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Los Angeles Downtown, CA

34.068°N, 118.242°W · station CQTthr · 150 years of record
59°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Los Angeles Downtown.
59°WED9/261°THU9/362°FRI9/463°SAT9/567°SUN9/668°MON9/767°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#24 / 149
coldest Sep 2 in 149 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

51°F
set in 1881

Mildest Sep 2 ever

83°F
set in 1955
Forecast low 59°F — 24th coldest Sep 2 of 149 years · record 51°F (1881) · coldest since 2011.
1877: 63°F1878: 63°F1879: 61°F1880: 59°F1881: 51°F1882: 57°F1883: 63°F1884: 65°F1885: 54°F1886: 52°F1887: 56°F1888: 60°F1889: 65°F1890: 62°F1891: 66°F1892: 59°F1893: 61°F1894: 62°F1895: 52°F1896: 59°F1897: 64°F1898: 54°F1899: 60°F1900: 57°F1901: 54°F1902: 62°F1903: 58°F1904: 59°F1905: 58°F1906: 61°F1907: 61°F1908: 60°F1909: 58°F1910: 62°F1911: 61°F1912: 62°F1913: 60°F1914: 55°F1915: 66°F1916: 56°F1917: 60°F1918: 60°F1919: 59°F1920: 59°F1921: 60°F1922: 62°F1923: 58°F1924: 60°F1925: 60°F1926: 62°F1927: 59°F1928: 57°F1929: 68°F1930: 61°F1931: 67°F1932: 58°F1933: 58°F1934: 65°F1935: 63°F1936: 63°F1937: 60°F1938: 62°F1939: 61°F1940: 63°F1941: 58°F1942: 55°F1943: 58°F1944: 60°F1945: 67°F1946: 57°F1947: 69°F1948: 62°F1949: 62°F1950: 62°F1951: 60°F1952: 68°F1953: 60°F1954: 71°F1955: 83°F1956: 63°F1957: 62°F1958: 64°F1959: 66°F1960: 62°F1961: 59°F1962: 61°F1963: 65°F1964: 61°F1965: 61°F1966: 63°F1967: 72°F1968: 64°F1969: 69°F1970: 61°F1971: 65°F1972: 66°F1973: 60°F1974: 66°F1975: 60°F1976: 67°F1977: 64°F1978: 64°F1979: 62°F1980: 66°F1981: 66°F1982: 72°F1983: 76°F1984: 70°F1985: 68°F1986: 64°F1987: 71°F1988: 65°F1989: 60°F1990: 65°F1991: 64°F1992: 66°F1993: 69°F1994: 67°F1995: 74°F1996: 68°F1997: 74°F1998: 74°F1999: 62°F2000: 62°F2001: 66°F2002: 70°F2003: 62°F2004: 64°F2005: 62°F2006: 68°F2007: 74°F2008: 69°F2009: 71°F2010: 61°F2011: 58°F2012: 63°F2013: 68°F2014: 68°F2015: 67°F2016: 65°F2017: 78°F2018: 69°F2019: 71°F2020: 65°F2021: 63°F2022: 72°F2023: 68°F2024: 63°F2025: 68°F59° forecast5055606570758085188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 259°F
Coldest this date since2011
This-date record51°F
This-date rank#24 of 149
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record28°F (1883)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1877–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Los Angeles Downtown in each calendar month, and for the whole 1877–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan95°FJan 18, 197128°FJan 7, 1913
Feb95°FFeb 20, 199528°FFeb 6, 1883
Mar99°FMar 29, 187931°FMar 9, 1893
Apr106°FApr 6, 198936°FApr 8, 1901
May103°FMay 25, 189640°FMay 16, 1883
Jun112°FJun 26, 199046°FJun 10, 1892
Jul109°FJul 25, 189149°FJul 12, 1888
Aug106°FAug 19, 188549°FAug 30, 1901
Sep113°FSep 27, 201044°FSep 23, 1880
Oct108°FOct 3, 198740°FOct 22, 1892
Nov100°FNov 1, 196634°FNov 18, 1881
Dec92°FDec 8, 193830°FDec 14, 1878
All-time113°FSep 27, 201028°FFeb 6, 1883

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Los Angeles Downtown so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

6 broke
plus 4 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

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Sep 22, 1939

Coldest high ever

43°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 29, 1922
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan65°FJan 9, 192343°FJan 29, 1922
Feb65°FFeb 2, 193546°FFeb 2, 1979
Mar67°FMar 10, 191647°FMar 2, 1896
Apr73°FApr 6, 198950°FApr 11, 1912
May71°FMay 28, 197255°FMay 1, 1915
Jun74°FJun 11, 197960°FJun 3, 1925
Jul79°FJul 7, 201866°FJul 1, 1935
Aug79°FAug 16, 198365°FAug 29, 1951
Sep84°FSep 22, 193961°FSep 24, 1908
Oct80°FOct 15, 196158°FOct 18, 1916
Nov70°FNov 3, 199749°FNov 26, 1906
Dec65°FDec 11, 193446°FDec 26, 1916
All-time84°FSep 22, 193943°FJan 29, 1922

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

4 days
record run, ended Jan 10 1888

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Los Angeles Downtown's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 66°F · forecast is -8° vs normal.
Jan: 69°FJan: 49°FFeb: 69°FFeb: 50°FMar: 71°FMar: 53°FApr: 73°FApr: 55°FMay: 74°FMay: 59°FJun: 78°FJun: 62°FJul: 83°FJul: 65°FAug: 85°FAug: 66°FSep: 84°FSep: 65°FOct: 79°FOct: 60°FNov: 74°FNov: 54°FDec: 68°FDec: 49°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:26 AM
Sunset6:19 PM
Solar noon11:53 AM
Daylight12h 53m · losing 14 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.07°N, 118.24°W

Nearby Stations

Burbank Glendale Pasadena, CA11 mi NWLos Angeles Airport, CA12 mi SWLong Beach, CA18 mi SPalmdale, CA39 mi NLancaster, CA46 mi NRiverside, CA46 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

Los Angeles Downtown'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.
Los Angeles Downtown, CA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Los Angeles Downtown's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Los Angeles Downtown, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1877

Each cell is one day's low at Los Angeles Downtown, coloured by temperature — 150 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Los Angeles Downtown, CA daily low heat map 1877–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Los Angeles Downtown — counted through Sep 2 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: 0. Record: 6 in 1888.

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