SELECTED  TEMPERATURE  RECORDS

Record for

Maximum Temperatures

Minimum Temperatures

Location*

*

°C

°F

Date

Location

*

°C

°F

Date

The World

El Azizia, Libya (32°N)

 

58

136

13 Sep 1922

Vostok (map), Antarctica (78°S)

*

-89

-129

21 Jul 1983

Northern Hemisphere

El Azizia, Libya (32°N)

 

58

136

13 Sep 1922

Verkhoyansk, Russia (67°N)

*

-68

-90

7 Feb 1892

Western Hemisphere

Furnace Creek, Death Valley, CA (36°N)

*

57

134

10 Jul 1913

Snag, Yukon (62°N)

 

-63

-81

3 Feb 1947

North America

Furnace Creek, Death Valley, CA (36°N)

*

57

134

10 Jul 1913

Snag, Yukon (62°N)

 

-63

-81

3 Feb 1947

South America

Rivadavia, Argentina (35°S)

*

49

120

11 Dec 1905

Sarmiento, Argentina (34°S)

 

-33

-27

1 Jun 1907

Europe

Seville, Spain (37°N)

 

50

122

4 Aug 1881

Ust'Shchugor, Russia

 

-55

-67

Jan

Middle East

Tirat Tsvi, Israel (32°N)

 

54

129

21 Jun 1942

 

 

     

Africa

El Azizia, Libya (32°N)

 

58

136

13 Sep 1922

Ifrane, Morocco (33°N)

*

-24

-11

11 Feb 1935

Australia

Cloncurry, Queensland (21°S)

*

53

128

16 Jan 1889

Charlotte Pass, NSW (36°S)

 

-22

-8

22 Jul 1949

Antarctica

Esparanza

 

14

58

20 Oct 1956

Vostok (view), Antarctica (78°S)

*

-89

-129

21 Jul 1983

US (excluding Alaska)

Furnace Creek, Death Valley, CA (36°N)

*

57

134

10 Jul 1913

Rogers Pass, Montana (47°N)

 

-57

-70

20 Jan 1954

Alaska

Fort Yukon (66°N)

*

38

100

27 Jun 1915

Prospect Creek

*

-62

-80

23 Jan 1971

Hawaii

Pahala (19°N)

*

38

100

27 Apr 1931

Mt. Haleakala (20°N)

 

-10

14

2 Jan 1961

Canada

Midale, Saskatchewan (49°N)

 

45

113

5 Jul 1937

Snag, Yukon (62°N)

 

-63

-81

3 Feb 1947

Utah

St. George (37°N)

*

47

117

5 Jul 1985

Peter Sink (42°N)

 

-56

-69

1 Feb 1985

On April 1, 2008, the minimum temperature at Middle Sink, Utah, was -41°F, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the lower 48 states for so late in the winter season!  (The minimum temperature on the BYU campus that morning was 20°F, 61°F warmer than Middle Sink, but still a new record low for the date, tieing the record low for the month of April in Provo.)

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