It is not unusual to get asked about the weather. We do well with our predictions going out 2 years. As I have shared before, brides, company event planners and vacationers count on us for what will happen. I get many questions about historical weather. We are located in Maine and I don’t have the ability to recap stats going back into history. For that information, I check with the National Weather Service and NOAA who deal with the climate.

Here is a recent question: ,

Were having a discussion on weather in Wi.  What is the coldest weather recorded without the wind-chill factor.  E. Lange

 To answer the question (in part) I checked with NOAA which offers averages over many years. In this case I could pinpoint four cities in Wisconsin going back 60 years. The results: Green Bay -   -31, La Crosse -   - 37,  Madison -      -37,  Milwaukee-   -27. It doesn’t answer the question about the entire state and all of history. But, the chances are  the temperatures that are reflected as the coldest are close to what might have occurred years before. 

By the way, the coldest temp in the US over the last half century:  McGraw Alaska at -75, Bettles, AK - -70 and Big Delta AK -63. In fact Alaska has many communities that are -40 degrees or colder. In the Continental US you have to go to International Falls, Mn. with a record -46 or Aberdeen SD at -45. I think the coldest non wind-chill I have  experienced was -35.  That was cold enough!

Have you experienced a colder temperature? If so where were you at the time. Speaking of historical weather, have you tried our Weather Time Machine on the home page - it can answer specific questions on a special day.