What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Nebraska? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Nabraska or people thinking of visiting Nebraska including Chimney Rock, Henry Dooley Zoo and Aquarium, Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, the casinos and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Nebraska is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is in the north and borders Colorado and Wyoming. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Nebraska is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Nebraska?
- -47 degrees below zero on February 12, 1899
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Nebraska is -47 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Nebraska was recorded on February 12, 1899, at Camp Clarke and was matched on December 12, 1989, in Oshkosh.
Camp Clarke was located in western Nebraska along the North Platte River 10 miles east of Chimney Rock at the site where Henry T. Clarke built a toll bridge in 1876. Oshkosh is also located in western Nebraska about 40 miles southeast down the North Platte River from Camp Clarke.
How does a -47 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 20th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states tied with Iowa.
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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