44.393°N, 74.203°W · station SLKthr · 124 years of record
41°F
COLDEST SEP 6 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Sep 6
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Saranac Lake.
This Day in History
Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Saranac Lake — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
Ranks
#81 / 112
coldest Sep 2 in 112 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 2 ever
28°F
set in 2017
Mildest Sep 2 ever
68°F
set in 1932
Forecast low 53°F — 81st coldest Sep 2 of 112 years · record 28°F (2017) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#86 / 113
coldest Sep 3 in 113 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 3 ever
32°F
set in 1992
Mildest Sep 3 ever
66°F
set in 1961
Forecast low 56°F — 86th coldest Sep 3 of 113 years · record 32°F (1992) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#81 / 111
coldest Sep 4 in 111 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 4 ever
26°F
set in 1946
Mildest Sep 4 ever
69°F
set in 1961
Forecast low 52°F — 81st coldest Sep 4 of 111 years · record 26°F (1946) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#45 / 108
coldest Sep 5 in 108 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 5 ever
30°F
set in 1917
Mildest Sep 5 ever
66°F
set in 1971
Forecast low 45°F — 45th coldest Sep 5 of 108 years · record 30°F (1917) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#38 / 112
coldest Sep 6 in 112 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 6 ever
26°F
set in 1904
Mildest Sep 6 ever
64°F
set in 1969
Forecast low 41°F — 38th coldest Sep 6 of 112 years · record 26°F (1904) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#34 / 114
coldest Sep 7 in 114 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 7 ever
26°F
set in 1904
Mildest Sep 7 ever
64°F
set in 1983
Forecast low 41°F — 34th coldest Sep 7 of 114 years · record 26°F (1904) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#56 / 113
coldest Sep 8 in 113 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 8 ever
24°F
set in 1903
Mildest Sep 8 ever
64°F
set in 1971
Forecast low 43°F — 56th coldest Sep 8 of 113 years · record 24°F (1903) · coldest since 2025.
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Saranac Lake in each calendar month, and for the whole 1903–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
62°FJan 22, 1906
-46°FJan 19, 1904
Feb
65°FFeb 23, 1930
-44°FFeb 10, 1948
Mar
79°FMar 16, 1990
-35°FMar 7, 2007
Apr
89°FApr 29, 1990
-10°FApr 5, 1964
May
94°FMay 21, 1911
10°FMay 2, 1903
Jun
101°FJun 29, 1933
22°FJun 1, 1905
Jul
99°FJul 30, 1933
29°FJul 8, 1919
Aug
97°FAug 6, 1947
27°FAug 31, 1909
Sep
92°FSep 12, 1931
15°FSep 26, 1947
Oct
86°FOct 11, 1919
2°FOct 28, 1903
Nov
75°FNov 3, 1944
-21°FNov 23, 2018
Dec
64°FDec 24, 2015
-46°FDec 21, 1942
All-time
101°FJun 29, 1933
-46°FJan 19, 1904
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Saranac Lake so far this year — through Aug 30.
Record Highs in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
1 broke
plus 1 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
78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 3, 1919
Coldest high ever
-13°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 8, 1968
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
48°FJan 8, 2008
-13°FJan 8, 1968
Feb
45°FFeb 20, 1981
-11°FFeb 12, 1914
Mar
51°FMar 30, 1981
-4°FMar 6, 2007
Apr
58°FApr 30, 1936
14°FApr 1, 1919
May
67°FMay 25, 1991
30°FMay 2, 1978
Jun
78°FJun 3, 1919
46°FJun 15, 1959
Jul
75°FJul 3, 1911
51°FJul 2, 1988
Aug
75°FAug 20, 1937
49°FAug 25, 1986
Sep
69°FSep 4, 1961
40°FSep 24, 1950
Oct
63°FOct 6, 1910
25°FOct 23, 1969
Nov
56°FNov 8, 1975
8°FNov 22, 2018
Dec
52°FDec 4, 1982
-12°FDec 30, 1917
All-time
78°FJun 3, 1919
-13°FJan 8, 1968
Cold Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
142 days
record run, ended Mar 26 1945
So far in 2026
119 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal low & low by month, from Saranac Lake's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 45°F · forecast is -4° vs normal.
Saranac Lake'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.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Saranac Lake's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.