What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Georgia? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Georgia or people thinking of visiting Georgia including Savannah, Atlanta, Augusta National where The Masters is played and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Georgia is certainly not considered a cold weather state. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Georgia is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Georgia?
- -17 degrees below zero on January 27, 1940
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Georgia is -17 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Georgia was recorded on January 27, 1940, at the Civilian Conservation Corp Camp F-16.
The CCC Camp F-16 was located in northwestern Georgia about 23 miles south of Lafayette and 26 miles north of Rome. CCC workers who were stationed at Camp F-16 built the Pocket Trail, the Johns Mountain Trail and the Keown Falls Trail during the Great Depression.
How does a -17 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 46th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states tied with Delaware and one degree colder than Louisiana in 48th place and two degrees warmer than Mississippi in 45th 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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