We're not sure if making this list is a good thing or not, but congratulations anyway Portland. You're one of the coldest cities in the country.

24/7 Wall Street found the normal low temperature of a US cities coldest month and came up with the 50 coldest cities in the country. Portland is on the low end of the list at number 32 with these stats.

  • Normal low in coldest month: 13.4° F
  • Lowest temp. on record: -39° F
  • Annual avg. snowfall: 69.6 in.
  • Avg. wind speed: 8.0 mph

The winner? No surprise it's Fairbanks, Alaska with these bone chilling stats

  • Normal low in coldest month: -16.9° F
  • Lowest temp. on record: -66° F
  • Annual avg. snowfall: 64.5 in.
  • Avg. wind speed: 4.4 mph

Funny thing is, while Portland's average low in the coldest month is 30 degrees warmer than Fairbanks, Portland has more average snowfall in a year. With a normal low of -16.9°, it's seems like it's just too cold to snow more in Alaska.

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