Winter Cycling - Coldest Official Temperature (lower 48 states)

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Zin

01-20-04, 05:50 PM

January 20, 1954 Roger's Pass, Montana elev 5610' ASL.
Officially recorded -70F BELOW ZERO.

Just a little bit of trivia for our ICE BIKER friends. :D

SamDaBikinMan

01-20-04, 06:49 PM

I beleive Gunnison Colorado is consistently one of the coldest places in the lower 48.

Zin

01-20-04, 08:52 PM

I beleive Gunnison Colorado is consistently one of the coldest places in the lower 48.

Yep, so is West Yellowstone, MT and Inernational Falls, MN.

geneman

01-20-04, 09:02 PM

January 20, 1954 Roger's Pass, Montana elev 5610' ASL.
Officially recorded -70F BELOW ZERO.

Just a little bit of trivia for our ICE BIKER friends. :D

Yea, but what's that in kelvin?

-mark

Joe Gardner

01-20-04, 09:10 PM

216.483333 Kelvin :)

Zin

01-20-04, 09:12 PM

216.483333 Kelvin :)

Thanks Joe... :)

geneman

01-20-04, 09:25 PM

I was sure, for the longest time, that Mt. Washington would have this distinction. But alas! It has only been as low as -47degF on that Godforsaken rock.