![]() The West is profoundly influenced by the flow of moderating air masses with clouds and precipitation coming off the Pacific Ocean and aligns more closely to the seasonal solar cycle, while the East is responding to cold air flowing south from Canada that is modified by snow cover reflecting solar radiation away from the surface. ![]() Most prominently, the portion of the United States west of the continental divide (the West) typically reaches its climatological coldest day in December, whereas most of the East reaches its seasonal minimum in January. The contiguous United States map reveals several interesting regional differences across the country. From these values, scientists can identify which day of the year, on average, has the lowest minimum temperature, referred to here as the “coldest day.” (If a string of days has the same low temperature, the map shows the middle day of the range). Climate Normals-NCEI’s 30-year averages of climatological variables including the average low temperature for every day. The maps are derived from the 1991–2020 U.S. The background map shows estimated (interpolated) values for areas between stations. Dots show observations from thousands of U.S. ![]() Climate Normals, this map shows the typical coldest day of the year across the United States. ![]() Click on a dot to see the data from that station. ![]()
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