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Charlottesville, VA

38.137°N, 78.455°W · station CHOthr · 134 years of record
61°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Charlottesville.
73°WED9/273°THU9/373°FRI9/470°SAT9/564°SUN9/661°MON9/761°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#54 / 126
coldest Sep 7 in 126 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

46°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 7 ever

78°F
set in 1983
Forecast low 61°F — 54th coldest Sep 7 of 126 years · record 46°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1898: 71°F1901: 63°F1902: 56°F1903: 55°F1904: 56°F1905: 58°F1906: 63°F1907: 59°F1908: 62°F1909: 57°F1910: 70°F1911: 67°F1912: 70°F1913: 68°F1914: 71°F1915: 64°F1916: 63°F1917: 59°F1918: 55°F1919: 67°F1920: 57°F1921: 68°F1922: 71°F1923: 66°F1924: 46°F1925: 70°F1926: 67°F1927: 58°F1928: 51°F1929: 70°F1930: 66°F1931: 63°F1932: 67°F1933: 65°F1934: 64°F1935: 62°F1936: 58°F1937: 57°F1938: 61°F1939: 59°F1940: 58°F1941: 71°F1942: 60°F1943: 68°F1944: 66°F1945: 66°F1946: 61°F1947: 66°F1948: 64°F1949: 58°F1950: 53°F1951: 58°F1952: 56°F1953: 60°F1954: 71°F1955: 68°F1956: 69°F1957: 62°F1958: 64°F1959: 68°F1960: 69°F1961: 70°F1962: 50°F1963: 54°F1964: 55°F1965: 50°F1966: 54°F1967: 55°F1968: 67°F1969: 67°F1970: 56°F1971: 67°F1972: 49°F1973: 69°F1974: 62°F1975: 63°F1976: 56°F1977: 69°F1978: 65°F1979: 69°F1980: 68°F1981: 69°F1982: 47°F1983: 78°F1984: 54°F1985: 72°F1986: 53°F1987: 64°F1988: 55°F1989: 64°F1990: 66°F1991: 57°F1992: 69°F1993: 65°F1994: 57°F1995: 62°F1996: 71°F1997: 59°F1998: 70°F1999: 66°F2000: 46°F2001: 55°F2002: 54°F2003: 50°F2004: 62°F2005: 50°F2006: 56°F2007: 65°F2008: 64°F2009: 63°F2010: 58°F2011: 62°F2012: 69°F2013: 52°F2014: 62°F2015: 62°F2016: 63°F2017: 52°F2018: 71°F2019: 62°F2020: 57°F2021: 59°F2022: 70°F2023: 72°F2024: 51°F2025: 52°F61° forecast4550556065707580191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 761°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record46°F
This-date rank#54 of 126
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-9°F (1899)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Charlottesville in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan81°FJan 14, 1932-6°FJan 17, 1982
Feb84°FFeb 25, 1930-9°FFeb 11, 1899
Mar94°FMar 29, 19071°FMar 4, 2014
Apr98°FApr 24, 192514°FApr 1, 1923
May100°FMay 28, 194129°FMay 22, 2002
Jun105°FJun 30, 193640°FJun 15, 1933
Jul107°FJul 20, 193044°FJul 8, 1983
Aug107°FAug 5, 193042°FAug 29, 1986
Sep107°FSep 7, 195434°FSep 29, 1942
Oct98°FOct 5, 194125°FOct 29, 1965
Nov88°FNov 2, 19508°FNov 30, 1929
Dec80°FDec 7, 1998-2°FDec 30, 1917
All-time107°FJul 20, 1930-9°FFeb 11, 1899

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

5 broke
plus 3 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

85°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 7, 1918

Coldest high ever

7°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 13, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan64°FJan 8, 199812°FJan 29, 1966
Feb61°FFeb 17, 19767°FFeb 13, 1899
Mar71°FMar 24, 190722°FMar 1, 1980
Apr72°FApr 26, 191534°FApr 7, 1907
May75°FMay 31, 199146°FMay 8, 1917
Jun79°FJun 27, 195254°FJun 1, 1907
Jul84°FJul 22, 193063°FJul 12, 1999
Aug85°FAug 7, 191861°FAug 26, 1908
Sep80°FSep 2, 193053°FSep 28, 1956
Oct73°FOct 6, 194142°FOct 26, 1962
Nov68°FNov 2, 197126°FNov 27, 1950
Dec63°FDec 24, 201514°FDec 22, 1989
All-time85°FAug 7, 19187°FFeb 13, 1899

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

46 days
record run, ended Feb 22 1979

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Charlottesville's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 61°F · forecast is +0° vs normal.
Jan: 46°FJan: 28°FFeb: 50°FFeb: 30°FMar: 58°FMar: 36°FApr: 69°FApr: 45°FMay: 76°FMay: 54°FJun: 84°FJun: 62°FJul: 88°FJul: 67°FAug: 86°FAug: 65°FSep: 80°FSep: 58°FOct: 69°FOct: 47°FNov: 58°FNov: 37°FDec: 49°FDec: 31°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Solar noon12:14 PM
Daylight13h 01m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.14°N, 78.45°W

Nearby Stations

Lynchburg, VA69 mi SWRichmond, VA75 mi SESterling-Dulles Airport, VA77 mi NEWashington, DC91 mi NEMartinsburg, WV91 mi NElkins, WV91 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

Charlottesville'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.
Charlottesville, VA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Charlottesville's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Charlottesville, VA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's low at Charlottesville, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Charlottesville, VA daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Charlottesville — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
57 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 35th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 48. Record: 70 in 1960.

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