What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of North Dakota? This is a weather trivia question that people living in North Dakota or people thinking of visiting North Dakota including the casinos, Teddy Roosevelt National Park and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
North Dakota is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is in the north and borders Canada. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of North Dakota is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in North Dakota?
- -60 degrees below zero on February 15, 1936
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of North Dakota is -60 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for North Dakota was recorded on February 15, 1936, in Parshall.
Parshall is a 1,200 population city located in northwestern North Dakota on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Parshall is famous today due to the discovery of the Parshall Oil Field in 2006 which helped to start the oil boom in North Dakota and brought a lot of wealth to the area.
How does a -60 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 6th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states, tied with Idaho and Minnesota.
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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