Home / United States / New York / Saranac Lake New York · THREADEX · 1903–2026
Saranac Lake, NY 44.393°N, 74.203°W · station SLKthr · 124 years of record
48°F
COLDEST JUL 17 SINCE 2022
forecast low · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Saranac Lake.
62° TUE 7/14 64° WED 7/15 55° THU 7/16 48° FRI 7/17 50° SAT 7/18 53° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #34 / 117
coldest Jul 17 in 117 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 17 ever 33°F
set in 1919
Mildest Jul 17 ever 69°F
set in 1969
Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 17 at Saranac Lake. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
33 51 69 1903: 39°F 1904: 52°F 1906: 58°F 1908: 40°F 1909: 54°F 1910: 39°F 1911: 57°F 1912: 51°F 1913: 45°F 1914: 68°F 1915: 65°F 1916: 65°F 1917: 43°F 1918: 57°F 1919: 33°F 1920: 41°F 1921: 46°F 1922: 58°F 1923: 44°F 1924: 54°F 1925: 58°F 1926: 45°F 1927: 53°F 1928: 58°F 1930: 50°F 1931: 50°F 1932: 45°F 1933: 52°F 1934: 40°F 1935: 47°F 1936: 48°F 1937: 60°F 1938: 58°F 1940: 45°F 1941: 60°F 1942: 60°F 1943: 65°F 1944: 61°F 1945: 37°F 1946: 35°F 1947: 51°F 1948: 46°F 1949: 50°F 1950: 65°F 1951: 51°F 1952: 63°F 1953: 53°F 1954: 38°F 1955: 64°F 1956: 50°F 1957: 43°F 1958: 49°F 1959: 52°F 1960: 47°F 1961: 60°F 1962: 50°F 1963: 56°F 1964: 58°F 1965: 56°F 1966: 44°F 1967: 46°F 1968: 62°F 1969: 69°F 1970: 48°F 1971: 59°F 1972: 65°F 1973: 43°F 1974: 42°F 1975: 62°F 1976: 56°F 1977: 69°F 1978: 58°F 1980: 65°F 1981: 48°F 1982: 59°F 1983: 53°F 1984: 61°F 1985: 48°F 1986: 48°F 1987: 40°F 1988: 50°F 1989: 53°F 1990: 55°F 1991: 52°F 1992: 42°F 1993: 46°F 1994: 49°F 1996: 60°F 1997: 58°F 1998: 59°F 1999: 60°F 2000: 54°F 2001: 48°F 2002: 49°F 2003: 59°F 2004: 59°F 2005: 68°F 2006: 61°F 2007: 43°F 2008: 43°F 2009: 51°F 2010: 62°F 2011: 47°F 2012: 63°F 2013: 60°F 2014: 47°F 2015: 38°F 2016: 53°F 2017: 52°F 2018: 53°F 2019: 62°F 2020: 51°F 2021: 55°F 2022: 46°F 2023: 54°F 2024: 65°F 2025: 58°F 48° forecast 1903 2025 1919 Forecast low · Jul 17 48°F Coldest this date since 2022 This-date record 33°F This-date rank #34 of 117
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -46°F (1904) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1903–2026
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°F 1906 -46°F 1904 Feb 65°F 1930 -44°F 1948 Mar 79°F 1990 -35°F 2007 Apr 89°F 1990 -10°F 1964 May 94°F 1911 10°F 1903 Jun 101°F 1933 22°F 1905 Jul 99°F 1933 29°F 1919 Aug 97°F 1947 27°F 1909 Sep 92°F 1931 15°F 1947 Oct 86°F 1919 2°F 1903 Nov 75°F 1944 -21°F 2018 Dec 64°F 2015 -46°F 1942 All-time 101°F 1933 -46°F 1904
Records set or tied at Saranac Lake so far this year — through Jul 11.
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
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
Normal low & low by month, from Saranac Lake's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 52°F · forecast is -4° vs normal .
Jan: 25°F Jan: 4°F Feb: 28°F Feb: 4°F Mar: 37°F Mar: 13°F Apr: 51°F Apr: 26°F May: 65°F May: 37°F Jun: 73°F Jun: 47°F Jul: 77°F Jul: 51°F Aug: 75°F Aug: 50°F Sep: 68°F Sep: 42°F Oct: 54°F Oct: 33°F Nov: 42°F Nov: 23°F Dec: 30°F Dec: 12°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:25 AM Sunset 7:40 PM Solar noon 12:02 PM Daylight 15h 16m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 44.39°N, 74.20°W 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.
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.
Each cell is one day's low at Saranac Lake, coloured by temperature — 124 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 Saranac Lake — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
119 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 45th most in 124 years. Normal for this point: 109 . Record: 137 in 2020.
A ready-to-share summary of Saranac Lake's outlook — post it, or link this page.
See Saranac Lake on hottestsince.com →