Subzero temperatures in Scott County

Temperatures of 0° Fahrenheit or colder are uncommon but not especially rare in Scott County. In fact, it used to be remarkably more common than it is today.

Since National Weather Service records-keeping began in Oneida in the 1950s, the temperature has reached 0° or colder 136 times — mostly in January, but also in December, February and even March.

The all-time coldest temperature was -26° on January 21, 1985. The year with the most subzero days was 1963, with 13. The month with the most subzero days was January 1977, with 11.

The temperature dropped below 0° in Scott County 46 different times in the 1960s. By contrast, it occurred only 38 times in the 1970s, and only 28 times in the 1980s. The temperature dropped below 0° five times in the 1990s, six times in the 2000s, and 11 times in the 2010s.

In perspective, subzero temperatures occurred in Scott County 114 times in the 30-year period between 1960 and 1989, and only 20 times in the 30-year period between 1990 and 2019.

Weather data in Oneida is recorded at the Town of Oneida’s water treatment plant on West 3rd Avenue.

Temperatures colder than 0°

December 22, 1960: -6°
December 23, 1960: -5°
January 22, 1961: -8°
January 23, 1961: -2°
January 28, 1961: -12°
January 29, 1961: -13°
December 29, 1961: -1°
January 10, 1962: -7°
January 11, 1962: -9°
January 12, 1962: -8°
December 12, 1962: -9°
December 13, 1962: -18°
December 14, 1962: -16°
January 14, 1963: -3°
January 15, 1963: -2°
January 24, 1963: -22°
January 25, 1963: -22°
January 26, 1963: -8°
January 28, 1963: -12°
January 29, 1963: -12°
February 22, 1963: -4°
February 23, 1963: -3°
February 27, 1963: -4°
February 28, 1963: -4°
December 19, 1963: -11°
December 20, 1963: -11°
January 14, 1964: -3°
January 15, 1964: -4°
January 31, 1965: -2°
February 1, 1965: -2°
February 2, 1965: -7°
February 3, 1965: -9°
February 4, 1965: -7°
January 24, 1966: -1°
January 27, 1966: -4°
January 28, 1966: -4°
January 30, 1966: -16°
January 31, 1966: -19°
December 25, 1966: -1°
February 8, 1967: -9°
February 9, 1967: -9°
February 25, 1967: -4°
February 26, 1967: -4°
January 4, 1969: -7°
January 5, 1969: -9°
January 6, 1969: -7°
January 8, 1970: -9°
January 9, 1970: -12°
January 10, 1970: -14°
January 11, 1970: -14°
January 21, 1970: -9°
January 22, 1970: -9°
January 23, 1970: -6°
February 4, 1970: -10°
February 5, 1970: -7°
February 1, 1971: -10°
January 16, 1972: -9°
January 12, 1973: -1°
January 13, 1973: -2°
January 9, 1976: -6°
January 10, 1976: -7°
January 18, 1976: -5°
January 19, 1976: -1°
January 1, 1977: -11°
January 2, 1977: -7°
January 11, 1977: -6°
January 12, 1977: -6°
January 17, 1977: -17°
January 18, 1977: -17°
January 19, 1977: -7°
January 20, 1977: -2°
January 29, 1977: -9°
January 30, 1977: -1°
January 31, 1977: -4°
January 9, 1978: -2°
January 10, 1978: -7°
January 11, 1978: -9°
January 30, 1978: -4°
January 31, 1978: -4°
January 3, 1979: -2°
January 4, 1979: -2°
January 16, 1979: -2°
February 10, 1979: -10°
February 11, 1979: -10°
February 3, 1980: -11°
February 4, 1980: -10°
March 3, 1980: -11°
March 4, 1980: -10°
January 12, 1981: -7°
January 31, 1981: -1°
February 12, 1981: -5°
December 30, 1983: -7°
March 1, 1984: -5°
February 12, 1981: -5°
January 16, 1982: -14°
January 17, 1982: -15°
December 25, 1983: -10°
December 26, 1983: -6°
January 20, 1984: -11°
January 22, 1984: -11°
January 23, 1984: -3°
February 7, 1984: -8°
February 8, 1984: -3°
January 20, 1985: -10°
January 21, 1985: -26°
January 22, 1985: -17°
January 28, 1986: -9°
December 16, 1989: -2°
December 17, 1989: -2°
December 22, 1989: -8°
December 23, 1989: -9°
December 24, 1989: -10°
March 15, 1993: -3°
January 18, 1994: -5°
January 19, 1994: -17°
January 20, 1994: -18°
January 19, 2003: -1°
January 24, 2003: -7°
January 25, 2003: -1°
January 26, 2003: -1°
January 27, 2003: -1°
January 16, 2009: -1°
January 9, 2011: -3°
January 10, 2011: -3°
January 7, 2014: -6°
January 8, 2014: -7°
January 9, 2014: -7°
January 25, 2014: -1°
January 29, 2014: -1°
January 30, 2014: -2°
February 19, 2015: -11°
February 20, 2015: -10°
February 21, 2015: -6°
December 23, 2022: -2°
December 24, 2022: -4°
December 25, 2022: -1°
January 17, 2024: -9°
January 21, 2024: -7°