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Minimum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888 Maximum temperature map of the United States from 1871–1888. The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories during the past two centuries, in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. [1]
Cold snaps in this far southern zone also tend to be shorter and less intense than points north. Winters also tend to be sunnier and warmer in southern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island compared to northern and central New England. The frost-free growing season approaches 200 days along the Connecticut coast. [3]
Due to increases in temperatures, Rhode Island experienced "uncomfortably warm" weather in 2015-2016 three weeks longer than in the 1950s. This may lead to hundreds of additional heat-related ER visits per year in Rhode Island (an increase between 6.8 and 25%, depending on emissions levels).
Providence, Rhode Island set a daily record for snow at 5.9 inches (15 cm), as well as a daily record for coldest high on the date at 31 °F (−1 °C). [59] The 6.4 in (16 cm) of snow at Albany, New York resulted in April being the snowiest month of the year. [60] The winter storm led to a crash on Interstate 88. [61]
7.47 million [4][5] Part of the 2022–23 North American winter. From December 21 to 26, 2022, an extratropical cyclone created crippling winter storm conditions, including blizzards, high winds, snowfall, and record cold temperatures across the majority of the United States and parts of Canada. Impacted areas include parts of Minnesota, Iowa ...
Rhode Island was the first of the Thirteen ... or higher an average of 10 days per summer, January is the coldest month with a daily mean of 29.2 °F (−1.6 °C) and ...
2015–16. The 2014–15 North American winter was frigid and prolifically wintry, especially across the eastern half of North America in the months of January–March. The season began early, with many places in North America experiencing their first wintry weather during mid-November. A period of below-average temperatures affected much of ...
The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, [1][2] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [3] Snow fell from 10 to 58 inches (25 ...