What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Arkansas? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Arkansas or people thinking of visiting Arkansas including Hot Springs National Park and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Arkansas is certainly not considered a cold weather state since it is located in the South. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Arkansas is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Arkansas?
- -29 degrees on February 13, 1905
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Arkansas is -29 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Arkansas was recorded on February 13, 1905, in Gravette.
Gravette is located in the extreme northwest corner of Arkansas close to the Oklahoma border in the west and the Missouri border in the north. At total of 3,232 people live in Gravette and the small city's claim to fame is that WBO heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison, who also starred in "Rocky 5" with Sylvester Stallone, was born there.
How does a -29 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 40th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states one degree colder than Rhode Island and one degree warmer than Virginia.
The coldest weather temperature ever recorded anywhere in the United States is -80 degrees below zero which occurred on January 23, 1971, in Prospect Creek, Alaska. The coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the lower 48 states is -70 degrees below zero which occurred on January 20, 1954, in Rogers Pass, Montana.
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