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Crescent City, CA

41.784°N, 124.238°W · station CECthr · 133 years of record
51°F
forecast low · Sep 5

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Crescent City.
55°WED9/254°THU9/352°FRI9/451°SAT9/552°SUN9/652°MON9/754°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Crescent City — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#59 / 119
coldest Sep 5 in 119 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 5 ever

40°F
set in 1906

Mildest Sep 5 ever

65°F
set in 1940
Forecast low 51°F — 59th coldest Sep 5 of 119 years · record 40°F (1906) · coldest since 2024.
1894: 47°F1895: 52°F1896: 50°F1897: 57°F1898: 41°F1899: 48°F1900: 51°F1901: 50°F1902: 42°F1903: 53°F1904: 51°F1905: 46°F1906: 40°F1908: 51°F1914: 48°F1915: 53°F1916: 49°F1917: 46°F1918: 52°F1919: 53°F1920: 45°F1921: 43°F1922: 48°F1923: 50°F1924: 52°F1925: 52°F1926: 52°F1927: 56°F1928: 49°F1929: 55°F1930: 54°F1931: 52°F1932: 46°F1933: 59°F1934: 50°F1935: 50°F1936: 50°F1937: 55°F1938: 53°F1939: 48°F1940: 65°F1941: 51°F1942: 48°F1946: 50°F1947: 54°F1948: 57°F1949: 52°F1950: 47°F1951: 54°F1952: 50°F1954: 44°F1955: 51°F1956: 42°F1957: 48°F1958: 45°F1959: 58°F1960: 53°F1961: 48°F1962: 53°F1963: 56°F1964: 50°F1965: 51°F1967: 50°F1969: 50°F1970: 54°F1971: 57°F1973: 52°F1974: 50°F1975: 52°F1976: 53°F1977: 57°F1978: 52°F1979: 55°F1980: 48°F1981: 41°F1982: 48°F1983: 58°F1984: 46°F1985: 52°F1986: 47°F1987: 52°F1988: 53°F1989: 48°F1990: 55°F1991: 55°F1992: 50°F1993: 53°F1994: 51°F1995: 49°F1996: 41°F1997: 54°F1998: 48°F1999: 47°F2000: 45°F2001: 46°F2002: 44°F2003: 56°F2004: 51°F2005: 47°F2006: 51°F2007: 54°F2008: 43°F2009: 56°F2010: 46°F2011: 50°F2012: 50°F2013: 54°F2014: 50°F2015: 47°F2016: 53°F2017: 58°F2018: 49°F2019: 56°F2020: 51°F2021: 50°F2022: 56°F2023: 49°F2024: 51°F2025: 55°F51° forecast404550556065190019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 551°F
Coldest this date since2024
This-date record40°F
This-date rank#59 of 119
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record19°F (1937)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1894–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Crescent City in each calendar month, and for the whole 1894–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan75°FJan 21, 198119°FJan 20, 1937
Feb78°FFeb 20, 196423°FFeb 4, 1899
Mar88°FMar 25, 193027°FMar 24, 1942
Apr86°FApr 9, 192429°FApr 4, 1921
May89°FMay 29, 192430°FMay 2, 1920
Jun91°FJun 29, 194232°FJun 29, 1998
Jul96°FJul 3, 194536°FJul 3, 1998
Aug95°FAug 22, 191834°FAug 30, 1908
Sep97°FSep 20, 191933°FSep 30, 1901
Oct93°FOct 4, 191732°FOct 15, 1899
Nov80°FNov 16, 189523°FNov 27, 1919
Dec80°FDec 15, 198019°FDec 21, 1990
All-time97°FSep 20, 191919°FJan 20, 1937

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Crescent City so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

68°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Sep 2, 1929

Coldest high ever

30°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 26, 1924
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan60°FJan 18, 198135°FJan 26, 1972
Feb57°FFeb 3, 198032°FFeb 24, 2023
Mar57°FMar 4, 193640°FMar 1, 1896
Apr66°FApr 7, 192441°FApr 6, 1929
May60°FMay 28, 199746°FMay 8, 1922
Jun66°FJun 21, 194051°FJun 21, 2011
Jul67°FJul 4, 193153°FJul 3, 1902
Aug63°FAug 31, 193352°FAug 11, 1908
Sep68°FSep 2, 192949°FSep 24, 1988
Oct62°FOct 27, 199348°FOct 29, 1935
Nov58°FNov 3, 198342°FNov 27, 1905
Dec58°FDec 9, 201430°FDec 26, 1924
All-time68°FSep 2, 192930°FDec 26, 1924

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

11 days
record run, ended Dec 22 1914

So far in 2026

0 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Crescent City's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 51°F · forecast is +0° vs normal.
Jan: 55°FJan: 42°FFeb: 55°FFeb: 42°FMar: 55°FMar: 43°FApr: 56°FApr: 44°FMay: 59°FMay: 47°FJun: 61°FJun: 49°FJul: 63°FJul: 52°FAug: 64°FAug: 52°FSep: 64°FSep: 50°FOct: 62°FOct: 47°FNov: 57°FNov: 44°FDec: 54°FDec: 41°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Solar noon12:17 PM
Daylight13h 08m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.78°N, 124.24°W

Nearby Stations

Eureka, CA67 mi SMedford, OR80 mi NEMount Shasta, CA104 mi EKlamath Falls, OR131 mi ERedding, CA133 mi SEEugene, OR170 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

Crescent City's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Crescent City, CA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Crescent City's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Crescent City, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1894

Each cell is one day's low at Crescent City, coloured by temperature — 133 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Crescent City, CA daily low heat map 1894–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Crescent City — counted through Sep 5 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
No days ≤32°F yet in 2026. Normal for this point: 8. Record: 40 in 1922.

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