Pennsylvania · THREADEX · 1873–2026
Erie, PA
42.080°N, 80.182°W · station ERIthr · 154 years of record
70°F
COLDEST JUL 17 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Erie.
This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks
#125 / 153
coldest Jul 17 in 153 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 17 ever
49°F
set in 1971
Mildest Jul 17 ever
76°F
set in 1988
Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 17 at Erie. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 17 | 70°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2025 |
| This-date record | 49°F |
| This-date rank | #125 of 153 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -18°F (1994) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1873–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Erie in each calendar month, and for the whole 1873–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 73°F1876 | -18°F1994 |
| Feb | 77°F2017 | -18°F2015 |
| Mar | 82°F1910 | -9°F1980 |
| Apr | 89°F1990 | 7°F1923 |
| May | 91°F1879 | 26°F1970 |
| Jun | 100°F1988 | 32°F1972 |
| Jul | 99°F1990 | 44°F1963 |
| Aug | 96°F1918 | 37°F1982 |
| Sep | 99°F1953 | 33°F1957 |
| Oct | 89°F1951 | 23°F1895 |
| Nov | 82°F1950 | 6°F1880 |
| Dec | 75°F1982 | -11°F1880 |
| All-time | 100°F1988 | -18°F1994 |
Records set or tied at Erie so far this year — through Jul 12.
Record Highs in 2026
2 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
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
88 days
record run, ended Mar 2 1959
So far in 2026
78 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Erie's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 65°F · forecast is +5° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 4:56 AM |
| Sunset | 7:56 PM |
| Solar noon | 12:26 PM |
| Daylight | 15h 00m · losing 8 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Erie'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 Erie'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 Erie, coloured by temperature — 154 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 Erie — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
78 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 113th most in 154 years. Normal for this point: 83. Record: 106 in 1970.
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