Post by omegaraptor on Sept 25, 2019 23:42:45 GMT -5
The longstanding record for cold in the lower 48 US states claims to be at Rogers Pass, Montana. It was supposedly set on January 20, 1954 and the temperate supposedly reached -70ºF.
There is very little information on this record, and the deeper I look into it, the more I question the record's legitimacy to the point where I think it's outright BS just like the 134ºF at Death Valley.
Besides the -70ºF supposedly recorded on that day, the next coldest temperature recorded at Rogers Pass was -46ºF. Nowhere even close to what was seen in 1954. The -66ºF at West Yellowstone, MT has been accompanied by other sub -60ºF readings - but this is not the case at Rogers Pass.
Although there was a major cold snap that day in Montana, nowhere got anywhere near as cold as Rogers Pass. Many locations such as Havre average far colder winters than Rogers Pass - while Havre's averages are comparable to Edmonton's with a 25/4ºF average in the coldest month, Rogers Pass averages 33/14ºF in the coldest month - much warmer than Havre, which only got to -43ºF. Great Falls managed just -33ºF with Helena at -36ºF.
Unless there's some massive cold sink at Rogers Pass that I'm missing, I just see no way this place could have gotten to anywhere near -70ºF.
What do you guys think?
There is very little information on this record, and the deeper I look into it, the more I question the record's legitimacy to the point where I think it's outright BS just like the 134ºF at Death Valley.
Besides the -70ºF supposedly recorded on that day, the next coldest temperature recorded at Rogers Pass was -46ºF. Nowhere even close to what was seen in 1954. The -66ºF at West Yellowstone, MT has been accompanied by other sub -60ºF readings - but this is not the case at Rogers Pass.
Although there was a major cold snap that day in Montana, nowhere got anywhere near as cold as Rogers Pass. Many locations such as Havre average far colder winters than Rogers Pass - while Havre's averages are comparable to Edmonton's with a 25/4ºF average in the coldest month, Rogers Pass averages 33/14ºF in the coldest month - much warmer than Havre, which only got to -43ºF. Great Falls managed just -33ºF with Helena at -36ºF.
Unless there's some massive cold sink at Rogers Pass that I'm missing, I just see no way this place could have gotten to anywhere near -70ºF.
What do you guys think?
