What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Iowa? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Iowa or people thinking of visiting Iowa including Des Moines, Maquoketa Caves State Park, Albert the Bull and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Iowa is certainly considered a cold weather state. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Iowa is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Iowa?
- -47 degrees below zero on February 3, 1996
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Iowa is -47 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Iowa was recorded on February 3, 1996, in Elkander.
Elkander is a small 1,200 population city located in northeast Iowa along the Turkey River about 15 miles east of the Mississippi River and Wisconsin border. Elkander is about 150 miles northeast of Des Moines as the crow flies and Elkander is actually closer to Madison, Wisconsin (120 miles) than it is to Iowa's capital city.
How does a -47 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 20th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states tied with Nebraska and one degree warmer than Washington in 19th place and two degrees colder than California in 22nd 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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