What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Maine? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Maine or people thinking of visiting Maine including Acadia National Park and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Maine is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is located in New England and has a long border with Canada. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Maine is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Maine?
- -50 degrees below zero on January 16, 2009
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Maine is -50 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Maine was recorded on January 16, 2009, at the Big Black River remote river gauge station.
The Big Black River remote river gauge station is located in northern Maine about 5 miles from the Quebec, Canada border. There are plenty of roads around the station but the nearest town in Maine is Allegash some 30 miles away. The town of Saint-Pamphile in Quebec is just over the border.
How does a -50 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 14th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states tied with New Mexico, New Hampshire, Nevada and Vermont.
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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