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-50 degrees recorded at Antero Reservoir in Colorado; see how it fits in record books

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ANTERO RESERVOIR, Colo. (KDVR) — The National Weather Service in Boulder says that Antero Reservoir recorded a temperature of -50 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday morning.

The NWS said that low ties for the fourth coldest reading observed there since records started in 1961.

Colorado’s all-time coldest temperature since recordings started was in Maybell on Feb. 1, 1985. That temperature was -61 degrees.

These are the rankings, according to the National Weather Service.