Indiana · THREADEX · 1897–2026

Fort Wayne, IN

40.972°N, 85.206°W · station FWAthr · 130 years of record
66°F
forecast low · Jul 14

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Fort Wayne.
66°TUE7/1470°WED7/1570°THU7/1670°FRI7/1771°SAT7/1868°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 14

Today ranks

#83 / 127
coldest Jul 14 in 127 yrs of record

Coldest Jul 14 ever

44°F
set in 1967

Mildest Jul 14 ever

80°F
set in 1936

Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year

Every year's low on Jul 14 at Fort Wayne. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
4462801897: 57°F1898: 60°F1899: 65°F1900: 54°F1902: 69°F1903: 54°F1904: 45°F1905: 63°F1906: 65°F1908: 68°F1909: 63°F1910: 54°F1911: 59°F1912: 67°F1913: 63°F1914: 67°F1915: 64°F1916: 68°F1917: 61°F1918: 60°F1919: 69°F1920: 66°F1921: 71°F1922: 59°F1923: 67°F1924: 66°F1925: 61°F1926: 51°F1927: 69°F1928: 61°F1929: 64°F1930: 51°F1931: 68°F1932: 66°F1933: 69°F1934: 66°F1935: 60°F1936: 80°F1937: 68°F1938: 64°F1939: 60°F1940: 53°F1941: 62°F1942: 63°F1943: 62°F1944: 58°F1945: 59°F1946: 60°F1947: 66°F1948: 68°F1949: 63°F1950: 48°F1951: 61°F1952: 69°F1953: 59°F1954: 67°F1955: 67°F1956: 65°F1957: 65°F1958: 66°F1959: 60°F1960: 65°F1961: 65°F1962: 67°F1963: 64°F1964: 54°F1965: 61°F1966: 69°F1967: 44°F1968: 66°F1969: 63°F1970: 71°F1971: 55°F1972: 65°F1973: 65°F1974: 72°F1975: 49°F1976: 50°F1977: 65°F1978: 63°F1979: 66°F1980: 65°F1981: 68°F1982: 62°F1983: 65°F1984: 62°F1985: 76°F1986: 63°F1987: 56°F1988: 61°F1989: 58°F1990: 61°F1991: 61°F1992: 72°F1993: 70°F1994: 69°F1995: 77°F1996: 65°F1997: 71°F1998: 64°F1999: 61°F2000: 59°F2001: 55°F2002: 61°F2003: 57°F2004: 63°F2005: 71°F2006: 68°F2007: 55°F2008: 62°F2009: 49°F2010: 67°F2011: 59°F2012: 66°F2013: 65°F2014: 65°F2015: 66°F2016: 68°F2017: 62°F2018: 69°F2019: 70°F2020: 60°F2021: 65°F2022: 58°F2023: 59°F2024: 65°F2025: 67°F66° forecast189719672025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1466°F
Coldest this date since2024
This-date record44°F
This-date rank#83 of 127
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-24°F (1918)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1897–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Fort Wayne in each calendar month, and for the whole 1897–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan69°F1950-24°F1918
Feb73°F2000-19°F1899
Mar87°F2012-10°F1967
Apr90°F18997°F1982
May97°F201823°F2020
Jun106°F198836°F1910
Jul106°F193438°F1904
Aug102°F191838°F1965
Sep100°F195329°F1951
Oct91°F189819°F1988
Nov79°F1950-1°F1950
Dec71°F1982-18°F1989
All-time106°F1934-24°F1918

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Fort Wayne so far this year — through Jul 11.

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

1 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

94 days
record run, ended Mar 1 1945

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Fort Wayne's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Jan: 33°FJan: 18°FFeb: 37°FFeb: 21°FMar: 48°FMar: 29°FApr: 61°FApr: 39°FMay: 72°FMay: 50°FJun: 81°FJun: 60°FJul: 84°FJul: 63°FAug: 82°FAug: 61°FSep: 76°FSep: 53°FOct: 64°FOct: 43°FNov: 50°FNov: 33°FDec: 38°FDec: 24°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:20 AM
Sunset7:13 PM
Solar noon11:46 AM
Daylight14h 53m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.97°N, 85.21°W

Nearby Stations

South Bend, IN76 mi NWToledo, OH84 mi NEKalamazoo, MI88 mi NDayton, OH90 mi SEBattle Creek, MI92 mi NIndianapolis, IN103 mi SW

The Last 6 Weeks

Fort Wayne'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 Wayne, IN — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Fort Wayne's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Fort Wayne, IN — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1897

Each cell is one day's low at Fort Wayne, coloured by temperature — 130 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Fort Wayne, IN daily low heat map 1897–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Fort Wayne — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
72 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 110th most in 130 years. Normal for this point: 81. Record: 98 in 1975.

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