States are listed by coldest temperatures from top to bottom.
States in United States with Temperature Readings Below Minus 60 Degrees
Alaska - 80 degrees below zero
OK the first state and the coldest state is easy to name. On January 23, 1971 in Prospect Creek, Alaska the temperature reading was -80 degrees. That is the coldest temperature ever recorded in the USA and 2nd coldest ever in North America. Prospect Creek is really just an airport or airstrip located in north-central Alaska along the Dalton Highway below the eastern end of the Gates of the Arctic National Park.
Montana - 70 degrees below zero
It can get pretty cold in Big Sky Country as the temperature read -70 degrees on January 20, 1954 in Rogers Pass, Montana. Though Montana ranks 2nd on this list it ranks 1st on the list of Most Extreme Hot and Cold Weather Temperature States in the USA. That is because along with extreme cold Montana can also get very hot in the summer.
Utah - 69 degrees below zero
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Utah was -69 degrees in Peter's Sink on February 1, 1985. Peter's Sink is a natural depression or sinkhole located in northeastern Utah in the Bear River Mountains.
Wyoming - 66 degrees below zero
Though Wyoming borders on Montana in the north the coldest temperature reading ever in the state was in Riverside which is in southern Wyoming just over the Colorado border. The date was February 9, 1933.
Colorado - 61 degrees below zero
The coldest temperature ever recorded in the Rocky Mountain State is -61 degrees which occurred on February 1, 1985 in Maybell. Utah also had its coldest temperature reading ever on that date so there must have been a severe cold snap in the west on that date. Maybell is located in northwestern Colorado a little less than 200 miles southeast of Peter's Sink as the crow flies.
Idaho - 60 degrees below zero
On January 18, 1943 at the Island Park Dam in eastern Idaho near Yellowstone National Park the temperature was -60 degrees. The Island Park Dam is at an elevation of 6,285 feet.
Minnesota - 60 degrees below zero
If you have ever been to Minnesota in the winter you knew it would make this list. On February 2, 1996 in Tower, Minnesota it was -60 degrees. Minnesota is one beautiful place in the summer and one cold place in the winter.
North Dakota - 60 degrees below zero
On February 15, 1936 it was -60 degrees in Parshall, North Dakota. The year 1936 is easily the most extreme weather temperature year ever in the United States as 18 record temperatures were recorded that one year in the USA.
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