
- Alabama: −27 °F, Jan. 30, 1966, New Market
- Alaska: −80 °F, Jan. 23, 1971, Prospect Creek
- Arizona: −40 °F, Jan. 7, 1971, McNary
- Arkansas: −29 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Gravette
- California: −45 °F, Jan. 20, 1937, Boca
- Colorado: −61 °F, Feb. 1, 1985, Maybell
- Connecticut: −37 °F, Feb. 16, 1943, Norfolk
- Delaware: −17 °F, Jan. 17, 1893, Millsboro
- District of Columbia: −15 °F, Feb. 11, 1899, Washington
- Florida: −2 °F, Feb. 13, 1899, Tallahassee
- Georgia: −17 °F, Jan. 27, 1940, Chatsworth
- Hawaii: 15 °F, Jan. 5, 1975, Mauna Kea Observatories
- Idaho: −60 °F, Jan. 18, 1943, Island Park
- Illinois: −36 °F, Jan. 5, 1999, Congerville
- Indiana: −36 °F, Jan. 19, 1994, New Whiteland
- Iowa: −47 °F, Feb. 3, 1996, Elkader
- Kansas: −40 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Lebanon
- Kentucky: −37 °F, Jan. 19, 1994, Shelbyville
- Louisiana: −16 °F, Feb. 13, 1899, Minden
- Maine: −50 °F, Jan. 16, 2009, Clayton Lake
- Maryland: −40 °F, Jan. 13, 1912, Oakland
- Massachusetts: −40 °F, Jan. 22, 1984, Chester
- Michigan: −51 °F, Feb. 9, 1934, Vanderbilt
- Minnesota: −60 °F, Feb. 2, 1996, Tower
- Mississippi: −19 °F, Jan. 30, 1966, Corinth
- Missouri: −40 °F, Feb. 13, 1905, Warsaw
- Montana: −70 °F, Jan. 20, 1954, Lincoln (Rogers Pass)
- Nebraska: −47 °F, Dec. 22, 1989, Oshkosh
- Nevada: −50 °F, Jan. 8, 1937, San Jacinto
- New Hampshire: −47 °F, Jan. 22, 1885, Randolph
- New Jersey: −34 °F, Jan. 5, 1904, River Vale
- New Mexico: −50 °F, Feb. 1, 1951, Gavilan
- New York: −52 °F, Feb. 18, 1979, Old Forge
- North Carolina, −34 °F, Jan. 21, 1985, Burnsville
- North Dakota, −60 °F, Feb. 15, 1936, Parshall
- Ohio, −39 °F, Feb. 10, 1899, Milligan
- Oklahoma, −31 °F, Feb. 10, 2011, Nowata
- Oregon, −54 °F, Feb. 10, 1933, Seneca
- Pennsylvania, −42 °F, Jan. 5, 1904, Smethport
- Rhode Island, −28 °F, Jan. 17, 1942, Richmond
- South Carolina, −22 °F, Jan. 21, 1985, Landrum
- South Dakota, −58 °F, Feb. 17, 1936, McIntosh
- Tennessee, −32 °F, Dec. 30, 1917, Mountain City
- Texas, −23 °F, Feb. 8, 1933, Seminole
- Utah, −50 °F, Jan. 5, 1913, Strawberry Tunnel
- Vermont, −50 °F, Dec. 30, 1933, Bloomfield
- Virginia, −30 °F, Jan. 22, 1985, Pembroke
- Washington, −48 °F, Dec. 30, 1968, Mazama
- West Virginia, −37 °F, Dec. 30, 1917, Lewisburg
- Wisconsin, −55 °F, Feb. 4, 1996, Couderay
- Wyoming, −63 °F, Feb. 9, 1933, Moran
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