Cities in All 50 States Set All-Time Coldest Temperature Records in 2020

Before the news media tries to tell you that 2020 was the hottest year on record, here is a list of cities in all 50 states in the United States that set all-time coldest temperature records in 2020.

Just to make things clear, all the cities on the list set all-time daily coldest ever temperature records in 2020 (or 2019, but at least one city from each state in 2020). What does that mean? There are 365 days in the year. Each city has a coldest daily temperature record for each of the 365 days in the year.

Cities listed below from all 50 states each set at least one new coldest ever temperature record for one of the 365 days in the year in 2020 (or 2019 or both). That is pretty impressive considering that almost all of the cities below have temperature records dating back at least 100 years and in many cases close to 150 years.

Is it unusual for cities in all 50 states to set coldest ever temperature records in one year? Yes, it is unusual, however, as you can see below many of the cities also set daily coldest ever temperature records in 2019.

So we have a very high number of all-time coldest ever daily temperature records that have been broken all over the United States over the last two years. Is that an alarming trend? Yes, if it continues.

A couple of notes before we get to the list. This list was not cherry picked. For most states the list contains the largest city or cities in the state.

Countless other cities and weather station locations throughout the United States could have been included on the list but in almost all cases the author never had to look beyond the largest cities in each state to find coldest ever daily record temperatures set in 2020 (and 2019).

The list is only for daily record coldest temperatures and not record hottest. If the media kept trying to say that 2020 is the coldest year in recorded history the author would have looked for daily record hottest temperatures.

There are dinosaur fossils in the Arctic and many beech tree fossils in Antarctica. It had to have been quite a bit hotter all over the world for dinosaurs to be in the Arctic and groves of beech trees in Antarctica than it has ever been in modern times.

All data is from the National Weather Service. States and cities in those states are listed by alphabetical order.

Cities in All 50 States Set All-Time Coldest Temperature Records in 2020

Alabama

• Birmingham - July 25, 2019, 60 degrees, November 13, 2019, 18 degrees, November 12, 2019, 22 degrees

• Mobile - April 21, 2019, 42 degrees, May 1, 2020, 46 degrees, July 12, 2020, 68 degrees, November 13, 2019, 26 degrees

Alaska

• Barrow - April 29, 2020, -20 degrees

• Juneau - April 1, 2020, 14 degrees, October 8, 2019, 23 degrees

Arizona

• Winslow - February 23, 2019, 3 degrees, May 24, 2019, 32 degrees, June 10, 2020, 37 degrees, September 10, 2020, 36 degrees, September 11, 2020, 38 degrees, September 13, 2020, 40 degrees, October 11, 2019, 20 degrees, October 30, 2019, 15 degrees, October 31, 2019, 7 degrees (new monthly record cold), November 1, 2019, 11 degrees, December 4, 2020, 3 degrees

Arkansas

• Little Rock - April 15, 2020, 33 degrees, May 10, 2020, 45 degrees, July 26, 2019, 62 degrees, July 24, 2019, 62 degrees, July 25, 2019, 60 degrees, October 12, 2019, 37 degrees, November 12, 2019, 20 degrees, November 13, 2019, 17 degrees

California

• San Francisco - November 9, 2020, 45 degrees

Colorado

• Denver - March 4, 2019, -5 degrees, April 14, 2020, 11 degrees, April 17, 2020, 12 degrees, April 13, 2020, 15 degrees, April 16, 2020, 19 degrees, September 8, 2020, 31 degrees, September 9, 2020, 31 degrees, September 10, 2020, 35 degrees, October 30, 2019, 3 degrees, October 31, 2019, 7 degrees, October 27, 2020, 8 degrees, October 11, 2019, 9 degrees, October 10, 2019, 13 degrees

Connecticut

• Hartford - April 23, 2020, 26 degrees, June 14, 2020, 45 degrees, June 1, 2020, 37 degrees (new monthly coldest record), June 2, 2020, 42 degrees, October 30, 2020, 26 degrees , October 31, 2020, 21 degrees

Delaware

• Wilmington - September 22, 2020, 40 degrees, November 13, 2019, 20 degrees, November 9, 2019, 24 degrees

Florida

• Jacksonville - June 16, 2020, 62 degrees, July 30, 2019, 68 degrees

Georgia

• Athens - June 17, 2020, 53 degrees

• Augusta - July 27, 2019, 62 degrees

Hawaii

• Honolulu - September 22, 2019, 64 degrees (new monthly record cold)

• Honolulu International Airport - October 3, 2020, 67 degrees, August 8, 2019, 70 degrees, September 22, 2019, 64 degrees (new monthly record cold)

Idaho

• Boise - October 30, 2019, 16 degrees , October 26, 2020, 17 degrees, October 10, 2019, 23 degrees

Illinois

• Chicago - January 30, 2019 -23 degrees, January 31, 2019, -21 degrees, November 12, 2019, 7 degrees, November 11, 2019, 13 degrees

• Peoria - January 30, 2019, -20 degrees, January 31, 2019, -19 degrees, May 9, 2020, 30 degrees, November 12, 2019, 5 degrees, November 11, 2019, 13 degrees, November 1, 2019, 21 degrees

