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Hartford, CT

41.937°N, 72.682°W · station BDLthr · 122 years of record
54°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Hartford.
59°WED9/261°THU9/364°FRI9/459°SAT9/556°SUN9/654°MON9/756°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#37 / 121
coldest Sep 7 in 121 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

37°F
set in 1962

Mildest Sep 7 ever

71°F
set in 1999
Forecast low 54°F — 37th coldest Sep 7 of 121 years · record 37°F (1962) · coldest since 2025.
1905: 56°F1906: 60°F1907: 58°F1908: 60°F1909: 54°F1910: 64°F1911: 60°F1912: 70°F1913: 59°F1914: 60°F1915: 66°F1916: 54°F1917: 51°F1918: 53°F1919: 70°F1920: 55°F1921: 62°F1922: 55°F1923: 63°F1924: 48°F1925: 58°F1926: 60°F1927: 60°F1928: 54°F1929: 65°F1930: 60°F1931: 58°F1932: 60°F1933: 65°F1934: 60°F1935: 53°F1936: 53°F1937: 48°F1938: 51°F1939: 57°F1940: 45°F1941: 60°F1942: 47°F1943: 70°F1944: 56°F1945: 62°F1946: 54°F1947: 68°F1948: 58°F1949: 47°F1950: 49°F1951: 59°F1952: 52°F1953: 59°F1954: 58°F1955: 53°F1956: 62°F1957: 50°F1958: 60°F1959: 58°F1960: 46°F1961: 57°F1962: 37°F1963: 49°F1964: 56°F1965: 59°F1966: 53°F1967: 47°F1968: 57°F1969: 63°F1970: 51°F1971: 63°F1972: 46°F1973: 58°F1974: 54°F1975: 54°F1976: 47°F1977: 56°F1978: 46°F1979: 61°F1980: 61°F1981: 62°F1982: 54°F1983: 62°F1984: 40°F1985: 62°F1986: 49°F1987: 64°F1988: 46°F1989: 48°F1990: 61°F1991: 54°F1992: 58°F1993: 62°F1994: 48°F1995: 64°F1996: 63°F1997: 54°F1998: 64°F1999: 71°F2000: 43°F2001: 50°F2002: 49°F2003: 52°F2004: 49°F2005: 51°F2006: 54°F2007: 67°F2008: 68°F2009: 49°F2010: 63°F2011: 58°F2012: 65°F2013: 47°F2014: 56°F2015: 61°F2016: 65°F2017: 55°F2018: 64°F2019: 54°F2020: 56°F2021: 54°F2022: 62°F2023: 69°F2024: 54°F2025: 54°F54° forecast354045505560657075191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 754°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record37°F
This-date rank#37 of 121
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-26°F (1961)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1905–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan72°FJan 6, 2007-26°FJan 22, 1961
Feb77°FFeb 21, 2018-24°FFeb 16, 1943
Mar89°FMar 31, 1998-6°FMar 19, 1967
Apr96°FApr 19, 19769°FApr 1, 1970
May99°FMay 20, 199628°FMay 10, 1947
Jun100°FJun 26, 195237°FJun 6, 1964
Jul103°FJul 22, 201144°FJul 2, 1962
Aug102°FAug 9, 200136°FAug 31, 1965
Sep101°FSep 2, 195330°FSep 27, 1947
Oct91°FOct 2, 192717°FOct 18, 1978
Nov84°FNov 1, 20241°FNov 24, 1989
Dec76°FDec 7, 1998-18°FDec 30, 1917
All-time103°FJul 22, 2011-26°FJan 22, 1961

2026 Records So Far

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

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

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

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 31, 1917

Coldest high ever

-1°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 30, 1917
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan53°FJan 16, 19951°FJan 15, 1957
Feb50°FFeb 20, 19810°FFeb 5, 1918
Mar56°FMar 31, 199817°FMar 7, 1913
Apr63°FApr 27, 201124°FApr 7, 1982
May72°FMay 31, 192943°FMay 5, 1917
Jun78°FJun 5, 192550°FJun 2, 1907
Jul80°FJul 31, 191760°FJul 6, 1956
Aug78°FAug 3, 200657°FAug 31, 1911
Sep73°FSep 1, 192450°FSep 27, 1939
Oct69°FOct 13, 199036°FOct 26, 1962
Nov65°FNov 2, 197121°FNov 22, 2018
Dec54°FDec 27, 1949-1°FDec 30, 1917
All-time80°FJul 31, 1917-1°FDec 30, 1917

Cold Streaks

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Hartford's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 57°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 35°FJan: 19°FFeb: 39°FFeb: 21°FMar: 47°FMar: 28°FApr: 61°FApr: 38°FMay: 72°FMay: 48°FJun: 80°FJun: 58°FJul: 85°FJul: 63°FAug: 83°FAug: 62°FSep: 76°FSep: 54°FOct: 64°FOct: 42°FNov: 52°FNov: 33°FDec: 41°FDec: 25°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:16 AM
Sunset6:25 PM
Solar noon11:50 AM
Daylight13h 09m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.94°N, 72.68°W

Nearby Stations

Westfield, MA15 mi NWorcester, MA47 mi EBridgeport, CT58 mi SWPoughkeepsie, NY65 mi WProvidence, RI65 mi EAlbany, NY79 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Hartford, CT — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Hartford, CT — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1905

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.
Hartford, CT daily low heat map 1905–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Hartford — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
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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