Coldest place in the Mt states in the lower 48?

[velox]

All right a strange question. I think this is as good a place to ask as any.

By the way I am new here, this is a great site. I found it in all my Internet time I have now, all day. All day you ask? Well I broke my hip on March 1 skiing. I

[sparker1]

I can't answer your question because I go home to FL before it gets too cold out here. However, I do want to wish you well on your recovery and working off that long list of things to do.

[velox]

OK I was thinking and is 10 weeks on crutches, that goes to show I should not do public math.

Velox

[stefan]

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As Far as the? I was just thinking where the heck would be the coldest place out west but not AK be? The coldest place I

[Scout Master]

This web site has some answers that may help
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wext.htm

[accadacca]

Some of the coldest places in Utah during the winter are Woodruff and Randolph, just north of Evanston, WY.

[chickenlicken]

Peter Sinks in Logan Canyon. No one lives there, but I think it has the lowest recorded temp in the lower 48.

[brettyb]

Gunnison is often darn cold at night.

Leadville would have to rank as one of the consistently coldest too, with the elevation over 10000'.

[Scott P]

I have heard there is a place in CO (a small town) that is dam cold due to some strange local weather pattern and altitude, I can not remember where.

Fraser Colorado has the lowest average annual temperature of any town in the lower 48 states.


is it the place with the lowest recorded temperature

Rogers Pass Montana, -69.7F.


the place with the lowest average over the year

For places that have weather records, that belongs to Pikes Peak Colorado with an annual average of 18.8F (If we are speaking strictly Rocky Mountains States). There are indeed colder places though, but they don’t have weather stations. Longs Peak CO is significantly colder than Pikes Peak and I would guess the same holds true for the Wind River Mountains are possibly the Beartooths.


OR a place with exceptionally low monthly averages over the winter months?

For an actual long term weather station, that belongs to Taylor Park Colorado. Perters Sink, Middle Sink, and Tony Grove Sink, all in Utah have recorded more -60F tempertatures than anywhere else in the Lower 48, but are not official weather stations.


Some of the coldest places in Utah during the winter are Woodruff and Randolph, just north of Evanston, WY.

Those are often the coldest towns, but not the coldest places in Utah. The SNOTEL sites in the Uinta Mountains are much colder as is the “Sink Areas” in the mountains above Logan.


Peter Sinks in Logan Canyon. No one lives there, but I think it has the lowest recorded temp in the lower 48.

No. The thermometer really had a corrected figure of -69.3F, missing the coldest by a mere 0.4 degrees F. Uncorrected, the themometer read -69.9F and the media jumped on it too soon.


This web site has some answers that may help

Use caution. Keep in mind the USA website on weather records is full of errors, though most is fine. I have pointed out many errors to them, but they still haven't made corrections.

[velox]

Peter Sinks in Logan Canyon. No one lives there, but I think it has the lowest recorded temp in the lower 48.

Once I read this I looked into it.

Pete's sink is where the lowest recorded temp. in the lowest 48 at - 69 F!
I was guessing it would be somewhere in Minnesota or North Dakota.

[Scott P]

Pete's sink is where the lowest recorded temp. in the lowest 48 at - 69 F!

No, it's not. As I pointed out, the lowest recorded temperature in the lower 48 was -70 at Rogers Pass MT.

[Sombeech]

Is it on average, or the lowest ever? If it's average, I'd agree it's the sinks.

[JP]

So much for a spammer :lol8:

[epek]

Anywhere near a resevoir is 'dam' cold.

[JP]

Mt. Washington, New Hampshire has some pretty wicked winter weather.

[Scott P]

Mt. Washington, New Hampshire has some pretty wicked winter weather.

If interested, just over a year ago, I created a chart of the temperatures of several mountain tops in the USA, including Mt. Washington:

http://www.summitpost.org/fact-sheet/171585/Interesting-Weather-Statistics-for-Mt-Rainier-Uintas-Pikes-Peak-Mt-Washington-Mt-Mansfield-White-Mts-Mt-Mitchell.html

[moabfool]

Peter Sinks in Logan Canyon. No one lives there, but I think it has the lowest recorded temp in the lower 48.

And I've heard stories about people snow shoeing out to the weather station in Peter Sinks with a can of freon and having a little fun with the National Weather Service. Of course that's just what I've heard.

[JP]

Mt. Washington is one nice place to visit! I checked out your link Scott, have you ever looked into Mt. Washington? One of the thing that mountain is known for is its wind. During the winter months it sustains hurricane force winds. They have one of the neatest photographs I have ever seen in the visitor center. A dump truck that was parked up there during the winter months and the rim ice that extends from it is incredible. I tried finding it on-line and all I found was the picture of the cat they have hanging on the wall.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/mtwashcat.jpg

http://www.ime-usa.com/media/imcs/winter/obs_sign_ds.jpg

They also clocked a record wind speed up there at 231mph. At one time it was the highest recorded wind speed in the world. I read somewhere that it was beaten, I just cannot remember where I read it.

Here is a little info on it if ya feel like reading :haha:

CLICKY (http://www.uhaul.com/supergraphics/mountwashington/index.html)

Just follow the pages.

[Scott P]

I checked out your link Scott, have you ever looked into Mt. Washington?

I might climb it in winter someday.


They also clocked a record wind speed up there at 231mph. At one time it was the highest recorded wind speed in the world. I read somewhere that it was beaten, I just cannot remember where I read it.

Record still holds for non tornado and non volcanic winds. The record holds for recorded places with an official weather station, but it's likely that other places not having weather stations are windier (such as K2).