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Zanesville, OH

39.946°N, 81.893°W · station ZZVthr · 132 years of record
59°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Zanesville.
71°WED9/272°THU9/370°FRI9/467°SAT9/560°SUN9/660°MON9/759°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#76 / 129
coldest Sep 8 in 129 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

36°F
set in 1951

Mildest Sep 8 ever

70°F
set in 1985
Forecast low 59°F — 76th coldest Sep 8 of 129 years · record 36°F (1951) · coldest since 2025.
1895: 57°F1896: 48°F1897: 49°F1898: 49°F1899: 67°F1900: 60°F1901: 64°F1902: 57°F1903: 67°F1904: 52°F1905: 54°F1906: 59°F1907: 56°F1908: 53°F1909: 52°F1910: 62°F1911: 63°F1912: 67°F1913: 67°F1914: 51°F1915: 62°F1916: 67°F1917: 57°F1918: 52°F1919: 69°F1920: 54°F1921: 56°F1922: 67°F1923: 61°F1924: 44°F1925: 58°F1926: 54°F1927: 66°F1928: 55°F1929: 66°F1930: 57°F1931: 51°F1932: 47°F1933: 67°F1934: 62°F1935: 55°F1936: 64°F1937: 54°F1938: 62°F1940: 53°F1941: 62°F1942: 68°F1943: 49°F1944: 45°F1945: 68°F1946: 56°F1947: 65°F1949: 45°F1950: 58°F1951: 36°F1952: 53°F1953: 42°F1954: 59°F1955: 43°F1956: 45°F1957: 45°F1958: 49°F1959: 65°F1960: 61°F1961: 61°F1962: 43°F1963: 53°F1964: 49°F1965: 61°F1966: 42°F1967: 52°F1968: 50°F1969: 56°F1970: 63°F1971: 64°F1972: 52°F1973: 52°F1974: 54°F1975: 52°F1976: 43°F1977: 59°F1978: 61°F1979: 49°F1980: 57°F1981: 57°F1982: 56°F1983: 51°F1984: 46°F1985: 70°F1986: 40°F1987: 64°F1988: 38°F1989: 67°F1990: 64°F1991: 52°F1992: 62°F1993: 56°F1994: 46°F1995: 63°F1996: 66°F1997: 59°F1998: 49°F1999: 59°F2000: 47°F2001: 68°F2002: 61°F2003: 55°F2004: 66°F2005: 50°F2006: 52°F2007: 68°F2008: 53°F2009: 63°F2010: 55°F2011: 57°F2012: 65°F2013: 63°F2014: 54°F2015: 64°F2016: 66°F2017: 49°F2018: 57°F2019: 52°F2020: 63°F2021: 59°F2022: 54°F2023: 65°F2024: 46°F2025: 41°F59° forecast35404550556065701900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 859°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record36°F
This-date rank#76 of 129
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-25°F (1994)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1895–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Zanesville in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan74°FJan 25, 1950-25°FJan 19, 1994
Feb78°FFeb 20, 2018-20°FFeb 10, 1899
Mar87°FMar 25, 1929-6°FMar 4, 1943
Apr92°FApr 18, 189610°FApr 1, 1923
May98°FMay 28, 191123°FMay 10, 1966
Jun101°FJun 29, 193431°FJun 11, 1972
Jul106°FJul 25, 193441°FJul 23, 1947
Aug105°FAug 4, 193036°FAug 29, 1965
Sep103°FSep 8, 193928°FSep 29, 1951
Oct93°FOct 3, 201915°FOct 21, 1952
Nov82°FNov 7, 1938-6°FNov 30, 1958
Dec76°FDec 3, 1982-17°FDec 22, 1989
All-time106°FJul 25, 1934-25°FJan 19, 1994

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

3 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

81°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 27, 2021

Coldest high ever

-2°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 10, 1982
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan60°FJan 22, 1906-2°FJan 10, 1982
Feb61°FFeb 20, 20180°FFeb 10, 1899
Mar64°FMar 23, 190713°FMar 1, 1980
Apr75°FApr 26, 191530°FApr 13, 1950
May73°FMay 25, 190438°FMay 9, 1923
Jun81°FJun 27, 202152°FJun 4, 1945
Jul80°FJul 26, 193464°FJul 9, 1896
Aug79°FAug 17, 189561°FAug 30, 1915
Sep78°FSep 1, 189945°FSep 30, 1899
Oct73°FOct 2, 201933°FOct 30, 1925
Nov63°FNov 1, 192913°FNov 30, 1929
Dec60°FDec 3, 19822°FDec 25, 1983
All-time81°FJun 27, 2021-2°FJan 10, 1982

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

87 days
record run, ended Feb 22 1977

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Zanesville's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 57°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Jan: 38°FJan: 22°FFeb: 41°FFeb: 24°FMar: 51°FMar: 31°FApr: 64°FApr: 41°FMay: 73°FMay: 51°FJun: 81°FJun: 60°FJul: 84°FJul: 64°FAug: 83°FAug: 62°FSep: 77°FSep: 54°FOct: 65°FOct: 43°FNov: 52°FNov: 33°FDec: 42°FDec: 27°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:59 PM
Solar noon12:27 PM
Daylight13h 04m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

39.95°N, 81.89°W

Nearby Stations

New Philadelphia, OH43 mi NEParkersburg, WV48 mi SEColumbus, OH52 mi WWheeling, WV67 mi EMansfield, OH68 mi NWAkron, OH71 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

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

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Zanesville's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Zanesville, OH — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1895

Each cell is one day's low at Zanesville, coloured by temperature — 132 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Zanesville, OH daily low heat map 1895–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Zanesville — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
68 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 104th most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 74. Record: 93 in 1963.

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