West Virginia is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is shares borders with Ohio and Pennsylvania. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of West Virginia is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in West Virginia?
- -37 degrees below zero on December 30, 1917
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of West Virginia is -37 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for West Virginia was recorded on December 30, 1917, in Lewisburg.
Lewisburg is a small 4,000 population city located in southeastern West Virginia some 10 miles west of the Virginia border. Lewisburg is located only a few miles down Interstate 64 from the Greenbrier Resort and White Sulphur Springs.
How does a -37 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 29th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states, tied with Kentucky.
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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