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Poughkeepsie, NY

41.626°N, 73.882°W · station POUthr · 96 years of record
53°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Poughkeepsie.
64°WED9/263°THU9/364°FRI9/458°SAT9/555°SUN9/653°MON9/756°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#36 / 95
coldest Sep 7 in 95 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

34°F
set in 1962

Mildest Sep 7 ever

70°F
set in 1961
Forecast low 53°F — 36th coldest Sep 7 of 95 years · record 34°F (1962) · coldest since 2025.
1931: 57°F1932: 67°F1933: 63°F1934: 60°F1935: 48°F1936: 52°F1937: 50°F1938: 50°F1939: 54°F1940: 53°F1941: 58°F1942: 49°F1943: 68°F1944: 66°F1945: 68°F1946: 56°F1947: 66°F1948: 60°F1949: 42°F1950: 44°F1951: 56°F1952: 51°F1953: 53°F1954: 59°F1955: 46°F1956: 63°F1957: 51°F1958: 59°F1959: 54°F1960: 46°F1961: 70°F1962: 34°F1963: 44°F1964: 48°F1965: 56°F1966: 49°F1967: 48°F1968: 63°F1969: 68°F1970: 56°F1971: 69°F1972: 46°F1973: 54°F1974: 55°F1975: 52°F1976: 45°F1977: 57°F1978: 52°F1979: 62°F1980: 62°F1981: 64°F1982: 52°F1983: 56°F1984: 39°F1985: 67°F1986: 46°F1987: 64°F1988: 41°F1989: 53°F1990: 60°F1991: 53°F1992: 65°F1993: 60°F1994: 44°F1995: 58°F1996: 65°F1997: 48°F1998: 63°F1999: 69°F2000: 40°F2001: 48°F2002: 46°F2003: 49°F2004: 51°F2005: 54°F2006: 53°F2007: 60°F2008: 69°F2009: 54°F2010: 59°F2011: 59°F2012: 61°F2013: 46°F2014: 54°F2015: 57°F2016: 66°F2017: 54°F2018: 64°F2019: 51°F2020: 57°F2021: 53°F2022: 64°F2023: 68°F2024: 49°F2025: 50°F53° forecast303540455055606570194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 753°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record34°F
This-date rank#36 of 95
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-30°F (1961)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1931–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Poughkeepsie in each calendar month, and for the whole 1931–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan70°FJan 6, 2007-30°FJan 21, 1961
Feb76°FFeb 21, 2018-23°FFeb 8, 1967
Mar86°FMar 31, 1998-13°FMar 19, 1967
Apr94°FApr 20, 194113°FApr 3, 1954
May98°FMay 22, 194126°FMay 10, 1947
Jun102°FJun 29, 193335°FJun 1, 1984
Jul103°FJul 10, 193643°FJul 3, 1957
Aug104°FAug 1, 193338°FAug 31, 1965
Sep101°FSep 2, 195326°FSep 24, 1963
Oct91°FOct 5, 194118°FOct 28, 1936
Nov82°FNov 1, 19503°FNov 24, 1989
Dec72°FDec 29, 1984-23°FDec 27, 1950
All-time104°FAug 1, 1933-30°FJan 21, 1961

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Jul (103°F)

Record Lows in 2026

1 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

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 2, 2006

Coldest high ever

1°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 15, 1957
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan56°FJan 16, 19951°FJan 15, 1957
Feb52°FFeb 20, 19814°FFeb 9, 1934
Mar60°FMar 27, 194916°FMar 5, 1948
Apr64°FApr 16, 202627°FApr 7, 1982
May69°FMay 21, 195942°FMay 9, 1977
Jun76°FJun 29, 194150°FJun 7, 2000
Jul77°FJul 18, 198261°FJul 6, 1956
Aug80°FAug 2, 200659°FAug 28, 1987
Sep72°FSep 22, 195750°FSep 24, 1950
Oct69°FOct 7, 200538°FOct 26, 1962
Nov67°FNov 6, 202222°FNov 27, 1949
Dec54°FDec 20, 19574°FDec 21, 1942
All-time80°FAug 2, 20061°FJan 15, 1957

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

96 days
record run, ended Mar 13 1982

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Poughkeepsie's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 56°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 36°FJan: 18°FFeb: 39°FFeb: 19°FMar: 48°FMar: 27°FApr: 61°FApr: 37°FMay: 72°FMay: 48°FJun: 80°FJun: 57°FJul: 85°FJul: 62°FAug: 83°FAug: 60°FSep: 76°FSep: 53°FOct: 63°FOct: 41°FNov: 52°FNov: 31°FDec: 41°FDec: 24°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:21 AM
Sunset6:29 PM
Solar noon11:55 AM
Daylight13h 08m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.63°N, 73.88°W

Nearby Stations

Bridgeport, CT50 mi SENew York-LGA, NY58 mi SNew York-Central Park, NY58 mi SHartford, CT65 mi ENewark, NJ66 mi SNew York-Kennedy Airport, NY68 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

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

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Poughkeepsie's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Poughkeepsie, NY — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1931

Each cell is one day's low at Poughkeepsie, coloured by temperature — 96 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Poughkeepsie, NY daily low heat map 1931–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Poughkeepsie — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
82 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 73rd most in 96 years. Normal for this point: 88. Record: 106 in 1956.

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