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Danville, VA

36.573°N, 79.335°W · station DANthr · 111 years of record
62°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Danville.
74°WED9/273°THU9/375°FRI9/471°SAT9/566°SUN9/663°MON9/762°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#43 / 107
coldest Sep 8 in 107 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

48°F
set in 1976

Mildest Sep 8 ever

75°F
set in 1916
Forecast low 62°F — 43rd coldest Sep 8 of 107 years · record 48°F (1976) · coldest since 2025.
1916: 75°F1917: 67°F1918: 56°F1919: 64°F1920: 63°F1921: 69°F1922: 62°F1923: 66°F1924: 50°F1925: 74°F1926: 72°F1927: 67°F1928: 58°F1929: 72°F1930: 69°F1932: 60°F1933: 66°F1934: 65°F1935: 63°F1936: 53°F1937: 65°F1938: 70°F1939: 67°F1940: 60°F1941: 67°F1942: 68°F1943: 57°F1944: 63°F1945: 66°F1946: 66°F1948: 68°F1949: 60°F1950: 60°F1951: 50°F1952: 57°F1953: 57°F1954: 68°F1955: 64°F1956: 65°F1957: 64°F1958: 59°F1959: 70°F1960: 63°F1961: 71°F1962: 56°F1963: 57°F1964: 52°F1965: 58°F1966: 52°F1967: 56°F1968: 56°F1969: 65°F1970: 64°F1971: 62°F1972: 54°F1973: 67°F1974: 59°F1975: 64°F1976: 48°F1977: 68°F1978: 61°F1979: 63°F1980: 65°F1981: 67°F1982: 56°F1983: 69°F1984: 48°F1985: 69°F1986: 52°F1987: 68°F1988: 52°F1989: 67°F1991: 60°F1992: 70°F1993: 68°F1994: 55°F1995: 62°F1996: 68°F1997: 63°F1998: 68°F1999: 67°F2000: 54°F2001: 57°F2002: 57°F2003: 60°F2004: 70°F2005: 53°F2006: 62°F2007: 62°F2008: 65°F2009: 65°F2010: 65°F2011: 54°F2012: 66°F2013: 61°F2014: 62°F2015: 66°F2016: 66°F2017: 50°F2018: 64°F2019: 60°F2020: 55°F2021: 63°F2022: 64°F2023: 66°F2024: 56°F2025: 51°F62° forecast455055606570751920193019401950196019701980200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 862°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record48°F
This-date rank#43 of 107
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-5°F (1985)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1916–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Danville in each calendar month, and for the whole 1916–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan80°FJan 30, 2002-5°FJan 21, 1985
Feb85°FFeb 27, 19772°FFeb 5, 1917
Mar91°FMar 17, 19459°FMar 4, 2014
Apr95°FApr 25, 192520°FApr 1, 1923
May101°FMay 22, 194129°FMay 9, 1976
Jun105°FJun 30, 193640°FJun 11, 1977
Jul105°FJul 10, 193650°FJul 4, 1933
Aug107°FAug 6, 191846°FAug 31, 1946
Sep105°FSep 1, 193235°FSep 30, 1942
Oct100°FOct 6, 194122°FOct 27, 1962
Nov86°FNov 3, 197411°FNov 30, 1929
Dec81°FDec 7, 1998-1°FDec 30, 1917
All-time107°FAug 6, 1918-5°FJan 21, 1985

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 5 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

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 21, 1924

Coldest high ever

13°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 11, 1982
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan68°FJan 22, 192713°FJan 11, 1982
Feb63°FFeb 20, 193916°FFeb 17, 1958
Mar67°FMar 17, 199022°FMar 3, 1980
Apr75°FApr 14, 192239°FApr 13, 1926
May73°FMay 29, 194146°FMay 4, 1946
Jun81°FJun 23, 192358°FJun 5, 1926
Jul82°FJul 12, 192265°FJul 21, 1937
Aug84°FAug 21, 192465°FAug 23, 1923
Sep80°FSep 8, 191652°FSep 29, 1984
Oct73°FOct 4, 194139°FOct 31, 1925
Nov66°FNov 4, 196132°FNov 24, 1956
Dec64°FDec 24, 201516°FDec 30, 1917
All-time84°FAug 21, 192413°FJan 11, 1982

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

71 days
record run, ended Feb 25 1977

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Danville's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is +0° vs normal.
Jan: 49°FJan: 28°FFeb: 53°FFeb: 30°FMar: 61°FMar: 37°FApr: 71°FApr: 45°FMay: 78°FMay: 55°FJun: 86°FJun: 63°FJul: 89°FJul: 68°FAug: 88°FAug: 66°FSep: 81°FSep: 60°FOct: 71°FOct: 47°FNov: 61°FNov: 36°FDec: 52°FDec: 31°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:48 AM
Sunset6:46 PM
Solar noon12:17 PM
Daylight12h 58m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

36.57°N, 79.33°W

Nearby Stations

Greensboro, NC47 mi SWLynchburg, VA52 mi NRaleigh, NC56 mi SERoanoke, VA62 mi NWBlacksburg, VA73 mi NWFayetteville, NC112 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

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

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Danville's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Danville, VA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1916

Each cell is one day's low at Danville, coloured by temperature — 111 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Danville, VA daily low heat map 1916–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Danville — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
55 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 36th most in 111 years. Normal for this point: 49. Record: 71 in 1968.

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