37.321°N, 79.207°W · station LYHthr · 134 years of record
60°F
COLDEST SEP 7 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Sep 7
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Lynchburg.
This Day in History
Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Lynchburg — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
Ranks
#129 / 133
coldest Sep 2 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 2 ever
48°F
set in 1934
Mildest Sep 2 ever
76°F
set in 1932
Forecast low 72°F — 129th coldest Sep 2 of 133 years · record 48°F (1934) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#128 / 133
coldest Sep 3 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 3 ever
46°F
set in 1967
Mildest Sep 3 ever
74°F
set in 1912
Forecast low 71°F — 128th coldest Sep 3 of 133 years · record 46°F (1967) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#134 / 133
coldest Sep 4 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 4 ever
43°F
set in 1997
Mildest Sep 4 ever
72°F
set in 1933
Forecast low 73°F — 134th coldest Sep 4 of 133 years · record 43°F (1997) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#132 / 133
coldest Sep 5 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 5 ever
42°F
set in 1997
Mildest Sep 5 ever
71°F
set in 1941
Forecast low 70°F — 132nd coldest Sep 5 of 133 years · record 42°F (1997) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#68 / 133
coldest Sep 6 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 6 ever
45°F
set in 1997
Mildest Sep 6 ever
72°F
set in 1899
Forecast low 64°F — 68th coldest Sep 6 of 133 years · record 45°F (1997) · coldest since 2024.
Ranks
#46 / 133
coldest Sep 7 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 7 ever
46°F
set in 2017
Mildest Sep 7 ever
73°F
set in 1925
Forecast low 60°F — 46th coldest Sep 7 of 133 years · record 46°F (2017) · coldest since 2025.
Ranks
#50 / 133
coldest Sep 8 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Sep 8 ever
45°F
set in 1924
Mildest Sep 8 ever
73°F
set in 1939
Forecast low 60°F — 50th coldest Sep 8 of 133 years · record 45°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Lynchburg in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
80°FJan 30, 2002
-10°FJan 21, 1985
Feb
82°FFeb 11, 1932
-11°FFeb 20, 2015
Mar
92°FMar 29, 1907
5°FMar 3, 2009
Apr
95°FApr 18, 1896
20°FApr 1, 1923
May
100°FMay 22, 1941
30°FMay 10, 2020
Jun
104°FJun 29, 1934
40°FJun 6, 1945
Jul
106°FJul 10, 1936
49°FJul 2, 1988
Aug
105°FAug 6, 1918
45°FAug 30, 1965
Sep
102°FSep 1, 1932
35°FSep 29, 1942
Oct
98°FOct 6, 1941
21°FOct 27, 1962
Nov
85°FNov 7, 2024
8°FNov 25, 1970
Dec
79°FDec 18, 1924
-4°FDec 30, 1917
All-time
106°FJul 10, 1936
-11°FFeb 20, 2015
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Lynchburg so far this year — through Aug 30.
Record Highs in 2026
7 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
0 broke
plus 3 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
81°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 6, 1918
Coldest high ever
9°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 13, 1899
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
63°FJan 15, 1932
11°FJan 21, 1985
Feb
59°FFeb 20, 1939
9°FFeb 13, 1899
Mar
66°FMar 23, 1907
23°FMar 2, 1980
Apr
70°FApr 6, 1929
36°FApr 7, 1907
May
72°FMay 27, 1941
44°FMay 4, 1946
Jun
78°FJun 30, 1927
56°FJun 5, 1926
Jul
80°FJul 21, 1930
63°FJul 21, 1939
Aug
81°FAug 6, 1918
61°FAug 22, 1931
Sep
76°FSep 1, 1932
49°FSep 29, 1957
Oct
73°FOct 4, 1941
38°FOct 30, 1925
Nov
67°FNov 2, 1929
23°FNov 30, 1929
Dec
62°FDec 16, 1971
13°FDec 25, 1983
All-time
81°FAug 6, 1918
9°FFeb 13, 1899
Cold Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
46 days
record run, ended Jan 11 2001
So far in 2026
59 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal low & low by month, from Lynchburg's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 60°F · forecast is +0° vs normal.
Lynchburg'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.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Lynchburg's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.