The hottest, coldest, windiest, snowiest, largest in the USA & The World

The highest temp.

In the United States,
was observed at Death Valley Calif.

134°F on July 10, 1913

The lowest temp

On record in the United States,
was observed at Prospect Creek Camp
in the Endicott Mountains of northern Alaska

- 79.8°F (below zero) on Jan. 23, 1971

The highest wind

Mount Washington, New Hampshire holds
the record for the highest wind
ever recorded on Earth

231 MPH on  April 12,  1934

The most snow in 24 hours

The most snow in a 24 hour period
Silver Lake, Colorado

75.8 inches in  April  14-15, 1921

 

The most snow in one year

Mount Rainier, Washington
achieved the world's record for receiving
the most snow in one year
1224 inches or 102 feet, landed between
February 18 & 19, 1971

 

Largest Snowflake

The largest snowflake in recorded history was
reported at Fort Keogh, Montana, on January 28, 1887, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

The snowflake was reportedly 15 inches wide
and 8 inches thick.

 

The coldest place on Earth

The lowest temperature ever recorded
on earth was at the Russian Base
Vostok  in Antarctica.

- 129F (below zero) recorded in 1983

 

Some COLD facts

  • The average thickness of the ice sheet that
    covers 98% of Antarctica is 7,200 feet.
    This amounts to 90% of the ice and 70%
    of all the fresh water in the world.

    If the ice cap were to melt, the average
    sea level would rise 230 feet.

The largest Hailstone In the USA

According to NOAA....
Aurora, Nebraska on June 22, 2003 with
a record 7-inch diameter and
a circumference of 18.75 inches
or about the size of a Cantaloupe,
weighting in at 1 pound.

The hailstone hit the earth at 100 MPH

World's heaviest Hailstones

The heaviest hailstone ever documented
from across the globe fell in Bangladesh, India
on April, 14th 1986

Weighting  2.2 pounds.

 

The 10 Snowiest  cities
Average snowfall per Year

1 Blue Canyon  California     240.8 in.
2 Marquette    Michigan   128.6 in.
3 Sault Ste. Marie Michigan  116.7 in.
4 Syracuse    New York  111.6 in.
5 Caribou Maine   110.4 in.
6 Mount Shata  California 104.9 in.
7  Lander   Wyoming  102.5 in.
8 Flagstaff   Arizona  99.9 in.
9 Sexton Summit Oregon  97.8 in.
10  Muskegon Michigan  97.0 in.

The 10 coldest cities in the USA

International Falls, MN
Duluth, MN
Caribou, ME
Marquette, MI
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Fargo, ND
Williston, ND
Alamosa, CO
Bismarck, ND
St. Cloud, MN

 
 

The largest annual snowfalls
recorded for the 10 snowiest states
Location Inches Year
Thompson Pass, Alaska 974 1952-53
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon 822 1948-49
Alta, Utah 811 1983-84
Echo Summit, California 747 1982-83
Stevens Pass, Washington 621 1964-65
Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado 520 1947-48
Snake River, Wyoming 382 1975-76
Roland West Portal, Idaho 380 1945-46
Hooker 12 NNW, New York 380 1978-79
Summit, Montana 369 1942-43

Fastest temperature drop

   47 F° in just 15 minutes
  Rapid City, South Dakota
January 10, 1911

Fastest temperature rise

49°F In just 2 minutes
Spearfish, South Dakota
January 1, 1943

  • Warmest temperature ever recorded during a snowfall

    47°F LaGuardia Airport
    New York

Most rainfall in one minute

1.5 inches
In Barst, Guadeloupe
November 26, 1970

  • Snowiest Large City
    in the USA

    With an     yearly average of 96 inches
    (8 feet) Rochester
    New York

Longest lightning bolt

118 miles recorded
on October 13, 2001

 

  • Highest mountain in the USA

    Mount McKinley, Alaska
    20, 320 feet

Highest mountain in the World

Mount Everest,
29, 028 feet

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