State Record high temperature Date Place (s) Record low temperature Date Place (s) Alabama 110 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001925 - 09 - 05 - 0000 September 5, 1925 Centreville − 27 ° F / − 33 ° C 000000001966 - 01 - 30 - 0000 January 30, 1966 New Market Alaska 100 ° F / 38 ° C 000000001915 - 06 - 27 - 0000 June 27, 1915 Fort Yukon − 80 ° F / − 62 ° C 000000001971 - 01 - 23 - 0000 January 23, 1971 Prospect Creek Arizona 128 ° F / 53 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1994 Lake Havasu City − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001971 - 01 - 07 - 0000 January 7, 1971 McNary Arkansas 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1936 Ozark − 29 ° F / − 34 ° C 000000001905 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1905 Gravette California 134 ° F / 57 ° C 000000001913 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1913 Furnace Creek − 45 ° F / − 43 ° C 000000001937 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1937 Boca Colorado 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 11 - 0000 July 11, 1954 Sedgwick − 61 ° F / − 52 ° C 000000001985 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 1985 Maybell Connecticut 106 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001995 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1995 Danbury − 37 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001943 - 02 - 16 - 0000 February 16, 1943 Norfolk Delaware 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1930 Millsboro − 17 ° F / − 27 ° C 000000001893 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1893 Millsboro District of Columbia 106 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20, 1930 Washington − 15 ° F / − 26 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 11 - 0000 February 11, 1899 Washington Florida 109 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001931 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1931 Monticello − 2 ° F / − 19 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1899 Tallahassee Georgia 112 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001983 - 08 - 20 - 0000 August 20, 1983 * Greenville − 17 ° F / − 27 ° C 000000001940 - 01 - 27 - 0000 January 27, 1940 Chatsworth Hawaii 98 ° F / 37 ° C 000000001957 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1957 Puunene * 15 ° F / - 9 ° C 000000001975 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1975 Mauna Kea Observatories Idaho 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001934 - 07 - 28 - 0000 July 28, 1934 Orofino − 60 ° F / − 51 ° C 000000001943 - 01 - 18 - 0000 January 18, 1943 Island Park Illinois 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1954 East Saint Louis − 36 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001999 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1999 Congerville Indiana 116 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1936 Collegeville − 36 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001994 - 01 - 19 - 0000 January 19, 1994 New Whiteland Iowa 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001934 - 07 - 20 - 0000 July 20, 1934 Keokuk − 47 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001996 - 02 - 03 - 0000 February 3, 1996 * Elkader Kansas 121 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 1936 * Alton − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001905 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1905 Lebanon Kentucky 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 28 - 0000 July 28, 1930 Greensburg − 37 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001994 - 01 - 19 - 0000 January 19, 1994 Shelbyville Louisiana 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001936 - 08 - 10 - 0000 August 10, 1936 Plain Dealing − 16 ° F / − 27 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1899 Minden Maine 105 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001911 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1911 * North Bridgton − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000002009 - 01 - 16 - 0000 January 16, 2009 Clayton Lake Maryland 109 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 * Cumberland − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001912 - 01 - 13 - 0000 January 13, 1912 Oakland Massachusetts 107 ° F / 42 ° C 000000001975 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1975 New Bedford − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001984 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 1984 Chester Michigan 112 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 13 - 0000 July 13, 1936 Mio − 51 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001934 - 02 - 09 - 0000 February 9, 1934 Vanderbilt Minnesota 115 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001917 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 1917 Beardsley − 60 ° F / − 51 ° C 000000001996 - 02 - 02 - 0000 February 2, 1996 Tower Mississippi 115 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001930 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 1930 Holly Springs − 19 ° F / − 28 ° C 000000001966 - 01 - 30 - 0000 January 30, 1966 Corinth Missouri 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 14 - 0000 July 14, 1954 * Warsaw − 40 ° F / − 40 ° C 000000001905 - 02 - 13 - 0000 February 13, 1905 Warsaw Montana 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001937 - 07 - 05 - 0000 July 5, 1937 Medicine Lake − 70 ° F / − 57 ° C 000000001954 - 01 - 20 - 0000 January 20, 1954 Lincoln (Rogers Pass) Nebraska 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 24 - 0000 July 24, 1936 * Minden − 47 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001989 - 12 - 22 - 0000 December 22, 1989 * Oshkosh Nevada 125 ° F / 52 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1994 Laughlin − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001937 - 01 - 08 - 0000 January 8, 1937 San Jacinto New Hampshire 106 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001911 - 07 - 04 - 0000 July 4, 1911 Nashua − 47 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001885 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 1885 Randolph New Jersey 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 Runyon − 34 ° F / − 37 ° C 000000001904 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1904 River Vale New Mexico 122 ° F / 50 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 27 - 0000 June 27, 1994 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001951 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 1951 Gavilan New York 109 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001926 - 07 - 22 - 0000 July 22, 1926 Troy − 52 ° F / − 47 ° C 000000001979 - 02 - 18 - 0000 February 18, 1979 * Old Forge North Carolina 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001983 - 08 - 21 - 0000 August 21, 1983 Fayetteville − 34 ° F / − 37 ° C 000000001985 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 1985 Burnsville North Dakota 121 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 06 - 0000 July 6, 1936 Steele − 60 ° F / − 51 ° C 000000001936 - 02 - 15 - 0000 February 15, 1936 Parshall Ohio 113 ° F / 45 ° C 000000001934 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1934 Gallipolis − 39 ° F / − 39 ° C 000000001899 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 1899 Milligan Oklahoma 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001936 - 08 - 12 - 0000 August 12, 1936 * Altus − 31 ° F / − 35 ° C 000000002011 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 2011 Nowata Oregon 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001939 - 07 - 27 - 0000 July 27, 1939 Umatilla − 54 ° F / − 48 ° C 000000001933 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 1933 * Seneca Pennsylvania 111 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 * Phoenixville − 42 ° F / − 41 ° C 000000001904 - 01 - 05 - 0000 January 5, 1904 Smethport Rhode Island 104 ° F / 40 ° C 000000001975 - 08 - 02 - 0000 August 2, 1975 Providence − 28 ° F / − 33 ° C 000000001942 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1942 Richmond South Carolina 113 ° F / 45 ° C 000000002012 - 06 - 30 - 0000 June 30, 2012 * Camden − 22 ° F / − 30 ° C 000000001985 - 01 - 21 - 0000 January 21, 1985 Landrum South Dakota 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000002006 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 2006 * Fort Pierre * − 58 ° F / − 50 ° C 000000001936 - 02 - 17 - 0000 February 17, 1936 McIntosh Tennessee 113 ° F / 45 ° C 000000001933 - 08 - 09 - 0000 August 9, 1933 * Perryville − 32 ° F / − 36 ° C 000000001917 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1917 Mountain City Texas 120 ° F / 49 ° C 000000001994 - 06 - 28 - 0000 June 28, 1994 * Monahans − 23 ° F / − 31 ° C 000000001933 - 02 - 08 - 0000 February 8, 1933 * Seminole Utah 117 ° F / 47 ° C 000000001985 - 07 - 05 - 0000 July 5, 1985 Saint George − 69 ° F / − 56 ° C 000000001985 - 02 - 01 - 0000 February 1, 1985 Peter Sinks Vermont 105 ° F / 41 ° C 000000001911 - 07 - 04 - 0000 July 4, 1911 Vernon − 50 ° F / − 46 ° C 000000001933 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1933 Bloomfield Virginia 110 ° F / 43 ° C 000000001954 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1954 Balcony Falls − 30 ° F / − 34 ° C 000000001985 - 01 - 22 - 0000 January 22, 1985 Pembroke Washington 118 ° F / 48 ° C 000000001961 - 08 - 05 - 0000 August 5, 1961 * Burbank − 48 ° F / − 44 ° C 000000001968 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1968 Mazama West Virginia 112 ° F / 44 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 10 - 0000 July 10, 1936 * Martinsburg − 37 ° F / − 38 ° C 000000001917 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 1917 Lewisburg Wisconsin 114 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001936 - 07 - 13 - 0000 July 13, 1936 Wisconsin Dells − 55 ° F / − 48 ° C 000000001996 - 02 - 04 - 0000 February 4, 1996 Couderay Wyoming 115 ° F / 46 ° C 000000001983 - 08 - 08 - 0000 August 8, 1983 Basin − 63 ° F / − 53 ° C 000000001933 - 02 - 09 - 0000 February 9, 1933 Moran
what is the coldest temperature ever recorded in the continental united states
− 69 ° F / − 56 ° C