What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Oregon? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Oregon or people thinking of visiting Oregon including the casinos, Crater Lake, Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Oregon is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is located in the Pacific Northwest. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Oregon is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Oregon?
- -54 degrees below zero on February 10, 1933
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Oregon is -54 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Oregon was recorded on February 10, 1933, in Seneca.
Seneca is a small 200 population town located in the Blue Mountains in east-central Oregon about 100 miles east of Bend. Seneca is located in Grant County and most people in the area are farmers, ranchers and lumberjacks.
How does a -54 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 11th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states. One degree warmer than Wisconsin in 10th place and two degrees colder than New York in 12th 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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