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McAllen, TX

26.179°N, 98.245°W · station MFEthr · 86 years of record
80°F
forecast low · Sep 5

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for McAllen.
81°WED9/281°THU9/381°FRI9/480°SAT9/580°SUN9/680°MON9/780°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#81 / 85
coldest Sep 5 in 85 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 5 ever

62°F
set in 1974

Mildest Sep 5 ever

81°F
set in 1985
Forecast low 80°F — 81st coldest Sep 5 of 85 years · record 62°F (1974) · coldest since 2025.
1941: 72°F1942: 74°F1943: 74°F1944: 75°F1945: 72°F1946: 68°F1947: 70°F1948: 69°F1949: 74°F1950: 71°F1951: 75°F1952: 71°F1953: 70°F1954: 74°F1955: 74°F1956: 72°F1957: 70°F1958: 73°F1959: 76°F1960: 71°F1961: 74°F1962: 77°F1963: 74°F1964: 76°F1965: 74°F1966: 76°F1967: 72°F1968: 78°F1969: 74°F1970: 75°F1971: 75°F1972: 75°F1973: 74°F1974: 62°F1975: 72°F1976: 74°F1977: 74°F1978: 75°F1979: 77°F1980: 75°F1981: 74°F1982: 74°F1983: 77°F1984: 74°F1985: 81°F1986: 74°F1987: 72°F1988: 76°F1989: 77°F1990: 75°F1991: 75°F1992: 78°F1993: 77°F1994: 73°F1995: 76°F1996: 76°F1997: 75°F1998: 75°F1999: 76°F2000: 73°F2001: 77°F2002: 78°F2003: 75°F2004: 77°F2005: 75°F2006: 73°F2007: 78°F2008: 76°F2009: 80°F2010: 74°F2011: 79°F2012: 78°F2013: 75°F2014: 77°F2015: 80°F2016: 77°F2017: 73°F2018: 80°F2019: 78°F2020: 77°F2021: 75°F2022: 76°F2023: 81°F2024: 79°F2025: 78°F80° forecast60657075808519501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 580°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record62°F
This-date rank#81 of 85
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record13°F (1962)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1941–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at McAllen in each calendar month, and for the whole 1941–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan96°FJan 21, 201713°FJan 12, 1962
Feb101°FFeb 27, 200919°FFeb 3, 1951
Mar105°FMar 27, 198431°FMar 13, 1951
Apr109°FApr 6, 202240°FApr 6, 1944
May111°FMay 9, 202450°FMay 6, 1944
Jun111°FJun 22, 201759°FJun 3, 1970
Jul109°FJul 7, 200965°FJul 23, 1945
Aug108°FAug 10, 198864°FAug 22, 1946
Sep108°FSep 4, 201150°FSep 28, 1942
Oct104°FOct 18, 201241°FOct 31, 1993
Nov102°FNov 4, 198830°FNov 29, 1959
Dec96°FDec 5, 197718°FDec 23, 1989
All-time111°FJun 22, 201713°FJan 12, 1962

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

11 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

88°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 21, 1945

Coldest high ever

29°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 30, 1951
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan73°FJan 15, 202029°FJan 30, 1951
Feb75°FFeb 20, 201835°FFeb 6, 1989
Mar78°FMar 29, 194544°FMar 1, 1960
Apr81°FApr 27, 199154°FApr 8, 2007
May83°FMay 25, 202460°FMay 1, 1994
Jun84°FJun 28, 194276°FJun 25, 1954
Jul85°FJul 21, 200977°FJul 14, 1975
Aug88°FAug 21, 194577°FAug 27, 1979
Sep84°FSep 1, 202065°FSep 27, 1970
Oct83°FOct 8, 200954°FOct 30, 1993
Nov80°FNov 4, 202444°FNov 28, 1952
Dec76°FDec 11, 200733°FDec 23, 1989
All-time88°FAug 21, 194529°FJan 30, 1951

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

6 days
record run, ended Feb 3 1951

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from McAllen's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 76°F · forecast is +4° vs normal.
Jan: 72°FJan: 51°FFeb: 77°FFeb: 56°FMar: 82°FMar: 61°FApr: 88°FApr: 67°FMay: 92°FMay: 73°FJun: 97°FJun: 77°FJul: 98°FJul: 78°FAug: 99°FAug: 78°FSep: 94°FSep: 74°FOct: 88°FOct: 68°FNov: 80°FNov: 59°FDec: 73°FDec: 53°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:13 AM
Sunset5:53 PM
Solar noon11:33 AM
Daylight12h 40m · losing 10 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

26.18°N, 98.25°W

Nearby Stations

Brownsville, TX54 mi ECorpus Christi, TX119 mi NELaredo, TX120 mi NWVictoria, TX202 mi NESan Antonio, TX232 mi NDel Rio, TX275 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

McAllen'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.
McAllen, TX — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against McAllen's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
McAllen, TX — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1941

Each cell is one day's low at McAllen, coloured by temperature — 86 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
McAllen, TX daily low heat map 1941–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at McAllen — counted through Sep 5 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
1 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 32nd most in 86 years. Normal for this point: 2. Record: 8 in 1951.

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