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Erie, PA

42.080°N, 80.182°W · station ERIthr · 154 years of record
62°F
forecast low · Sep 6

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Erie.
74°WED9/272°THU9/370°FRI9/466°SAT9/562°SUN9/662°MON9/762°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#93 / 153
coldest Sep 6 in 153 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 6 ever

43°F
set in 1957

Mildest Sep 6 ever

80°F
set in 1881
Forecast low 62°F — 93rd coldest Sep 6 of 153 years · record 43°F (1957) · coldest since 2025.
1873: 58°F1874: 66°F1875: 63°F1876: 53°F1877: 58°F1878: 64°F1879: 53°F1880: 69°F1881: 80°F1882: 59°F1883: 47°F1884: 70°F1885: 45°F1886: 57°F1887: 62°F1888: 55°F1889: 58°F1890: 68°F1891: 60°F1892: 62°F1893: 58°F1894: 58°F1895: 66°F1896: 52°F1897: 64°F1898: 65°F1899: 58°F1900: 72°F1901: 64°F1902: 51°F1903: 51°F1904: 57°F1905: 58°F1906: 60°F1907: 59°F1908: 59°F1909: 46°F1910: 69°F1911: 62°F1912: 69°F1913: 60°F1914: 61°F1915: 65°F1916: 69°F1917: 59°F1918: 54°F1919: 63°F1920: 60°F1921: 60°F1922: 69°F1923: 65°F1924: 51°F1925: 66°F1926: 63°F1927: 59°F1928: 51°F1929: 68°F1930: 64°F1931: 60°F1932: 61°F1933: 70°F1934: 62°F1935: 56°F1936: 58°F1937: 50°F1938: 51°F1939: 54°F1940: 61°F1941: 68°F1942: 52°F1943: 67°F1944: 64°F1945: 66°F1946: 61°F1947: 67°F1948: 66°F1949: 59°F1950: 52°F1951: 60°F1952: 55°F1953: 53°F1954: 61°F1955: 51°F1956: 61°F1957: 43°F1958: 64°F1959: 66°F1960: 58°F1961: 61°F1962: 43°F1963: 55°F1964: 57°F1965: 62°F1966: 60°F1967: 55°F1968: 68°F1969: 70°F1970: 48°F1971: 68°F1972: 48°F1973: 65°F1974: 50°F1975: 54°F1976: 55°F1977: 54°F1978: 62°F1979: 62°F1980: 60°F1981: 63°F1982: 57°F1983: 68°F1984: 53°F1985: 73°F1986: 55°F1987: 64°F1988: 55°F1989: 66°F1990: 65°F1991: 53°F1992: 56°F1993: 60°F1994: 50°F1995: 61°F1996: 63°F1997: 59°F1998: 69°F1999: 69°F2000: 48°F2001: 51°F2002: 57°F2003: 54°F2004: 67°F2005: 59°F2006: 57°F2007: 69°F2008: 69°F2009: 57°F2010: 56°F2011: 57°F2012: 65°F2013: 48°F2014: 62°F2015: 70°F2016: 61°F2017: 53°F2018: 69°F2019: 53°F2020: 57°F2021: 60°F2022: 62°F2023: 72°F2024: 60°F2025: 56°F62° forecast404550556065707580188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 662°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record43°F
This-date rank#93 of 153
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-18°F (1994)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1873–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan73°FJan 1, 1876-18°FJan 19, 1994
Feb77°FFeb 24, 2017-18°FFeb 16, 2015
Mar82°FMar 24, 1910-9°FMar 2, 1980
Apr89°FApr 28, 19907°FApr 1, 1923
May91°FMay 30, 187926°FMay 7, 1970
Jun100°FJun 25, 198832°FJun 11, 1972
Jul99°FJul 4, 199044°FJul 9, 1963
Aug96°FAug 6, 191837°FAug 29, 1982
Sep99°FSep 3, 195333°FSep 27, 1957
Oct89°FOct 4, 195123°FOct 28, 1895
Nov82°FNov 1, 19506°FNov 22, 1880
Dec75°FDec 3, 1982-11°FDec 30, 1880
All-time100°FJun 25, 1988-18°FJan 19, 1994

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

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

Record Lows in 2026

2 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

82°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 7, 1918

Coldest high ever

-4°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 19, 1994
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan65°FJan 25, 1950-4°FJan 19, 1994
Feb62°FFeb 20, 2018-3°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar66°FMar 30, 19106°FMar 3, 2014
Apr71°FApr 25, 199023°FApr 7, 1972
May74°FMay 28, 194138°FMay 5, 1891
Jun80°FJun 25, 195247°FJun 1, 1910
Jul82°FJul 10, 193656°FJul 5, 1972
Aug82°FAug 7, 191859°FAug 30, 1935
Sep80°FSep 6, 188146°FSep 30, 1888
Oct72°FOct 15, 189734°FOct 31, 1906
Nov67°FNov 1, 195014°FNov 30, 1929
Dec63°FDec 3, 19823°FDec 29, 1880
All-time82°FAug 7, 1918-4°FJan 19, 1994

Cold Streaks

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Erie's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 60°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Jan: 34°FJan: 21°FFeb: 36°FFeb: 22°FMar: 44°FMar: 28°FApr: 56°FApr: 38°FMay: 68°FMay: 49°FJun: 76°FJun: 60°FJul: 80°FJul: 64°FAug: 79°FAug: 63°FSep: 73°FSep: 57°FOct: 62°FOct: 46°FNov: 50°FNov: 37°FDec: 39°FDec: 28°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:46 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Solar noon12:20 PM
Daylight13h 09m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.08°N, 80.18°W

Nearby Stations

Youngstown, OH62 mi SWBuffalo, NY94 mi NECleveland, OH97 mi WAkron, OH103 mi SWPittsburgh, PA110 mi SNew Philadelphia, OH128 mi SW

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Erie, PA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Erie, PA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1873

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.
Erie, PA daily low heat map 1873–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Erie — counted through Sep 6 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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