Indiana

• Indianapolis - January 30, 2019, -11 degrees, March 4, 2019, 4 degrees, May 9, 2020, 27 degrees (new record cold for month), November 12, 2019, 8 degrees, November 13, 2019, 9 degrees, November 1, 2019, 24 degrees

Iowa

• Des Moines - January 30, 2019, -20 degrees, November 12, 2019, -1 degrees

• Iowa City - January 31, 2019, -32 degrees (new monthly record cold and tied all-time record cold), January 30, 2019, -23 degrees, January 26, 2019, -18 degrees, February 1, 2019, -30 degrees, April 16, 2020, 21 degrees, May 9, 2020, 26 degrees, May 12, 2020, 30 degrees, November 12, 2019, 3 degrees, November 13, 2019, 3 degrees

Kansas

• Wichita - March 5, 2019, 2 degrees, September 8, 2020, 47 degrees, October 26, 2020, 24 degrees, October 11, 2019, 33 degrees, November 12, 2019, 8 degrees

Kentucky

• Louisville - April 15, 2020, 30 degrees, November 13, 2019, 16 degrees

Louisiana

• Baton Rouge - November 13, 2019, 24 degrees, November 12, 2019, 28 degrees

• Lake Charles - November 13, 2019, 27 degrees

• Shreveport - April 2, 2019, 31 degrees (tied monthly cold record), May 10, 2020, 47 degrees, November 13, 2019, 21 degrees, November 12, 2019, 25 degrees

Maine

• Bangor - April 21, 2020, 21 degrees, June 1, 2020, 35 degrees, September 21, 2020, 26 degrees, November 14, 2019, 8 degrees, November 9, 2019, 17 degrees

Maryland

• Baltimore - May 9, 2020, 34 degrees, May 13, 2020, 36 degrees, June 4, 2019, 46 degrees, September 20, 2020, 42 degrees, November 13, 2019, 22 degrees, November 9, 2019, 24 degrees

Massachusetts

• Boston - May 13, 2020, 37 degrees, May 10, 2020, 34 degrees

• Worcester - January 21, 2019 -6 degrees, May 9, 2020, 30 degrees, November 9, 2019, 15 degrees, November 13, 2019, 13 degrees, November 2019, 17 degrees

Michigan

• Detroit - January 31, 2019, -13 degrees, May 9, 2020, 27 degrees, September 19, 2020, 38 degrees, November 13, 2019, 7 degrees, November 12, 2019, 13 degrees

Minnesota

• Minneapolis - March 3, 2019, -13 degrees

• Rochester - February 14, 2020, -24 degrees, February 13, 2020, -13 degrees, March 4, 2019, -17 degrees, March 3, 2019, -17 degrees, April 14, 2020, 14 degrees, April 16, 2020, 16 degrees, April 15, 2020, 8 degrees, October 27, 2020, 11 degrees, October 8, 2019, 0 degrees

Mississippi

• Jackson - March 6, 2019, 23 degrees, November 13, 2019, 22 degrees

• Gulfport - May 11, 2020, 50 degrees, November 13, 2019, 27 degrees, November 12, 2019, 32 degrees

Missouri

• Kansas City - May 9, 2020, 32 degrees, May 10, 2019, 36 degrees, June 11, 2019, 51 degrees, July 23, 2019, 57 degrees, August 5, 2020, 54 degrees

• St. Louis - November 12, 2019, 11 degrees, November 11, 2019, 16 degrees

Montana

• Billings - March 3 and 4, 2019, -19 degrees, April 13, 2020, 15 degrees, May 18, 2019, 32 degrees, October 29, 2019, 0 degrees, October 25, 2020, 5 degrees, October 24, 2020, 7 degrees, October 26, 2020, 9 degrees, October 23, 2020, 10 degrees, October 27, 2019, 13 degrees, October 10, 2019, 16 degrees, October 22, 2020, 20 degrees, October 18, 2020, 22 degrees

Nebraska

• Omaha - January 1, 2018 -20 degrees, February 25, 2019 -7 degrees, April 15, 2020 21 degrees, October 26, 2020, 20 degrees

Nevada

• Elko - October 26, 2020, 2 degrees, October 29, 2019, 7 degrees, October 28, 2019, 7 degrees, October 10, 2019, 14 degrees

New Hampshire

• Concord - March 7, 2019, -8 degrees, September 19, 2020, 28 degrees, September 21, 2020, 27 degrees, September 20, 2020, 27 degrees

New Jersey

• Newark - April 19, 2020, 33 degrees, November 13, 2019, 22 degrees, November 12, 2019, 25 degrees

New Mexico

• Albuquerque - October 26 and 27, 2020, 19 degrees (tied for record monthly low)

New York

• Buffalo - January 30, 2019, -3 degrees, May 9, 2020, 29 degrees, May 13, 2020, 30 degrees, May 12, 2020, 31 degrees, June 14, 2020, 42 degrees, September 19, 2020, 38 degrees, November 12, 2019, 16 degrees, November 13, 2019, 14 degrees

