Cold ? Ever wonder ?

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

State by state low temperature records
State         Temp.       Date            Station        Elevation
              ( F)                                         (feet)
Alabama        -27    Jan. 30, 1966     New Market           760
Alaska         -80    Jan. 23, 1971     Prospect Creek     1,100
Arizona        -40    Jan.  7, 1971     Hawley Lake        8,180
Arkansas       -29    Feb. 13, 1905     Pond               1,250
California     -45    Jan. 20, 1937     Boca               5,532
Colorado       -61    Feb.  1, 1985     Maybell            5,920
Connecticut    -32    Feb. 16, 1943     Falls Village        585
Delaware       -17    Jan. 17, 1893     Millsboro             20
Florida        - 2    Feb. 13, 1899     Tallahassee          193
Georgia        -17    Jan. 27, 1940     N. Floyd County    1,000
Hawaii          12    May  17, 1979     Mauna Kea         13,770
Idaho          -60    Jan. 18, 1943     Island Park Dam    6,285
Illinois       -36    Jan.  5, 1999     Congerville          722
Indiana        -36    Jan. 19, 1994     New Whiteland        785
Iowa           -47    Feb.  3, 1996*    Elkader              770
Kansas         -40    Feb. 13, 1905     Lebanon            1,812
Kentucky       -37    Jan. 19, 1994     Shelbyville          730
Louisiana      -16    Feb. 13, 1899     Minden               194
Maine          -48    Jan. 19, 1925     Van Buren            458
Maryland       -40    Jan. 13, 1912     Oakland            2,461
Massachusetts  -35    Jan. 12, 1981     Chester              640
Michigan       -51    Feb.  9, 1934     Vanderbilt           785
Minnesota      -60    Feb.  2, 1996     Tower              1,430   
Mississippi    -19    Jan. 30, 1966     Corinth              420
Missouri       -40    Feb. 13, 1905     Warsaw               700
Montana        -70    Jan. 20, 1954     Rogers Pass        5,470
Nebraska       -47    Feb. 12, 1899     Camp Clarke        3,700
Nevada         -50    Jan.  8, 1937     San Jacinto        5,200
New Hampshire  -47    Jan. 29, 1934     Mt. Washington     6,288
New Jersey     -34    Jan.  5, 1904     River Vale            70
New Mexico     -50    Feb.  1, 1951     Gavilan            7,350
New York       -52    Feb. 18, 1979*    Old Forge          1,720
North Carolina -34    Jan. 21, 1985     Mt. Mitchell       6,525
North Dakota   -60    Feb. 15, 1936     Parshall           1,929
Ohio           -39    Feb. 10, 1899     Milligan             800
Oklahoma       -31    Feb.  9, 2011     Nowata               709
Oregon         -54    Feb. 10, 1933*    Seneca             4,700
Pennsylvania   -42    Jan.  5, 1904     Smethport     est. 1,500
Rhode Island   -25    Feb.  5, 1996     Greene               425
South Carolina -19    Jan. 21, 1985     Caesars Head       3,100
South Dakota   -58    Feb. 17, 1936     McIntosh           2,277
Tennessee      -32    Dec. 30, 1917     Mountain City      2,471
Texas          -23    Feb.  8, 1933*    Seminole           3,275
Utah           -69    Feb.  1, 1985     Peter's Sink       8,092
Vermont        -50    Dec. 30, 1933     Bloomfield           915
Virginia       -30    Jan. 22, 1985     Mountain Lake      3,870
Washington     -48    Dec. 30, 1968     Mazama             2,120
                                        Winthrop           1,755
West Virginia  -37    Dec. 30, 1917     Lewisburg          2,200
Wisconsin      -55    Feb.4,   1996     Couderay           1,300 
Wyoming        -66    Feb.  9, 1933     Riverside          6,650

[BigAl]

-32 in Mountain City, Tennessee.

That matched a lot of other states and bested a few.

Would not have thought that.

[fon1961]

I'm just glad that was a few years before my time 

[Devl]

Joe...very "cool" stats...HA HA

Merry Christmas

 

[hubcapsc]

West Virginia  -37    Dec. 30, 1917     Lewisburg          2,200

I remember being up there one winter... I went down to see the Greenbrier River, it was
frozen. I usually would only be there in the summer, so seeing the river frozen
was very strange to me. There was a railroad spike, I threw it in an arc as far and
as high as I could toward the center of the river, and it bounced. It doesn't
get -37 down here in South Carolina  ... it wasn't -37 that day, either, but
it was cold...

I remember, that same trip, seeing cows standing in frozen fields next to frozen ponds, it just
didn't seem possible that they could stand it...

-Mike

[Daniel Meyer]

Man I'm thinking we've got to get that global warming thing going on!

