What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Virginia? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Virginia or people thinking of visiting Virginia including Williamsburg, Monticello, Shenandoah, Busch Gardens, Kings Dominion and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Virginia 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 Virginia is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Virginia?
- -30 degrees below zero on January 22, 1985
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Virginia is -30 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Virginia was recorded on January 22, 1985, at Mountain Lake.
Mountain Lake is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia and it is located in the western part of the state only a few miles from the West Virginia border. Mountain Lake Lodge located at the end of the lake was where the 1987 hit movie "Dirty Dancing" with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey was filmed.
How does a -30 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 39th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states, one degree warmer 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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