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Cleveland, OH

41.406°N, 81.852°W · station CLEthr · 156 years of record
60°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Cleveland.
74°WED9/274°THU9/371°FRI9/466°SAT9/561°SUN9/661°MON9/760°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#85 / 155
coldest Sep 8 in 155 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

41°F
set in 1951

Mildest Sep 8 ever

75°F
set in 1872
Forecast low 60°F — 85th coldest Sep 8 of 155 years · record 41°F (1951) · coldest since 2025.
1871: 54°F1872: 75°F1873: 54°F1874: 67°F1875: 56°F1876: 58°F1877: 57°F1878: 67°F1879: 52°F1880: 59°F1881: 70°F1882: 59°F1883: 51°F1884: 70°F1885: 57°F1886: 65°F1887: 53°F1888: 54°F1889: 51°F1890: 64°F1891: 57°F1892: 48°F1893: 60°F1894: 67°F1895: 60°F1896: 52°F1897: 62°F1898: 51°F1899: 66°F1900: 62°F1901: 58°F1902: 55°F1903: 59°F1904: 54°F1905: 57°F1906: 64°F1907: 60°F1908: 53°F1909: 52°F1910: 63°F1911: 61°F1912: 64°F1913: 64°F1914: 55°F1915: 67°F1916: 69°F1917: 54°F1918: 55°F1919: 75°F1920: 56°F1921: 63°F1922: 69°F1923: 63°F1924: 49°F1925: 63°F1926: 59°F1927: 68°F1928: 56°F1929: 67°F1930: 61°F1931: 59°F1932: 58°F1933: 69°F1934: 61°F1935: 59°F1936: 72°F1937: 62°F1938: 58°F1939: 66°F1940: 61°F1941: 56°F1942: 71°F1943: 56°F1944: 48°F1945: 70°F1946: 66°F1947: 65°F1948: 67°F1949: 49°F1950: 61°F1951: 41°F1952: 53°F1953: 48°F1954: 64°F1955: 47°F1956: 47°F1957: 50°F1958: 53°F1959: 72°F1960: 61°F1961: 59°F1962: 45°F1963: 53°F1964: 57°F1965: 62°F1966: 46°F1967: 58°F1968: 48°F1969: 57°F1970: 64°F1971: 67°F1972: 56°F1973: 53°F1974: 54°F1975: 58°F1976: 45°F1977: 54°F1978: 65°F1979: 49°F1980: 53°F1981: 57°F1982: 46°F1983: 54°F1984: 49°F1985: 70°F1986: 44°F1987: 64°F1988: 49°F1989: 69°F1990: 58°F1991: 62°F1992: 68°F1993: 51°F1994: 52°F1995: 63°F1996: 66°F1997: 61°F1998: 53°F1999: 58°F2000: 50°F2001: 71°F2002: 64°F2003: 57°F2004: 67°F2005: 60°F2006: 58°F2007: 70°F2008: 56°F2009: 66°F2010: 59°F2011: 63°F2012: 64°F2013: 59°F2014: 51°F2015: 73°F2016: 75°F2017: 53°F2018: 60°F2019: 61°F2020: 63°F2021: 60°F2022: 56°F2023: 66°F2024: 47°F2025: 44°F60° forecast4045505560657075188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 860°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record41°F
This-date rank#85 of 155
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-20°F (1994)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1871–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Cleveland in each calendar month, and for the whole 1871–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan73°FJan 25, 1950-20°FJan 19, 1994
Feb77°FFeb 24, 2017-17°FFeb 20, 2015
Mar83°FMar 24, 1910-5°FMar 12, 1948
Apr88°FApr 24, 192510°FApr 1, 1964
May93°FMay 28, 201825°FMay 10, 1966
Jun104°FJun 25, 198831°FJun 11, 1972
Jul103°FJul 27, 194141°FJul 4, 1968
Aug102°FAug 27, 194838°FAug 29, 1982
Sep101°FSep 1, 195332°FSep 29, 1942
Oct93°FOct 1, 201919°FOct 31, 1988
Nov82°FNov 1, 19500°FNov 22, 1880
Dec77°FDec 3, 1982-15°FDec 22, 1989
All-time104°FJun 25, 1988-20°FJan 19, 1994

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year

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

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 6, 1918

Coldest high ever

-5°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 9, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan62°FJan 25, 1950-5°FJan 20, 1985
Feb63°FFeb 20, 2018-5°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar66°FMar 31, 19989°FMar 21, 1885
Apr70°FApr 25, 200923°FApr 17, 1875
May75°FMay 31, 189539°FMay 1, 1877
Jun80°FJun 20, 194946°FJun 1, 1910
Jul81°FJul 2, 187260°FJul 5, 1972
Aug84°FAug 6, 191858°FAug 25, 1940
Sep76°FSep 10, 201344°FSep 30, 1899
Oct71°FOct 3, 191935°FOct 30, 1925
Nov65°FNov 2, 201615°FNov 30, 1929
Dec65°FDec 3, 19821°FDec 29, 1880
All-time84°FAug 6, 1918-5°FFeb 9, 1899

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

88 days
record run, ended Feb 7 1881

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Cleveland's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 59°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Jan: 35°FJan: 21°FFeb: 38°FFeb: 23°FMar: 46°FMar: 30°FApr: 59°FApr: 40°FMay: 70°FMay: 50°FJun: 79°FJun: 60°FJul: 83°FJul: 64°FAug: 81°FAug: 63°FSep: 75°FSep: 56°FOct: 63°FOct: 45°FNov: 50°FNov: 36°FDec: 40°FDec: 27°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:53 AM
Sunset7:01 PM
Solar noon12:27 PM
Daylight13h 07m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.41°N, 81.85°W

Nearby Stations

Akron, OH39 mi SEMansfield, OH53 mi SWYoungstown, OH62 mi ENew Philadelphia, OH68 mi SEDetroit, MI95 mi NWErie, PA97 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

Cleveland'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.
Cleveland, OH — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Cleveland's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Cleveland, OH — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1871

Each cell is one day's low at Cleveland, coloured by temperature — 156 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Cleveland, OH daily low heat map 1871–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Cleveland — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
66 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 140th most in 156 years. Normal for this point: 80. Record: 101 in 1971.

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