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

West Virginia  -37    Dec. 30, 1917     Lewisburg          2,200

I remember being up there one winter... I went down to see the Greenbrier River, it was
frozen. I usually would only be there in the summer, so seeing the river frozen
was very strange to me. There was a railroad spike, I threw it in an arc as far and
as high as I could toward the center of the river, and it bounced. It doesn't
get -37 down here in South Carolina  ... it wasn't -37 that day, either, but
it was cold...

I remember, that same trip, seeing cows standing in frozen fields next to frozen ponds, it just
didn't seem possible that they could stand it...

-Mike

Same date for the coldest day in The Great State Of Tennessee....That would be one cold ride 



West Virginia  -37    Dec. 30, 1917     Lewisburg          2,200

Tennessee      -32    Dec. 30, 1917     Mountain City      2,471

[fudgie]

Not sure how you southerners do the warm x-mas thing. Didnt feel like x-mas up here today. Sunny and in low 40's. Usually its 20.

[hubcapsc]

Not sure how you southerners do the warm x-mas thing. Didnt feel like x-mas up here today. Sunny and in low 40's. Usually its 20.

We had a white Christmas last year... that's only happened two or three times in my life... it was
a little chilly today, like spring the last few days... a lot of winters we'll have a week or so where
it doesn't get above freezing, its awful  ...

-Mike

[John Schmidt]

Not sure how you southerners do the warm x-mas thing. Didnt feel like x-mas up here today. Sunny and in low 40's. Usually its 20.

We've had a cold Christmas in past years, in the teens and twenties. This year, not so much, think it hit 79 or close to it today. Been in the mid-upper 70's for the last couple weeks, hit 85 I believe it was Friday. Was a new record high for that date, a bit unusual though. It's not normally this warm at this time of year but I don't have to shovel it. Beautiful riding weather, kinda makes up for the summer months when you can't stand to ride due to the heat and humidity.

As for me, I'm just glad the hoopla is all over for another year. I'm not a Grinch, it's just all the commercialization that starts before Halloween. By the time 12/25 gets here I'm sick of it, just can't stay all that enthused for nearly three months.

[Tropic traveler]

Not sure how you southerners do the warm x-mas thing. Didnt feel like x-mas up here today. Sunny and in low 40's. Usually its 20.

High 70's to low 80's all week here.

Just like the Christmas' I used to know! 



After the last 3 winters we have had we are owed a nice NORMAL warm one!!!

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Not sure how you southerners do the warm x-mas thing. Didnt feel like x-mas up here today. Sunny and in low 40's. Usually its 20.

High 70's to low 80's all week here.

Just like the Christmas' I used to know! 



After the last 3 winters we have had we are owed a nice NORMAL warm one!!!

It was pretty cold at the St.Marks lighthouse when we hooked up last week....It was 35 that morning when we left The Shell Island Fish Camp.Come on up and do The Kiss My Ice Ride to Mt. Mitchel,NC with us New Years Day and kick 2012 off with a chill 

[BigAl]

I fished once on Norris Lake at 5 degrees.

I rode a motorcycle at 17 degrees and it did not reach freezing temp of 32 all day.

25 was the high.

Gerbings were worn, but my feet got chilly was all.

Came back from Dragons on the beach one year, started out pretty nice a balmy 35.

Ended up in tennessee later that day about 12 midnight home.

Riding gear included, Leather Jacket, long sleeve t-shirt. leather chaps, leather boots,socks, tourmaster subzero gloves.

No long underwear, no gerbings, coldest I have ever been.

Literally could not feel my legs at all.

That was painful.

I used to ride like that in cold weather like that all the time.

Tough or stupid maybe both, but now have heated gear.

Pretty nice I'll say.

[old2soon]

When i lived up north of Chiicago i never put the bike in "storage". Of course i WAS a lot younger. If it do not git to 50 degrees F with LOTSA sunshine-i don't ride. The ailments that never used to bother me seems like they caught up with me. Looking back kinda makes me wish i had taken a little better care of myself. Would not dream of complaining though-h3ll-i had me a good time. It is what it is and the have NOT slammed the lid-yet. RIDE SAFE.

[sandy]

We here in AZ are teased about our dry heat, but with altitude we get a lot colder. Our coldest temp was -40F in Hawley Lake at 8100 ft. Many years ago I was coming home from snow skiing. As we dropped altitude, we passed a turnoff for Roosevelt Lake and a truck towing a ski boat pulled out in front of me. I followed him back into Phx with snow skis on my roof and a ski boat with waterskis on his boat. Only in AZ!!

[solo1]

To think that it was a tradition for me to ride on New Years Day here in Indiana. No more, can't handle cold much anymore.