What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Texas? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Texas or people thinking of visiting Texas including the casinos, the Alamo, Big Bend, Six Flags, the River Walk and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Texas is certainly not considered a cold weather state since it is located in the Southwest and has a long border with Mexico. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Texas is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Texas?
- -23 degrees below zero on February 8, 1933
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Texas is -23 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Texas was recorded on February 8, 1933, in Seminole.
Seminole is a 7,500 population city located in western Texas at the base of the Panhandle 20 miles east of Hobbs and the New Mexico border. Country music singers Larry Gatlin and Tanya Tucker were both born in Seminole.
How does a -23 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 43rd coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states, one degree colder than South Carolina in 44th place and four degrees warmer than Alabama in 42nd 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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