Massachusetts · THREADEX · 1872–2026
Boston, MA
42.361°N, 71.010°W · station BOSthr · 155 years of record
66°F
COLDEST JUL 18 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Boston.
This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks
#71 / 154
coldest Jul 18 in 154 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 18 ever
54°F
set in 1881
Mildest Jul 18 ever
77°F
set in 1969
Coldest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 18 at Boston. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 18 | 66°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2025 |
| This-date record | 54°F |
| This-date rank | #71 of 154 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -18°F (1934) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1872–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Boston in each calendar month, and for the whole 1872–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 74°F2020 | -13°F1882 |
| Feb | 73°F2017 | -18°F1934 |
| Mar | 89°F1998 | -8°F1872 |
| Apr | 94°F1976 | 11°F1874 |
| May | 97°F1880 | 31°F1882 |
| Jun | 102°F2025 | 41°F1945 |
| Jul | 104°F1911 | 50°F1879 |
| Aug | 102°F1975 | 46°F1940 |
| Sep | 102°F1881 | 34°F1879 |
| Oct | 90°F1881 | 25°F1879 |
| Nov | 83°F1950 | -2°F1875 |
| Dec | 76°F1998 | -17°F1933 |
| All-time | 104°F1911 | -18°F1934 |
Records set or tied at Boston so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
3 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
85 days
record run, ended Feb 26 1971
So far in 2026
70 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Boston's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 67°F · forecast is -1° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 4:19 AM |
| Sunset | 7:20 PM |
| Solar noon | 11:50 AM |
| Daylight | 15h 02m · losing 8 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Boston'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 Boston'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 Boston, coloured by temperature — 155 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 Boston — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
70 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 78th most in 155 years. Normal for this point: 70. Record: 96 in 1879.
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