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Eureka, CA

40.810°N, 124.160°W · station EKAthr · 141 years of record
53°F
forecast low · Sep 5

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Eureka.
57°WED9/257°THU9/354°FRI9/453°SAT9/554°SUN9/654°MON9/756°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#83 / 139
coldest Sep 5 in 139 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 5 ever

44°F
set in 2010

Mildest Sep 5 ever

61°F
set in 2017
Forecast low 53°F — 83rd coldest Sep 5 of 139 years · record 44°F (2010) · coldest since 2024.
1887: 47°F1888: 55°F1889: 49°F1890: 49°F1891: 49°F1892: 48°F1893: 53°F1894: 51°F1895: 48°F1896: 48°F1897: 55°F1898: 48°F1899: 47°F1900: 54°F1901: 47°F1902: 51°F1903: 54°F1904: 50°F1905: 52°F1906: 47°F1907: 56°F1908: 53°F1909: 50°F1910: 47°F1911: 52°F1912: 47°F1913: 53°F1914: 51°F1915: 50°F1916: 51°F1917: 49°F1918: 52°F1919: 56°F1920: 51°F1921: 49°F1922: 51°F1923: 52°F1924: 51°F1925: 51°F1926: 53°F1927: 59°F1928: 50°F1929: 55°F1930: 55°F1931: 53°F1932: 51°F1933: 49°F1934: 57°F1935: 48°F1936: 53°F1937: 54°F1938: 51°F1939: 53°F1940: 52°F1941: 58°F1942: 54°F1943: 50°F1944: 51°F1945: 54°F1946: 55°F1947: 52°F1948: 51°F1949: 55°F1950: 47°F1951: 54°F1952: 57°F1953: 57°F1954: 54°F1955: 51°F1956: 48°F1957: 52°F1958: 50°F1959: 57°F1960: 54°F1961: 52°F1962: 54°F1963: 56°F1964: 50°F1965: 51°F1966: 48°F1967: 54°F1968: 55°F1969: 47°F1970: 50°F1971: 55°F1972: 55°F1973: 52°F1974: 54°F1975: 53°F1976: 52°F1977: 55°F1978: 53°F1979: 57°F1980: 50°F1981: 52°F1982: 56°F1983: 54°F1984: 51°F1985: 51°F1986: 50°F1987: 55°F1988: 52°F1989: 54°F1990: 56°F1991: 55°F1992: 52°F1993: 55°F1994: 54°F1995: 55°F1996: 46°F1997: 59°F1998: 51°F1999: 49°F2000: 51°F2001: 50°F2002: 45°F2003: 55°F2004: 48°F2005: 48°F2006: 52°F2007: 55°F2008: 47°F2009: 51°F2010: 44°F2011: 49°F2012: 47°F2013: 57°F2014: 49°F2015: 48°F2016: 50°F2017: 61°F2018: 52°F2019: 58°F2020: 52°F2021: 48°F2022: 55°F2023: 51°F2024: 51°F2025: 56°F53° forecast40455055606518901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 553°F
Coldest this date since2024
This-date record44°F
This-date rank#83 of 139
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record20°F (1888)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1886–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Eureka in each calendar month, and for the whole 1886–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan78°FJan 12, 198620°FJan 14, 1888
Feb85°FFeb 17, 193024°FFeb 4, 1899
Mar78°FMar 19, 191429°FMar 3, 1896
Apr80°FApr 9, 198931°FApr 5, 1895
May84°FMay 13, 193935°FMay 1, 1887
Jun85°FJun 6, 190340°FJun 26, 1887
Jul77°FJul 28, 201543°FJul 15, 1887
Aug82°FAug 30, 196844°FAug 16, 1935
Sep87°FSep 2, 201736°FSep 22, 1895
Oct87°FOct 26, 199332°FOct 29, 1971
Nov81°FNov 11, 190427°FNov 27, 1896
Dec77°FDec 30, 196321°FDec 9, 1972
All-time87°FOct 26, 199320°FJan 14, 1888

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

0 broke
plus 3 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

63°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 27, 1894

Coldest high ever

34°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 8, 1972
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan63°FJan 18, 198136°FJan 14, 1888
Feb63°FFeb 26, 198037°FFeb 4, 1899
Mar58°FMar 6, 190442°FMar 20, 1909
Apr58°FApr 16, 199243°FApr 6, 1935
May59°FMay 19, 199346°FMay 5, 1964
Jun61°FJun 15, 193651°FJun 2, 1908
Jul62°FJul 21, 200753°FJul 2, 1898
Aug63°FAug 27, 189453°FAug 30, 1899
Sep62°FSep 17, 191451°FSep 21, 1890
Oct62°FOct 10, 190448°FOct 28, 1911
Nov62°FNov 3, 189141°FNov 27, 1905
Dec62°FDec 3, 197934°FDec 8, 1972
All-time63°FAug 27, 189434°FDec 8, 1972

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

9 days
record run, ended Dec 12 2013

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Eureka's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 52°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Jan: 56°FJan: 41°FFeb: 56°FFeb: 42°FMar: 56°FMar: 43°FApr: 58°FApr: 45°FMay: 60°FMay: 48°FJun: 62°FJun: 51°FJul: 64°FJul: 53°FAug: 65°FAug: 54°FSep: 64°FSep: 51°FOct: 62°FOct: 47°FNov: 58°FNov: 44°FDec: 55°FDec: 40°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset6:49 PM
Solar noon12:16 PM
Daylight13h 06m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.81°N, 124.16°W

Nearby Stations

Crescent City, CA67 mi NRedding, CA99 mi EMount Shasta, CA102 mi EMedford, OR126 mi NEUkiah, CA126 mi SEKlamath Falls, OR156 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

Eureka'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.
Eureka, CA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Eureka's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Eureka, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1886

Each cell is one day's low at Eureka, coloured by temperature — 141 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Eureka, CA daily low heat map 1886–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Eureka — counted through Sep 5 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
1 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 92nd most in 141 years. Normal for this point: 4. Record: 19 in 1949.

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