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Coldest City in Each U.S. State
February 01, 2022
What's the coldest incorporated place in each state of the United States? We took a look at NOAA data from 1991–2020 to find the cities and towns that had the coolest average temperature. Here's what we found.
Note: This is the average of the high and low temperature over the entire year.
13.8 °F (-10.1 °C)
Due to permafrost, the streets of this city on the Arctic Ocean cannot be paved. Barrow gets snow in all twelve months of the year, and the average high in July is only 47.7 °F.
34.5 °F (1.4 °C)
Sitting at an elevation of 8,909 feet, Crested Butte has been called "the last great Colorado ski town". Winter temperatures regularly fall below -20 °F.
37.0 °F (2.8 °C)
International Falls may be the "Icebox of the Nation", but nearby Tower is even colder.
37.2 °F (2.9 °C)
Pinedale lies within view of the Wind River Mountains.
37.9 °F (3.3 °C)
38.3 °F (3.5 °C)
Pembina is located in the northeast corner of the state, on the Canadian border.
38.4 °F (3.5 °C)
38.6 °F (3.7 °C)
39.1 °F (3.9 °C)
The snowiest city in the United States is also the coldest in Utah.
39.8 °F (4.3 °C)
40.4 °F (4.7 °C)
Ketchum is adjacent to the resort town of Sun Valley. It's also where author Ernest Hemingway committed suicide in 1961.
40.9 °F (5.0 °C)
40.9 °F (5.0 °C)
41.0 °F (5.0 °C)
41.2 °F (5.1 °C)
Fun facts about Indian Lake: 1) It has no stop signs. 2) It calls itself the "Moose capital" of the Northeast.
42.5 °F (5.8 °C)
43.3 °F (6.3 °C)
44.1 °F (6.7 °C)
44.3 °F (6.8 °C)
44.7 °F (7.1 °C)
Parts of California can be quite cold. On average, Tahoe City is colder than Minneapolis.
44.9 °F (7.2 °C)
45.5 °F (7.5 °C)
45.6 °F (7.5 °C)
46.1 °F (7.8 °C)
46.6 °F (8.1 °C)
46.9 °F (8.3 °C)
At an elevation of 6,910 feet, Flagstaff regularly gets snow from October to May.
47.1 °F (8.4 °C)
47.2 °F (8.5 °C)
48.1 °F (8.9 °C)
Angola, Indiana has many differences from the tropical African country of Angola, weather among them.
48.1 °F (9.0 °C)
48.7 °F (9.3 °C)
Originally named Mt. Pleasant, the town was renamed in 1820 after its first resident: Meshach Frost.
49.4 °F (9.7 °C)
50.3 °F (10.2 °C)
50.8 °F (10.4 °C)
51.4 °F (10.8 °C)
52.1 °F (11.2 °C)
52.2 °F (11.2 °C)
54.8 °F (12.6 °C)
54.9 °F (12.7 °C)
55.1 °F (12.8 °C)
55.1 °F (12.9 °C)
55.9 °F (13.3 °C)
56.3 °F (13.5 °C)
As the crow flies, Gruver is more than 700 miles away from McAllen, the warmest city in Texas.
56.5 °F (13.6 °C)
56.7 °F (13.7 °C)
58.7 °F (14.8 °C)
61.4 °F (16.3 °C)
63.4 °F (17.4 °C)
66.1 °F (18.9 °C)
Even though its the coldest city in Florida, the weather here is "nice" all year round. In fact, it hasn't even snowed there since 1973.
What about Hawaii?
We can't say for sure. Hawaii has no incorporated cities and furthermore it's tough to determine the coldest inhabited place due to the fact that many places contain large elevation differentials.