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Albany, NY

42.747°N, 73.799°W · station ALBthr · 153 years of record
53°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Albany.
64°WED9/262°THU9/363°FRI9/458°SAT9/555°SUN9/653°MON9/755°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#49 / 152
coldest Sep 7 in 152 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

36°F
set in 1962

Mildest Sep 7 ever

74°F
set in 1881
Forecast low 53°F — 49th coldest Sep 7 of 152 years · record 36°F (1962) · coldest since 2025.
1874: 54°F1875: 56°F1876: 44°F1877: 55°F1878: 62°F1879: 62°F1880: 68°F1881: 74°F1882: 65°F1883: 52°F1884: 61°F1885: 48°F1886: 65°F1887: 64°F1888: 42°F1889: 61°F1890: 65°F1891: 62°F1892: 58°F1893: 48°F1894: 55°F1895: 64°F1896: 54°F1897: 62°F1898: 61°F1899: 46°F1900: 60°F1901: 66°F1902: 57°F1903: 50°F1904: 48°F1905: 57°F1906: 58°F1907: 60°F1908: 64°F1909: 53°F1910: 63°F1911: 56°F1912: 67°F1913: 64°F1914: 59°F1915: 68°F1916: 59°F1917: 48°F1918: 50°F1919: 69°F1920: 61°F1921: 64°F1922: 54°F1923: 68°F1924: 49°F1925: 61°F1926: 57°F1927: 58°F1928: 53°F1929: 69°F1930: 57°F1931: 58°F1932: 58°F1933: 64°F1934: 58°F1935: 53°F1936: 55°F1937: 51°F1938: 51°F1939: 51°F1940: 44°F1941: 58°F1942: 40°F1943: 62°F1944: 61°F1945: 65°F1946: 57°F1947: 68°F1948: 62°F1949: 41°F1950: 47°F1951: 55°F1952: 55°F1953: 53°F1954: 53°F1955: 45°F1956: 65°F1957: 46°F1958: 60°F1959: 58°F1960: 46°F1961: 66°F1962: 36°F1963: 46°F1964: 53°F1965: 58°F1966: 50°F1967: 43°F1968: 59°F1969: 64°F1970: 46°F1971: 67°F1972: 43°F1973: 50°F1974: 53°F1975: 47°F1976: 45°F1977: 56°F1978: 43°F1979: 58°F1980: 54°F1981: 62°F1982: 48°F1983: 60°F1984: 44°F1985: 67°F1986: 45°F1987: 64°F1988: 41°F1989: 56°F1990: 56°F1991: 51°F1992: 62°F1993: 52°F1994: 48°F1995: 57°F1996: 64°F1997: 60°F1998: 58°F1999: 71°F2000: 40°F2001: 51°F2002: 50°F2003: 50°F2004: 58°F2005: 55°F2006: 58°F2007: 67°F2008: 68°F2009: 56°F2010: 60°F2011: 59°F2012: 58°F2013: 48°F2014: 56°F2015: 66°F2016: 61°F2017: 50°F2018: 63°F2019: 52°F2020: 56°F2021: 51°F2022: 59°F2023: 70°F2024: 49°F2025: 49°F53° forecast354045505560657075188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 753°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record36°F
This-date rank#49 of 152
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-28°F (1971)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1874–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Albany in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan71°FJan 13, 1932-28°FJan 19, 1971
Feb74°FFeb 24, 2017-22°FFeb 15, 1943
Mar89°FMar 31, 1998-21°FMar 6, 1948
Apr93°FApr 20, 19419°FApr 1, 1923
May97°FMay 22, 191126°FMay 8, 1968
Jun100°FJun 9, 193335°FJun 1, 1945
Jul104°FJul 4, 191140°FJul 2, 1978
Aug102°FAug 7, 191834°FAug 29, 1982
Sep100°FSep 2, 195324°FSep 27, 1947
Oct91°FOct 5, 194116°FOct 24, 1969
Nov82°FNov 2, 1950-11°FNov 26, 1938
Dec72°FDec 24, 2015-22°FDec 25, 1969
All-time104°FJul 4, 1911-28°FJan 19, 1971

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

2 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

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

81°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 31, 1917

Coldest high ever

-8°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 20, 1942
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan56°FJan 15, 1995-7°FJan 15, 1957
Feb50°FFeb 20, 1981-8°FFeb 15, 1943
Mar59°FMar 29, 19456°FMar 1, 1886
Apr63°FApr 4, 198125°FApr 1, 1919
May74°FMay 31, 189542°FMay 19, 1976
Jun77°FJun 28, 188048°FJun 1, 1946
Jul81°FJul 31, 191760°FJul 5, 1972
Aug78°FAug 8, 191857°FAug 29, 1903
Sep75°FSep 4, 188050°FSep 24, 1950
Oct70°FOct 5, 192635°FOct 30, 1925
Nov67°FNov 6, 202210°FNov 30, 1875
Dec54°FDec 12, 1911-8°FDec 20, 1942
All-time81°FJul 31, 1917-8°FDec 20, 1942

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

118 days
record run, ended Mar 19 1959

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Albany's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 56°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 32°FJan: 16°FFeb: 35°FFeb: 18°FMar: 44°FMar: 26°FApr: 58°FApr: 37°FMay: 70°FMay: 48°FJun: 78°FJun: 57°FJul: 83°FJul: 62°FAug: 81°FAug: 61°FSep: 73°FSep: 53°FOct: 61°FOct: 41°FNov: 48°FNov: 32°FDec: 37°FDec: 23°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:20 AM
Sunset6:30 PM
Solar noon11:55 AM
Daylight13h 11m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.75°N, 73.80°W

Nearby Stations

Glens Falls, NY42 mi NWestfield, MA68 mi SEPoughkeepsie, NY77 mi SHartford, CT79 mi SEWorcester, MA103 mi EBridgeport, CT114 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

Albany'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.
Albany, NY — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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

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

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Albany — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
86 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 88th most in 153 years. Normal for this point: 88. Record: 112 in 1971.

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