What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Tennessee? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Tennessee or people thinking of visiting Tennessee including the casinos, waterfalls, Nashville, Graceland, Dollywood, Great Smoky Mountains and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Tennessee 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 Tennessee is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Tennessee?
- -32 degrees below zero on December 30, 1917
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Tennessee is -32 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Tennessee was recorded on December 30, 1917, at Mountain City.
Mountain City is a small 2,500 population city located in extreme northeastern Tennessee. Mountain City is located in the Iron Mountains and the city is 5 miles west of the North Carolina border and 15 miles south of the Virginia border.
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 Connecticut and two degrees warmer than North Carolina and New Jersey in 34th place and one degree colder than Oklahoma in 38th 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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