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Fort Lauderdale, FL

26.079°N, 80.162°W · station FLLthr · 115 years of record
78°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Fort Lauderdale.
78°WED9/281°THU9/380°FRI9/479°SAT9/578°SUN9/678°MON9/7

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#89 / 111
coldest Sep 2 in 111 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

69°F
set in 1920

Mildest Sep 2 ever

83°F
set in 2008
Forecast low 78°F — 89th coldest Sep 2 of 111 years · record 69°F (1920) · coldest since 2025.
1913: 73°F1914: 79°F1915: 74°F1916: 78°F1917: 78°F1918: 75°F1919: 70°F1920: 69°F1921: 72°F1922: 74°F1923: 71°F1924: 74°F1925: 74°F1926: 73°F1927: 72°F1928: 73°F1929: 77°F1930: 73°F1931: 79°F1932: 73°F1933: 74°F1934: 70°F1935: 75°F1936: 79°F1937: 78°F1938: 76°F1939: 72°F1940: 75°F1941: 72°F1942: 72°F1943: 75°F1944: 78°F1945: 74°F1946: 72°F1947: 72°F1948: 72°F1949: 71°F1950: 75°F1951: 73°F1952: 76°F1953: 78°F1954: 73°F1955: 73°F1957: 73°F1958: 76°F1959: 72°F1960: 74°F1961: 78°F1963: 75°F1964: 76°F1965: 75°F1966: 75°F1967: 72°F1968: 74°F1969: 75°F1970: 77°F1971: 74°F1972: 71°F1973: 72°F1974: 74°F1975: 72°F1976: 73°F1977: 72°F1978: 75°F1979: 75°F1980: 72°F1981: 76°F1982: 74°F1983: 72°F1984: 72°F1985: 77°F1986: 77°F1987: 75°F1988: 73°F1989: 76°F1990: 76°F1991: 75°F1992: 80°F1993: 74°F1994: 77°F1995: 78°F1996: 76°F1997: 75°F1998: 76°F1999: 74°F2000: 75°F2001: 81°F2002: 79°F2003: 74°F2004: 79°F2005: 76°F2006: 76°F2007: 79°F2008: 83°F2009: 76°F2010: 77°F2011: 77°F2012: 79°F2013: 75°F2014: 79°F2015: 80°F2016: 75°F2017: 76°F2018: 73°F2019: 78°F2020: 78°F2021: 75°F2022: 78°F2023: 74°F2024: 74°F2025: 78°F78° forecast657075808519201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 278°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record69°F
This-date rank#89 of 111
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record28°F (1917)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1912–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Fort Lauderdale in each calendar month, and for the whole 1912–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan88°FJan 11, 191428°FJan 19, 1977
Feb94°FFeb 21, 191528°FFeb 6, 1917
Mar94°FMar 24, 194832°FMar 2, 1920
Apr96°FApr 26, 201540°FApr 7, 1950
May98°FMay 11, 202449°FMay 5, 1921
Jun100°FJun 22, 200957°FJun 4, 1933
Jul99°FJul 23, 192464°FJul 2, 1968
Aug100°FAug 4, 194466°FAug 13, 1923
Sep99°FSep 13, 193561°FSep 26, 1965
Oct95°FOct 3, 191546°FOct 29, 1937
Nov91°FNov 7, 195835°FNov 27, 1949
Dec90°FDec 1, 191829°FDec 13, 1934
All-time100°FAug 4, 194428°FFeb 6, 1917

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Jan (88°F)

Record Lows in 2026

1 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

85°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 11, 1915

Coldest high ever

45°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 24, 1989
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan76°FJan 7, 200749°FJan 15, 1964
Feb77°FFeb 23, 201950°FFeb 1, 2026
Mar79°FMar 20, 200354°FMar 2, 1968
Apr80°FApr 13, 202066°FApr 4, 1915
May85°FMay 14, 202472°FMay 1, 1974
Jun83°FJun 24, 200475°FJun 2, 1930
Jul84°FJul 27, 191478°FJul 20, 1972
Aug85°FAug 11, 191577°FAug 8, 1928
Sep84°FSep 8, 200876°FSep 30, 1984
Oct83°FOct 7, 201768°FOct 22, 1913
Nov80°FNov 7, 201557°FNov 25, 1970
Dec78°FDec 23, 201545°FDec 24, 1989
All-time85°FAug 11, 191545°FDec 24, 1989

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

3 days
record run, ended Jan 21 1977

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Fort Lauderdale's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 77°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Jan: 76°FJan: 61°FFeb: 78°FFeb: 63°FMar: 80°FMar: 65°FApr: 83°FApr: 70°FMay: 86°FMay: 73°FJun: 89°FJun: 76°FJul: 90°FJul: 77°FAug: 90°FAug: 78°FSep: 88°FSep: 77°FOct: 86°FOct: 74°FNov: 81°FNov: 68°FDec: 78°FDec: 64°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise6:01 AM
Sunset6:40 PM
Solar noon12:20 PM
Daylight12h 40m · losing 10 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

26.08°N, 80.16°W

Nearby Stations

Miami, FL22 mi SWWest Palm Beach, FL42 mi NFort Pierce, FL98 mi NMarathon, FL108 mi SWVero Beach, FL109 mi NFort Myers, FL110 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Fort Lauderdale'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.
Fort Lauderdale, FL — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Fort Lauderdale's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Fort Lauderdale, FL — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1912

Each cell is one day's low at Fort Lauderdale, coloured by temperature — 115 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Fort Lauderdale, FL daily low heat map 1912–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Fort Lauderdale — counted through Sep 2 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: 3 in 1918.

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