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St Louis, MO

38.752°N, 90.373°W · station STLthr · 153 years of record
72°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for St Louis.
81°WED9/279°THU9/381°FRI9/479°SAT9/576°SUN9/673°MON9/772°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#122 / 152
coldest Sep 8 in 152 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

42°F
set in 1986

Mildest Sep 8 ever

80°F
set in 2016
Forecast low 72°F — 122nd coldest Sep 8 of 152 years · record 42°F (1986) · coldest since 2025.
1874: 70°F1875: 74°F1876: 74°F1877: 62°F1878: 72°F1879: 51°F1880: 59°F1881: 74°F1882: 63°F1883: 54°F1884: 77°F1885: 64°F1886: 73°F1887: 59°F1888: 62°F1889: 60°F1890: 58°F1891: 57°F1892: 59°F1893: 70°F1894: 72°F1895: 62°F1896: 56°F1897: 74°F1898: 53°F1899: 70°F1900: 70°F1901: 71°F1902: 52°F1903: 68°F1904: 65°F1905: 66°F1906: 70°F1907: 64°F1908: 62°F1909: 64°F1910: 71°F1911: 68°F1912: 77°F1913: 72°F1914: 60°F1915: 69°F1916: 66°F1917: 62°F1918: 61°F1919: 74°F1920: 64°F1921: 66°F1922: 76°F1923: 59°F1924: 58°F1925: 77°F1926: 68°F1927: 74°F1928: 61°F1929: 67°F1930: 66°F1931: 72°F1932: 52°F1933: 68°F1934: 54°F1935: 61°F1936: 70°F1937: 66°F1938: 74°F1939: 77°F1940: 63°F1941: 72°F1942: 70°F1943: 55°F1944: 52°F1945: 71°F1946: 67°F1947: 71°F1948: 68°F1949: 55°F1950: 57°F1951: 57°F1952: 62°F1953: 51°F1954: 59°F1955: 61°F1956: 46°F1957: 53°F1958: 61°F1959: 74°F1960: 76°F1961: 70°F1962: 61°F1963: 64°F1964: 69°F1965: 69°F1966: 52°F1967: 64°F1968: 55°F1969: 59°F1970: 65°F1971: 73°F1972: 68°F1973: 64°F1974: 58°F1975: 60°F1976: 54°F1977: 66°F1978: 65°F1979: 54°F1980: 69°F1981: 57°F1982: 63°F1983: 68°F1984: 72°F1985: 75°F1986: 42°F1987: 67°F1988: 54°F1989: 73°F1990: 72°F1991: 73°F1992: 67°F1993: 61°F1994: 60°F1995: 57°F1996: 67°F1997: 66°F1998: 59°F1999: 60°F2000: 68°F2001: 69°F2002: 72°F2003: 60°F2004: 61°F2005: 70°F2006: 65°F2007: 73°F2008: 62°F2009: 64°F2010: 58°F2011: 52°F2012: 64°F2013: 73°F2014: 58°F2015: 70°F2016: 80°F2017: 54°F2018: 62°F2019: 65°F2020: 75°F2021: 63°F2022: 63°F2023: 62°F2024: 54°F2025: 51°F72° forecast404550556065707580188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 872°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record42°F
This-date rank#122 of 152
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-22°F (1884)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1874–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at St Louis in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan77°FJan 24, 1950-22°FJan 5, 1884
Feb86°FFeb 27, 2024-18°FFeb 13, 1905
Mar93°FMar 26, 2026-5°FMar 5, 1960
Apr93°FApr 10, 193020°FApr 3, 1936
May98°FMay 31, 193431°FMay 10, 1966
Jun108°FJun 28, 201243°FJun 3, 1969
Jul115°FJul 14, 195451°FJul 27, 1962
Aug110°FAug 9, 193447°FAug 29, 1965
Sep104°FSep 4, 195432°FSep 28, 1942
Oct94°FOct 2, 195321°FOct 30, 1925
Nov86°FNov 1, 19371°FNov 30, 1964
Dec78°FDec 28, 2025-16°FDec 22, 1989
All-time115°FJul 14, 1954-22°FJan 5, 1884

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

5 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (93°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 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

86°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 24, 1901

Coldest high ever

-5°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 24, 1983
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan63°FJan 20, 1906-2°FJan 5, 1884
Feb62°FFeb 10, 1932-3°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar68°FMar 26, 190715°FMar 4, 1960
Apr73°FApr 25, 198932°FApr 1, 1881
May76°FMay 30, 191343°FMay 1, 1940
Jun83°FJun 13, 202255°FJun 3, 1945
Jul86°FJul 24, 190166°FJul 14, 1990
Aug85°FAug 19, 193660°FAug 18, 1963
Sep83°FSep 6, 189950°FSep 30, 1876
Oct75°FOct 1, 201930°FOct 29, 1925
Nov67°FNov 6, 192412°FNov 24, 1950
Dec63°FDec 2, 1982-5°FDec 24, 1983
All-time86°FJul 24, 1901-5°FDec 24, 1983

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

65 days
record run, ended Feb 8 1945

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from St Louis's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is +8° vs normal.
Jan: 40°FJan: 24°FFeb: 46°FFeb: 28°FMar: 57°FMar: 37°FApr: 68°FApr: 48°FMay: 77°FMay: 58°FJun: 86°FJun: 68°FJul: 90°FJul: 72°FAug: 88°FAug: 70°FSep: 81°FSep: 61°FOct: 69°FOct: 49°FNov: 56°FNov: 38°FDec: 44°FDec: 29°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:30 AM
Sunset6:32 PM
Solar noon12:01 PM
Daylight13h 02m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.75°N, 90.37°W

Nearby Stations

Springfield, IL84 mi NECarbondale, IL90 mi SEQuincy, IL92 mi NWJefferson City, MO96 mi WColumbia, MO99 mi WPoplar Bluff, MO136 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

St Louis'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.
St Louis, MO — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against St Louis's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
St Louis, MO — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1874

Each cell is one day's low at St Louis, coloured by temperature — 153 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
St Louis, MO daily low heat map 1874–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at St Louis — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
47 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 131st most in 153 years. Normal for this point: 58. Record: 79 in 1940.

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