• New York - May 9, 2020, 34 degrees, May 8, 2020, 36 degrees, November 8, 2019, 29 degrees, November 13, 2019, 23 degrees, November 12, 2019, 25 degrees

• Rochester - May 13, 2020, 27 degrees, May 5, 2020, 29 degrees, May 9, 2020, 29 degrees, May 12, 2020, 30 degrees, June 14, 2020, 41 degrees, September 21, 2020, 35 degrees, September 19, 2020, 36 degrees, November 13, 2019, 12 degrees, November 17, 2019, 15 degrees, November 12, 2019, 16 degrees

North Carolina

• Charlotte - May 7, 2020, 38 degrees, June 14, 2019, 49 degrees, July 25, 2019, 61 degrees

North Dakota

• Fargo - September 9, 2020, 30 degrees

• Bismarck - September 9, 2020, 26 degrees

Ohio

• Cleveland - May 12, 2020, 32 degrees, May 11, 2020, 33 degrees, November 13, 2019, 13 degrees

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma City - April 18, 2020, 30 degrees, July 26, 2019, 60 degrees, July 24, 2019, 59 degrees, September 9, 2020, 50 degrees, October 11, 2019, 32 degrees, October 12, 2019, 28 degrees, October 2, 2020, 41 degrees

Oregon

• Portland - October 26, 2020, 29 degrees, October 27, 2020, 31 degrees, October 10, 2019, 33 degrees, October 12, 2019, 38 degrees

Pennsylvania

• Pittsburgh - January 30, 2019, -5 degrees, January 31, 2019, -5 degrees, May 9, 2020, 28 degrees, May 8, 2020, 30 degrees, November 13, 2019, 12 degrees, November 12, 2019, 17 degrees

• Philadelphia - January 30, 2019, 7 degrees, October 13, 2019, 23 degrees, October 12, 2019, 26 degrees

Rhode Island

• Providence - May 10, 2020, 34 degrees, October 31, 2020, 24 degrees, November 13, 2019, 13 degrees

South Carolina

• Charleston - February 22, 2020, 24 degrees, July 25, 2019, 68 degrees, November 13, 2019, 29 degrees

• Columbia - May 12, 2020, 41 degrees

South Dakota

• Sioux Falls - March 3, 2019, -17 degrees, October 24, 2020, 15 degrees, October 25, 2020, 17 degrees

• Rapid City - September 9, 2020, 32 degrees, October 30, 2019, 8 degrees, October 24, 2020, 14 degrees, October 23, 2020, 15 degrees, April 13, 2020, 15 degrees, April 14, 2020, 11 degrees

Tennessee

• Nashville - May 9, 2020, 35 degrees, November 13, 2019, 17 degrees

Texas

• Dallas - September 10, 2020, 55 degrees, November 1, 2019, 31 degrees,

• Houston - April 2, 2019, 37 degrees, April 1, 2019, 38 degrees, July 24, 2019, 68 degrees

Utah

• Salt Lake City - October 30, 2019, 14 degrees (new monthly record low), October 29, 2019, 17 degrees, October 26, 2020, 19 degrees, October 28, 2019, 22 degrees, October 27, 2020, 24 degrees

Vermont

• Rutland - January 22, 2019, -21 degrees, January 23, 2019, -22 degrees, May 13, 2020, 25 degrees, May, 6, 2020, 27 degrees, May 14, 2020, 27 degrees, May 15, 2020, 28 degrees, June 14, 2020, 38 degrees, September 19, 2020, 27 degrees, September 22, 2020, 26 degrees, September 21, 2020, 26 degrees, September 23, 2020, 28 degrees, November 2, 2020, 17 degrees, November 13 and 14, 2019, 1 degree, November 18, 2019, 7 degrees, November 9, 2019, 12 degrees

Virginia

• Richmond - April 22, 2020, 33 degrees, May 10, 2020, 32 degrees, May 12, 2020, 38 degrees,

• Norfolk - May 10, 2020, 40 degrees

Washington

• Seattle - February 10, 2019, 21 degrees, October 10, 2019, 34 degrees

• Spokane - March 1, 2019, -1 degree, October 26, 2020, 14 degrees

West Virginia

• Morgantown - May 9, 2020, 27 degrees, November 13, 2019, 13 degrees

• Blacksburg - May 11, 2020, 28 degrees

Wisconsin

• Green Bay - January 26, 2019, -23 degrees, January 31, 2019, -26 degrees, May 13, 2020, 29 degrees, May 12, 2020, 25 degrees

• Madison - January 31, 2019, -26 degrees, January 26 2019, -23 degrees, November 12, 2019, 4 degrees, November 11, 2019, 9 degrees

• Milwaukee - January 31, 2019, -23 degrees, November 12, 2019, 9 degrees, November 11, 2019, 14 degrees

Wyoming

• Cheyenne - March 4, 2019, -16 degrees, March 3, 2019, -15 degrees, April 17, 2020, 5 degrees, April 16, 2020, 7 degrees, October 25, 2020, 2 degrees, October 27, 2020, 0 degrees