11. Excluding Alaska, find the lowest temperature in the United States for the following date _________ (April 2nd)

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11. Excluding Alaska, find the lowest temperature in the United States for the following date _________ (April 2nd)
          Express your answer in both Fahrenheit and Celsius. Also include the place where the temperature 
          was recorded

drwls · Answer

This seems to me to be more about how to use a search engine than about math.

On April 2 of THIS year, the lowest temperature in Alaska was -23 F and occurred at both Bettles and Tanana. That was easily found using Google, and is traceable to an article in USA Today.

Perhaps that is what they are looking for. I assume that you how to convert that to degrees C

Ms. Sue · Answer

I looked and couldn't find anything on the internet about the lowest temperatures on April 2nd in the U.S., excluding Alaska.

drwls · Answer

I apologize for misreading your question. I missed the word Excluding before Alaska.

At this website, the lowest temperature on April 2, 2009, is also reported for the LOWER 48 states. It was 0 F in Gunnison County, Colorado.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/extremes/2009-04-extremes.htm