What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Maryland? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Maryland or people thinking of visiting Maryland including Baltimore, the National Aquarium, Fort McHenry and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Maryland is certainly not considered a cold weather state since it is located below the Mason-Dixon Line. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Maryland is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Maryland?
- -40 degrees below zero on January 13, 1912
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Maryland is -40 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Maryland was recorded on January 13, 1912, in Oakland.
Oakland is located in the extreme western part of Maryland only a mile or two east of the West Virginia border. The only full ski resort in the state of Maryland called Wisp Ski Resort is located a couple of miles north of Oakland which averages a state best 105.9" of yearly snowfall.
How does a -40 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 24th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states tied with Arizona, Kansas and Missouri.
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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