Earth's lowest temperature on record was set on July 21, 1983, when the Vostok research station Antarctica dropped to 128.5 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
North America's coldest weather â Greenland, where the temperature dropped to 87 degrees below zero in 1954
Prospect Creek recorded Alaska's and the United States' coldest temperature of 79.8 below (rounded off to 80 below) on Jan. 23, 1971.
Maine: Jan. 16, 2009 on the Big Black River near Saint-Pamphile, Quebec -50 deg
The Moose River flowing near Old Forge, N.Y.
â52 Degrees Feb. 18, 1979.
Couderay, Wisconsin The mercury reached 55 degrees below zero here on Feb. 2, 1996
Sixty below is the record low In the tiny city of Tower, Minn., on Feb. 2, 1996.
Maybell, Colorado coldest temperature on record: 61 degrees below zero on Feb. 1, 1985.
Rogers Pass, Montana Jan. 20, 1954, when the temperature dropped to a bone-chilling 70 degrees below zero.
North America's coldest weather â Greenland, where the temperature dropped to 87 degrees below zero in 1954
Prospect Creek recorded Alaska's and the United States' coldest temperature of 79.8 below (rounded off to 80 below) on Jan. 23, 1971.
Maine: Jan. 16, 2009 on the Big Black River near Saint-Pamphile, Quebec -50 deg
The Moose River flowing near Old Forge, N.Y.
â52 Degrees Feb. 18, 1979.
Couderay, Wisconsin The mercury reached 55 degrees below zero here on Feb. 2, 1996
Sixty below is the record low In the tiny city of Tower, Minn., on Feb. 2, 1996.
Maybell, Colorado coldest temperature on record: 61 degrees below zero on Feb. 1, 1985.
Rogers Pass, Montana Jan. 20, 1954, when the temperature dropped to a bone-chilling 70 degrees below zero.