Thursday, January 26, 2017

What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Rhode Island?

What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Rhode Island? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Rhode Island or people thinking of visiting Rhode Island including the casinos, Newport and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting. 



Rhode Island is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is located in New England. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Rhode Island is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.

What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Rhode Island?

  • -28 degrees below zero on January 11, 1942

The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Rhode Island is -28 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Rhode Island was recorded on January 11, 1942, in Wood River Junction. 

Wood River Junction is a small village located in southwestern Rhode Island. Wood River Junction is located about 5 miles east of the Connecticut border and Interstate 95 and about 10 miles north of the Atlantic Ocean.

How does a -28 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 41st coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states. One degree warmer than Arkansas in 40th place and one degree colder 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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