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Worcester, MA 42.271°N, 71.873°W · station ORHthr · 135 years of record
62°F
COLDEST JUL 18 SINCE 2020
forecast low · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Worcester.
67° TUE 7/14 76° 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 #49 / 133
coldest Jul 18 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 18 ever 47°F
set in 1946
Mildest Jul 18 ever 74°F
set in 2013
Coldest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 18 at Worcester. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
47 60 74 1892: 49°F 1893: 62°F 1894: 64°F 1895: 69°F 1896: 57°F 1897: 66°F 1899: 65°F 1900: 69°F 1901: 72°F 1902: 60°F 1903: 57°F 1904: 66°F 1905: 72°F 1906: 67°F 1907: 70°F 1908: 54°F 1909: 60°F 1910: 58°F 1911: 69°F 1912: 64°F 1913: 64°F 1914: 71°F 1915: 68°F 1916: 66°F 1917: 67°F 1918: 62°F 1919: 67°F 1920: 56°F 1921: 62°F 1922: 70°F 1923: 59°F 1924: 60°F 1925: 57°F 1926: 60°F 1927: 70°F 1928: 64°F 1929: 56°F 1930: 60°F 1931: 58°F 1932: 61°F 1933: 51°F 1934: 57°F 1935: 63°F 1936: 49°F 1937: 64°F 1938: 67°F 1939: 48°F 1940: 54°F 1941: 52°F 1942: 63°F 1943: 71°F 1944: 60°F 1945: 67°F 1946: 47°F 1947: 69°F 1948: 58°F 1949: 65°F 1950: 62°F 1951: 60°F 1952: 65°F 1953: 65°F 1954: 59°F 1955: 70°F 1956: 53°F 1957: 61°F 1958: 53°F 1959: 63°F 1960: 59°F 1961: 67°F 1962: 55°F 1963: 66°F 1964: 65°F 1965: 62°F 1966: 58°F 1967: 62°F 1968: 68°F 1969: 71°F 1970: 62°F 1971: 52°F 1972: 70°F 1973: 60°F 1974: 62°F 1975: 70°F 1976: 56°F 1977: 66°F 1978: 62°F 1979: 63°F 1980: 63°F 1981: 60°F 1982: 73°F 1983: 63°F 1984: 60°F 1985: 62°F 1986: 64°F 1987: 59°F 1988: 69°F 1989: 55°F 1990: 64°F 1991: 68°F 1992: 57°F 1993: 58°F 1994: 61°F 1995: 56°F 1996: 67°F 1997: 67°F 1998: 62°F 1999: 71°F 2000: 57°F 2001: 59°F 2002: 68°F 2003: 62°F 2004: 63°F 2005: 73°F 2006: 73°F 2007: 66°F 2008: 67°F 2009: 64°F 2010: 67°F 2011: 68°F 2012: 72°F 2013: 74°F 2014: 58°F 2015: 64°F 2016: 68°F 2017: 66°F 2018: 63°F 2019: 63°F 2020: 58°F 2021: 63°F 2022: 66°F 2023: 67°F 2024: 68°F 2025: 64°F 62° forecast 1892 2025 1946 Forecast low · Jul 18 62°F Coldest this date since 2020 This-date record 47°F This-date rank #49 of 133
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -24°F (1943) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1892–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Worcester in each calendar month, and for the whole 1892–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 67°F 1932 -19°F 1957 Feb 71°F 2018 -24°F 1943 Mar 84°F 1945 -6°F 1943 Apr 91°F 1941 9°F 1923 May 94°F 2010 27°F 1944 Jun 98°F 1952 33°F 1926 Jul 102°F 1911 41°F 1945 Aug 99°F 1944 38°F 1941 Sep 99°F 1953 27°F 1947 Oct 91°F 1898 19°F 1928 Nov 79°F 1950 3°F 1938 Dec 72°F 1998 -17°F 1933 All-time 102°F 1911 -24°F 1943
Records set or tied at Worcester so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 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 115 days
record run, ended Mar 27 1978
So far in 2026 86 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Worcester's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 63°F · forecast is -1° vs normal .
Jan: 32°F Jan: 18°F Feb: 35°F Feb: 19°F Mar: 43°F Mar: 27°F Apr: 55°F Apr: 37°F May: 66°F May: 47°F Jun: 74°F Jun: 56°F Jul: 80°F Jul: 62°F Aug: 78°F Aug: 61°F Sep: 70°F Sep: 54°F Oct: 59°F Oct: 43°F Nov: 48°F Nov: 33°F Dec: 37°F Dec: 24°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:22 AM Sunset 7:24 PM Solar noon 11:53 AM Daylight 15h 01m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 42.27°N, 71.87°W Worcester'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 Worcester'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 Worcester, coloured by temperature — 135 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 Worcester — 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°
86 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 84th most in 135 years. Normal for this point: 88 . Record: 108 in 1926.
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