CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Heavy snow and plummeting temperatures are already setting in for parts of the U.S., however simply how chilly has it gotten in all 50 states?
Ohio, for instance, lately saw lake-effect snow and frigid single-digit temperatures — far above the state report, based on the U.S. Climate Prediction Center.
On Feb. 10, 1899, Milligan, Ohio, noticed temperatures drop to -39 levels.
In West Virginia, the coldest day on report was on Dec. 30, 1917; in Lewisburg — a frigid -37 levels, based on the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), however roughly 50 levels beneath final week’s averages.
In some states, the hole between present and report temperatures is even wider. Boca, California sits at over 5,500 toes and is situated alongside the Sierra Nevada mountain vary. Whereas highs had been within the 50s final week, Boca set a state report Jan. 20, 1937, when the temperature sank to -45 levels.
Trying again in time, the NCEI mentioned each state however one had its coldest day within the negatives.
The warmest report low within the U.S. occurred in Hawaii, confirmed by the Mauna Kea Observatory on the Massive Island of Hawaii, was a balmy 12 levels.
Trying solely on the contiguous United States, Montana had the bottom temperature, -70 on Jan. 20, 1954. The best was -2 levels, recorded in Tallahassee, Florida, on Feb. 13, 1899.
So what are the probabilities of a report being damaged in late December or early 2025? In line with preliminary forecasts, not nice.
Basically, this yr’s winter is projected to be a hotter one for a lot of U.S. states, according to outlooks released by the Climate Prediction Center.