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Abandoned vehicles on Lake Shore Drive in Northern Illinois after a large snowstorm. Extreme temperature changes can occur within minutes with the passage of a strong cold front through the state. On December 20, 1836, temperatures fell 40 °F or 22.2 °C in minutes, which supposedly froze people to their saddles and chickens in their tracks. [8]
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]
Temperatures vary tremendously in the springtime; at 100 °F (38 °C), March is the month with the greatest span between the record high and low. At O'Hare, temperatures as low as 7 °F (−14 °C) and 31 °F (−1 °C) have been recorded as late as April 7 and May 21, respectively.
January is known for frigid temperatures and for many the average coldest day of the year happens in the month. ... arguably the greatest in modern history, still is the all-time record holder in ...
January is known for frigid temperatures and for many the average coldest day of the year happens later in that month. NOAA map shows when the average coldest day of the year typically occurs in ...
Coldest: Decatur, Alabama. The northern part of the state holds the city with the lowest average temperature: Decatur. It gets down to an average of only 50 degrees during the year.
It was also the second time in history that the entire month of February was below freezing. [17] Other cities that broke cold weather records for February included Cleveland, at 14.3 °F (−9.8 °C), while Chicago tied its February 1875 record at 14.6 °F (−9.7 °C). [18] Rochester, New York, also set a record for coldest month overall. [19]
Coldest summer (month of July in the Northern Hemisphere): −33 °C (−27.4 °F); Summit Camp, Greenland on 4 July 2017. [ 292 ] Lowest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere : −69.6 °C (−93.3 °F); Greenland Ice Sheet , Greenland on 22 December 1991.