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Hartford, CT 41.937°N, 72.682°W · station BDLthr · 122 years of record
62°F
COLDEST JUL 18 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Hartford.
66° TUE 7/14 75° WED 7/15 67° THU 7/16 64° FRI 7/17 62° SAT 7/18 63° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #37 / 121
coldest Jul 18 in 121 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 18 ever 52°F
set in 1958
Mildest Jul 18 ever 77°F
set in 1982
Coldest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 18 at Hartford. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
52 64 77 1905: 73°F 1906: 70°F 1907: 70°F 1908: 54°F 1909: 58°F 1910: 59°F 1911: 63°F 1912: 63°F 1913: 63°F 1914: 70°F 1915: 68°F 1916: 68°F 1917: 70°F 1918: 63°F 1919: 70°F 1920: 55°F 1921: 66°F 1922: 70°F 1923: 59°F 1924: 61°F 1925: 58°F 1926: 62°F 1927: 71°F 1928: 67°F 1929: 62°F 1930: 66°F 1931: 62°F 1932: 65°F 1933: 58°F 1934: 59°F 1935: 69°F 1936: 62°F 1937: 64°F 1938: 69°F 1939: 57°F 1940: 62°F 1941: 60°F 1942: 66°F 1943: 66°F 1944: 56°F 1945: 68°F 1946: 54°F 1947: 72°F 1948: 60°F 1949: 71°F 1950: 68°F 1951: 64°F 1952: 70°F 1953: 69°F 1954: 60°F 1955: 69°F 1956: 53°F 1957: 55°F 1958: 52°F 1959: 65°F 1960: 58°F 1961: 65°F 1962: 60°F 1963: 68°F 1964: 64°F 1965: 65°F 1966: 61°F 1967: 64°F 1968: 74°F 1969: 70°F 1970: 61°F 1971: 58°F 1972: 72°F 1973: 57°F 1974: 65°F 1975: 72°F 1976: 61°F 1977: 72°F 1978: 63°F 1979: 67°F 1980: 69°F 1981: 62°F 1982: 77°F 1983: 65°F 1984: 61°F 1985: 58°F 1986: 66°F 1987: 56°F 1988: 71°F 1989: 59°F 1990: 67°F 1991: 69°F 1992: 61°F 1993: 56°F 1994: 69°F 1995: 61°F 1996: 67°F 1997: 70°F 1998: 63°F 1999: 71°F 2000: 66°F 2001: 57°F 2002: 69°F 2003: 63°F 2004: 62°F 2005: 75°F 2006: 74°F 2007: 67°F 2008: 64°F 2009: 63°F 2010: 68°F 2011: 72°F 2012: 70°F 2013: 75°F 2014: 55°F 2015: 67°F 2016: 69°F 2017: 71°F 2018: 59°F 2019: 69°F 2020: 62°F 2021: 69°F 2022: 72°F 2023: 71°F 2024: 71°F 2025: 61°F 62° forecast 1905 2025 1958 Forecast low · Jul 18 62°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 52°F This-date rank #37 of 121
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -26°F (1961) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1905–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Hartford in each calendar month, and for the whole 1905–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 72°F 2007 -26°F 1961 Feb 77°F 2018 -24°F 1943 Mar 89°F 1998 -6°F 1967 Apr 96°F 1976 9°F 1970 May 99°F 1996 28°F 1947 Jun 100°F 1952 37°F 1964 Jul 103°F 2011 44°F 1962 Aug 102°F 2001 36°F 1965 Sep 101°F 1953 30°F 1947 Oct 91°F 1927 17°F 1978 Nov 84°F 2024 1°F 1989 Dec 76°F 1998 -18°F 1917 All-time 103°F 2011 -26°F 1961
Records set or tied at Hartford so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 3 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 100 days
record run, ended Mar 16 1963
So far in 2026 89 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Hartford's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is -2° vs normal .
Jan: 35°F Jan: 19°F Feb: 39°F Feb: 21°F Mar: 47°F Mar: 28°F Apr: 61°F Apr: 38°F May: 72°F May: 48°F Jun: 80°F Jun: 58°F Jul: 85°F Jul: 63°F Aug: 83°F Aug: 62°F Sep: 76°F Sep: 54°F Oct: 64°F Oct: 42°F Nov: 52°F Nov: 33°F Dec: 41°F Dec: 25°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:27 AM Sunset 7:26 PM Solar noon 11:56 AM Daylight 14h 59m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 41.94°N, 72.68°W Hartford'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 Hartford'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 Hartford, coloured by temperature — 122 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 Hartford — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
89 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 23rd most in 122 years. Normal for this point: 81 . Record: 100 in 1940.
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