California · THREADEX · 1945–2026

San Francisco Airport, CA

37.620°N, 122.366°W · station SFOthr · 82 years of record
55°F
forecast low · Jul 17

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for San Francisco Airport.
60°TUE7/1458°WED7/1556°THU7/1655°FRI7/1756°SAT7/1857°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 17

Today ranks

#39 / 81
coldest Jul 17 in 81 yrs of record

Coldest Jul 17 ever

47°F
set in 1954

Mildest Jul 17 ever

63°F
set in 2014

Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year

Every year's low on Jul 17 at San Francisco Airport. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
4755631945: 51°F1946: 49°F1947: 55°F1948: 53°F1949: 53°F1950: 53°F1951: 48°F1952: 55°F1953: 54°F1954: 47°F1955: 51°F1956: 53°F1957: 54°F1958: 59°F1959: 53°F1960: 51°F1961: 56°F1962: 52°F1963: 55°F1964: 54°F1965: 55°F1966: 54°F1967: 54°F1968: 54°F1969: 54°F1970: 54°F1971: 54°F1972: 59°F1973: 55°F1974: 56°F1975: 54°F1976: 56°F1977: 52°F1978: 54°F1979: 53°F1980: 53°F1981: 53°F1982: 55°F1983: 56°F1984: 62°F1985: 50°F1986: 49°F1987: 54°F1988: 53°F1989: 56°F1990: 60°F1991: 56°F1992: 59°F1993: 52°F1994: 53°F1995: 55°F1996: 56°F1997: 57°F1998: 54°F1999: 54°F2000: 56°F2001: 54°F2002: 55°F2003: 55°F2004: 55°F2005: 57°F2006: 55°F2007: 58°F2008: 56°F2009: 52°F2010: 56°F2011: 57°F2012: 56°F2013: 55°F2014: 63°F2015: 59°F2016: 55°F2017: 57°F2018: 55°F2019: 58°F2020: 56°F2021: 54°F2022: 56°F2023: 60°F2024: 57°F2025: 57°F55° forecast194519542025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1755°F
Coldest this date since2021
This-date record47°F
This-date rank#39 of 81
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record24°F (1972)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1945–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at San Francisco Airport in each calendar month, and for the whole 1945–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan74°F201526°F1949
Feb78°F202230°F1949
Mar89°F202631°F1966
Apr92°F198136°F1955
May97°F198439°F1950
Jun105°F200043°F1954
Jul99°F198544°F1951
Aug99°F201045°F1952
Sep104°F201741°F1950
Oct99°F198737°F1949
Nov85°F196731°F1954
Dec75°F195824°F1972
All-time105°F200024°F1972

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at San Francisco Airport so far this year — through Jul 11.

Record Highs in 2026

10 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (89°F)

Record Lows in 2026

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

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

8 days
record run, ended Dec 15 1972

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from San Francisco Airport's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 56°F · forecast is -1° vs normal.
Jan: 57°FJan: 45°FFeb: 60°FFeb: 47°FMar: 63°FMar: 48°FApr: 65°FApr: 50°FMay: 67°FMay: 52°FJun: 71°FJun: 54°FJul: 72°FJul: 56°FAug: 73°FAug: 57°FSep: 74°FSep: 56°FOct: 71°FOct: 54°FNov: 63°FNov: 49°FDec: 57°FDec: 45°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:58 AM
Sunset7:32 PM
Solar noon12:15 PM
Daylight14h 33m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.62°N, 122.37°W

Nearby Stations

San Jose, CA30 mi SEStockton, CA65 mi ESacramento, CA77 mi NEMerced, CA103 mi EUkiah, CA113 mi NWMadera, CA131 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

San Francisco Airport'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 Francisco Airport, CA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against San Francisco Airport's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
San Francisco Airport, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1945

Each cell is one day's low at San Francisco Airport, coloured by temperature — 82 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
San Francisco Airport, CA daily low heat map 1945–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at San Francisco Airport — counted through Jul 17 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: 1. Record: 14 in 1949.

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