What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Michigan? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Michigan or people thinking of visiting Michigan including Lake Michigan beaches, lighthouses, casinos, waterfalls and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Michigan is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is located in the north and shares a border with Canada. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Michigan is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Michigan?
- -51 degrees below zero on February 9, 1934
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Michigan is -51 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Michigan was recorded on February 9, 1934, in Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt is a small 600 population town located in northern Michigan right along Interstate 75 about 40 miles south of the Mackinaw Bridge. The town was named for the Vanderbilt family when the Vanderbilt controlled railroad the Michigan Central Railroad went to the area in the late 1800s.
How does a -51 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 13th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states one degree warmer than New York in 12th place and one degree colder than Vermont, Maine, New Mexico and Nevada in 14th 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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