California · THREADEX · 1888–2026
Needles, CA
34.768°N, 114.618°W · station EEDthr · 139 years of record
87°F
COLDEST JUL 18 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Needles.
This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks
#88 / 132
coldest Jul 18 in 132 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 18 ever
57°F
set in 1987
Mildest Jul 18 ever
95°F
set in 2009
Coldest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 18 at Needles. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 18 | 87°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2025 |
| This-date record | 57°F |
| This-date rank | #88 of 132 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | 18°F (1937) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1888–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Needles in each calendar month, and for the whole 1888–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 85°F1971 | 18°F1937 |
| Feb | 92°F1986 | 22°F1933 |
| Mar | 106°F2026 | 29°F1917 |
| Apr | 107°F2012 | 33°F1909 |
| May | 118°F1910 | 39°F1909 |
| Jun | 125°F2016 | 46°F1915 |
| Jul | 125°F1925 | 57°F1987 |
| Aug | 123°F2020 | 60°F1917 |
| Sep | 120°F1950 | 40°F1910 |
| Oct | 112°F1917 | 34°F1971 |
| Nov | 93°F2020 | 25°F1906 |
| Dec | 83°F1977 | 20°F1895 |
| All-time | 125°F1925 | 18°F1937 |
Records set or tied at Needles so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
15 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high records this year: Feb (92°F), Mar (106°F)
Record Lows in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
24 days
record run, ended Dec 31 1916
So far in 2026
0 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Needles's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 86°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 4:35 AM |
| Sunset | 6:53 PM |
| Solar noon | 11:44 AM |
| Daylight | 14h 18m · losing 6 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Needles'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.
Every day this year against Needles's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Needles, coloured by temperature — 139 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Needles — counted through Jul 18 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: 4. Record: 33 in 1901.
A ready-to-share summary of Needles's outlook — post it, or link this page.
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