The coldest temperature at a long-record station in each state
Alaska has the lowest reading among the stations tracked here, -76°F on January 27, 1989. Hawaii's lowest sits at the other end, at 46°F.
Every state
Lowest reading, °F, top 12 states
| Alaska | -76 | Jan 27, 1989 |
| Montana | -57 | Jan 25, 1950 |
| South Dakota | -57 | Jan 12, 1916 |
| Minnesota | -55 | Jan 6, 1909 |
| Colorado | -54 | Jan 7, 1913 |
| North Dakota | -54 | Jan 13, 1916 |
| Wisconsin | -53 | Jan 30, 1951 |
| Wyoming | -52 | Dec 20, 1924 |
| Michigan | -51 | Feb 9, 1934 |
| Washington | -48 | Dec 30, 1968 |
| Iowa | -47 | Feb 3, 1996 |
| Nebraska | -47 | Dec 22, 1989 |
| Idaho | -46 | Jan 21, 1937 |
| California | -45 | Jan 20, 1937 |
| New York | -45 | Feb 9, 1934 |
| Utah | -44 | Dec 24, 1990 |
| Nevada | -43 | Jan 21, 1937 |
| Vermont | -43 | Feb 16, 1943 |
| Maine | -41 | Feb 1, 1955 |
| Maryland | -40 | Jan 13, 1912 |
| New Hampshire | -40 | Jan 20, 1994 |
| Illinois | -38 | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Oregon | -38 | Dec 13, 1919 |
| West Virginia | -37 | Dec 30, 1917 |
| Indiana | -35 | Jan 19, 1994 |
| Kansas | -35 | Feb 14, 1905 |
| Ohio | -35 | Jan 19, 1994 |
| Pennsylvania | -35 | Feb 2, 1961 |
| Missouri | -34 | Feb 13, 1905 |
| New Mexico | -34 | Dec 23, 1990 |
| North Carolina | -31 | Jan 21, 1985 |
| Arizona | -30 | Jan 22, 1937 |
| Massachusetts | -30 | Jan 22, 1961 |
| Tennessee | -30 | Jan 24, 1963 |
| Arkansas | -29 | Feb 13, 1905 |
| Oklahoma | -29 | Feb 10, 2011 |
| Kentucky | -28 | Jan 28, 1963 |
| Connecticut | -26 | Jan 22, 1961 |
| New Jersey | -26 | Jan 14, 1912 |
| Virginia | -25 | Jan 14, 1912 |
| Rhode Island | -23 | Jan 11, 1942 |
| Texas | -21 | Feb 8, 1933 |
| Alabama | -19 | Jan 30, 1966 |
| Georgia | -16 | Jan 21, 1985 |
| Mississippi | -15 | Feb 13, 1899 |
| Delaware | -14 | Jan 21, 1985 |
| South Carolina | -11 | Feb 14, 1899 |
| Louisiana | -8 | Jan 27, 1940 |
| Florida | 2 | Jan 21, 1985 |
| Hawaii | 46 | Mar 4, 1987 |