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San Diego, CA

32.734°N, 117.183°W · station SANthr · 153 years of record
67°F
forecast low · Sep 3

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for San Diego.
68°WED9/267°THU9/367°FRI9/467°SAT9/571°SUN9/671°MON9/770°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#100 / 151
coldest Sep 3 in 151 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 3 ever

56°F
set in 1880

Mildest Sep 3 ever

74°F
set in 1997
Forecast low 67°F — 100th coldest Sep 3 of 151 years · record 56°F (1880) · coldest since 2016.
1875: 67°F1876: 64°F1877: 64°F1878: 62°F1879: 61°F1880: 56°F1881: 58°F1882: 65°F1883: 64°F1884: 67°F1885: 61°F1886: 66°F1887: 60°F1888: 66°F1889: 66°F1890: 63°F1891: 67°F1892: 59°F1893: 64°F1894: 63°F1895: 59°F1896: 62°F1897: 64°F1898: 60°F1899: 61°F1900: 62°F1901: 64°F1902: 62°F1903: 63°F1904: 65°F1905: 64°F1906: 62°F1907: 63°F1908: 64°F1909: 63°F1910: 64°F1911: 62°F1912: 61°F1913: 63°F1914: 59°F1915: 64°F1916: 57°F1917: 64°F1918: 64°F1919: 63°F1920: 63°F1921: 60°F1922: 67°F1923: 67°F1924: 62°F1925: 64°F1926: 62°F1927: 61°F1928: 62°F1929: 66°F1930: 64°F1931: 70°F1932: 60°F1933: 61°F1934: 63°F1935: 64°F1936: 64°F1937: 66°F1938: 66°F1939: 64°F1940: 63°F1941: 65°F1942: 61°F1943: 62°F1944: 63°F1945: 68°F1946: 62°F1947: 67°F1948: 63°F1949: 65°F1950: 64°F1951: 62°F1952: 68°F1953: 64°F1954: 68°F1955: 72°F1956: 65°F1957: 64°F1958: 67°F1959: 67°F1960: 65°F1961: 61°F1962: 62°F1963: 65°F1964: 59°F1965: 65°F1966: 63°F1967: 69°F1968: 67°F1969: 67°F1970: 64°F1971: 66°F1972: 65°F1973: 66°F1974: 68°F1975: 64°F1976: 68°F1977: 70°F1978: 70°F1979: 65°F1980: 68°F1981: 69°F1982: 72°F1983: 71°F1984: 71°F1985: 66°F1986: 67°F1987: 66°F1988: 66°F1989: 61°F1990: 67°F1991: 64°F1992: 67°F1993: 67°F1994: 67°F1995: 69°F1996: 69°F1997: 74°F1998: 71°F1999: 60°F2000: 64°F2001: 66°F2002: 65°F2003: 67°F2004: 66°F2005: 63°F2006: 69°F2007: 74°F2008: 67°F2009: 73°F2010: 61°F2011: 64°F2012: 68°F2013: 70°F2014: 70°F2015: 69°F2016: 63°F2017: 71°F2018: 70°F2019: 73°F2020: 68°F2021: 68°F2022: 74°F2023: 68°F2024: 68°F2025: 70°F67° forecast5560657075188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 367°F
Coldest this date since2016
This-date record56°F
This-date rank#100 of 151
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record25°F (1913)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1874–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at San Diego in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan88°FJan 10, 195325°FJan 7, 1913
Feb91°FFeb 12, 202234°FFeb 10, 1891
Mar99°FMar 29, 187936°FMar 5, 1894
Apr98°FApr 6, 198939°FApr 7, 1875
May98°FMay 25, 189645°FMay 2, 1883
Jun101°FJun 10, 197950°FJun 14, 1884
Jul100°FJul 30, 193054°FJul 4, 1880
Aug98°FAug 31, 195554°FAug 29, 1879
Sep111°FSep 26, 196350°FSep 29, 1880
Oct107°FOct 14, 196143°FOct 30, 1971
Nov100°FNov 4, 201036°FNov 28, 1919
Dec88°FDec 29, 196332°FDec 25, 1879
All-time111°FSep 26, 196325°FJan 7, 1913

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 2 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

78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Sep 9, 1984

Coldest high ever

45°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 6, 1913
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan63°FJan 5, 197845°FJan 6, 1913
Feb64°FFeb 28, 197850°FFeb 6, 1899
Mar68°FMar 15, 201551°FMar 3, 1894
Apr68°FApr 30, 201454°FApr 11, 1912
May70°FMay 25, 189656°FMay 1, 1915
Jun72°FJun 12, 197958°FJun 2, 1908
Jul76°FJul 30, 198064°FJul 2, 1910
Aug78°FAug 10, 201866°FAug 15, 1899
Sep78°FSep 9, 198464°FSep 30, 1899
Oct76°FOct 10, 201560°FOct 31, 1886
Nov68°FNov 1, 198354°FNov 29, 1906
Dec64°FDec 27, 197749°FDec 30, 1915
All-time78°FSep 9, 198445°FJan 6, 1913

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

2 days
record run, ended Jan 7 1913

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from San Diego's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 67°F · forecast is +0° vs normal.
Jan: 66°FJan: 50°FFeb: 66°FFeb: 51°FMar: 66°FMar: 54°FApr: 68°FApr: 57°FMay: 69°FMay: 60°FJun: 71°FJun: 62°FJul: 75°FJul: 66°FAug: 77°FAug: 67°FSep: 77°FSep: 66°FOct: 74°FOct: 61°FNov: 70°FNov: 54°FDec: 66°FDec: 49°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:23 AM
Sunset6:14 PM
Solar noon11:48 AM
Daylight12h 50m · losing 14 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

32.73°N, 117.18°W

Nearby Stations

Ramona, CA26 mi NEPalm Springs, CA84 mi NERiverside, CA85 mi NLong Beach, CA92 mi NWEl Centro, CA93 mi ELos Angeles Airport, CA108 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

San Diego'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.
San Diego, CA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against San Diego's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
San Diego, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1874

Each cell is one day's low at San Diego, coloured by temperature — 153 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
San Diego, CA daily low heat map 1874–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at San Diego — counted through Sep 3 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: 2 in 1913.

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