What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Connecticut? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Connecticut or people thinking of visiting Connecticut including Kent Falls, Mohegan Sun, Mystic Seaport, the Mark Twain House and Foxwoods and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
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Connecticut is certainly not considered a cold weather state. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Connecticut is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Connecticut?
- -32 degrees on February 16, 1943
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Connecticut is -32 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Connecticut was recorded on February 16, 1943, in Falls Village.
Falls Village is located in the northwestern corner of Connecticut along Route 7 and the Housatonic River. Falls Village is named for the Great Falls waterfall along the Housatonic River which is in the village and is pictured above.
How does a -32 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 36th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states tied with Tennessee and one degree colder than Oklahoma in 38th place and two degrees warmer than New Jersey and North Carolina 34th place.
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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