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Minimum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888 Maximum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888. The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. [1]
The largest recorded temperature change in one place over a 24-hour period occurred on January 15, 1972 in Loma, Montana, when the temperature rose from −54 to 49 °F (−47.8 to 9.4 °C) . The most dramatic temperature changes occur in North American climates susceptible to Chinook winds.
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
The previous morning, the same observer recorded a low of 54 degrees below zero.That 103-degree temperature change is not only America's highest 24-hour temperature change, but it's also a world ...
The highest June temperature is 98 degrees, reached in 1943 and again in 1944. The weather service is forecasting the highest temperature in this potential heat wave as 92 degrees on Thursday.
Emergency responders treating people for burns caused by sidewalks which have surpassed 160 degrees Fahrenheit (71C) in Arizona
That day, Washington DC hit 104 °F (40 °C), the highest temperature there since 2012, and was the first time since the Dust Bowl temperatures exceeded the century mark for three days. [23] A record breaking fourth day would occur on July 17, with temperatures of 101 °F (38 °C). [24] A record high temperature was also tied in Hartford. [25]
Alaska's interior is well known for brutal cold and 54 years ago today its temperature plunged to America's all-time record low. The temperature hit minus 80 degrees at Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska ...