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Cold Weather Coldest Spot: -80 °F (-62 °C) at Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska on January 23, 1971.
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Hot Weather Hottest Place: 134 °F (56.7 °C) at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913.
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Dry Weather Driest State: Nevada averages just 9.5 inches (241 millimetres) of precipitation a year.
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Rainy Weather Wettest Location: Mt. Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii received from 1931 to 1960 a total of 460 inches (11,684 millimetres) of rain on average a year.
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Snowy Weather Snowiest City: Rochester, New York averages 100 inches (2.5 metres) of snowfall a year.
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Sunny Weather Sunniest Place: Yuma, Arizona gets 4300 hours of sunshine a year on average.
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Cloudy Weather Cloudiest Spot: Cloud covers over one-quarter of the sky at Cold Bay, Alaska on an average of 354 days a year.
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Windy Weather Windiest Place: Wind blowing across the peak of Mount Washington in New Hampshire averages 35.1 miles an hour (56.5 kilometres per hour) year-round.
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city humidity Least Humid City: The relative humidity averages 30.3 percent in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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