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Allentown, PA

40.650°N, 75.448°W · station ABEthr · 105 years of record
55°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Allentown.
68°WED9/267°THU9/368°FRI9/459°SAT9/557°SUN9/655°MON9/757°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#40 / 104
coldest Sep 7 in 104 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

42°F
set in 1988

Mildest Sep 7 ever

70°F
set in 1961
Forecast low 55°F — 40th coldest Sep 7 of 104 years · record 42°F (1988) · coldest since 2024.
1922: 63°F1923: 62°F1924: 45°F1925: 66°F1926: 66°F1927: 52°F1928: 53°F1929: 65°F1930: 64°F1931: 55°F1932: 68°F1933: 62°F1934: 56°F1935: 53°F1936: 55°F1937: 54°F1938: 56°F1939: 57°F1940: 50°F1941: 62°F1942: 55°F1943: 68°F1944: 60°F1945: 58°F1946: 54°F1947: 66°F1948: 60°F1949: 47°F1950: 48°F1951: 57°F1952: 53°F1953: 59°F1954: 66°F1955: 54°F1956: 66°F1957: 59°F1958: 62°F1959: 58°F1960: 54°F1961: 70°F1962: 43°F1963: 46°F1964: 54°F1965: 57°F1966: 52°F1967: 54°F1968: 60°F1969: 69°F1970: 50°F1971: 66°F1972: 48°F1973: 58°F1974: 55°F1975: 55°F1976: 50°F1977: 62°F1978: 68°F1979: 68°F1980: 65°F1981: 64°F1982: 58°F1983: 70°F1984: 47°F1985: 69°F1986: 50°F1987: 66°F1988: 42°F1989: 55°F1990: 67°F1991: 54°F1992: 63°F1993: 64°F1994: 53°F1995: 60°F1996: 65°F1997: 48°F1998: 64°F1999: 70°F2000: 45°F2001: 46°F2002: 48°F2003: 50°F2004: 53°F2005: 51°F2006: 52°F2007: 62°F2008: 70°F2009: 57°F2010: 57°F2011: 60°F2012: 61°F2013: 46°F2014: 59°F2015: 55°F2016: 67°F2017: 53°F2018: 70°F2019: 51°F2020: 54°F2021: 53°F2022: 64°F2023: 67°F2024: 53°F2025: 57°F55° forecast404550556065701930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 755°F
Coldest this date since2024
This-date record42°F
This-date rank#40 of 104
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-15°F (1994)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1922–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Allentown in each calendar month, and for the whole 1922–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan72°FJan 26, 1950-15°FJan 21, 1994
Feb81°FFeb 21, 2018-12°FFeb 9, 1934
Mar87°FMar 30, 1998-5°FMar 1, 1934
Apr93°FApr 18, 197612°FApr 1, 1923
May97°FMay 19, 196228°FMay 10, 1947
Jun100°FJun 20, 192339°FJun 8, 1932
Jul105°FJul 3, 196646°FJul 4, 1933
Aug100°FAug 6, 192441°FAug 30, 1934
Sep99°FSep 2, 195330°FSep 28, 1947
Oct93°FOct 2, 201921°FOct 28, 1936
Nov81°FNov 1, 19503°FNov 26, 1938
Dec72°FDec 29, 1984-8°FDec 28, 1950
All-time105°FJul 3, 1966-15°FJan 21, 1994

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

1 broke
plus 5 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

79°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 15, 1995

Coldest high ever

2°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 19, 1994
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan59°FJan 15, 19952°FJan 19, 1994
Feb50°FFeb 20, 19816°FFeb 15, 1943
Mar57°FMar 29, 198520°FMar 18, 1967
Apr64°FApr 30, 198331°FApr 7, 1982
May71°FMay 31, 197543°FMay 7, 1967
Jun75°FJun 29, 195952°FJun 4, 1945
Jul79°FJul 15, 199562°FJul 6, 1956
Aug77°FAug 14, 198858°FAug 26, 1940
Sep75°FSep 17, 199150°FSep 29, 1928
Oct73°FOct 9, 201733°FOct 30, 1925
Nov66°FNov 6, 202221°FNov 30, 1929
Dec60°FDec 1, 19348°FDec 25, 1983
All-time79°FJul 15, 19952°FJan 19, 1994

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

84 days
record run, ended Mar 2 1945

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Allentown's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 38°FJan: 21°FFeb: 41°FFeb: 22°FMar: 50°FMar: 30°FApr: 62°FApr: 40°FMay: 73°FMay: 50°FJun: 81°FJun: 59°FJul: 86°FJul: 64°FAug: 83°FAug: 62°FSep: 76°FSep: 55°FOct: 65°FOct: 43°FNov: 53°FNov: 33°FDec: 42°FDec: 26°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:29 AM
Sunset6:34 PM
Solar noon12:01 PM
Daylight13h 06m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.65°N, 75.45°W

Nearby Stations

Reading, PA32 mi SWMount Pocono, PA33 mi NTrenton, NJ42 mi SEAvoca, PA49 mi NPhiladelphia, PA54 mi SNewark, NJ67 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

Allentown'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.
Allentown, PA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Allentown's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Allentown, PA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1922

Each cell is one day's low at Allentown, coloured by temperature — 105 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Allentown, PA daily low heat map 1922–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Allentown — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
75 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 66th most in 105 years. Normal for this point: 78. Record: 99 in 1947.

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