What is the coldest place on Earth? At a bone-chilling minus 144 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 98 degrees Celsius), NASA says the East Antarctica Plateau in Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth.

Let's dig in! Timing is everything Believe it or not, the coldest part of an average day in the Quad Cities is just after sunrise. To pinpoint the cause, let's go back to the sunset the day before.

The area was under a severe cold spell from Feb. 8–Feb. 15, 1899, giving way to the state's coldest temperature on Feb. 10 of that year.

A little north of Fraser Flats, another area recorded one of the coldest lows. According to NWS data, Harbison Meadow, north of Lake Granby, had an overnight low of minus 40 degrees.

D.C.'s coldest January day over the last decade was January 22, 2014, with a high/low of only 19 degrees/9 degrees. That was also the last time the nation's capital had a high temperature in the ...