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Vancouver, WA

45.621°N, 122.654°W · station VUOthr · 136 years of record
53°F
forecast low · Sep 4

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Vancouver.
57°WED9/254°THU9/353°FRI9/454°SAT9/556°SUN9/656°MON9/756°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#61 / 129
coldest Sep 4 in 129 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 4 ever

38°F
set in 1980

Mildest Sep 4 ever

64°F
set in 2025
Forecast low 53°F — 61st coldest Sep 4 of 129 years · record 38°F (1980) · coldest since 2021.
1891: 54°F1896: 54°F1897: 51°F1898: 41°F1899: 53°F1900: 54°F1901: 44°F1902: 43°F1903: 52°F1904: 48°F1905: 46°F1906: 46°F1907: 53°F1908: 51°F1909: 55°F1910: 53°F1911: 54°F1912: 46°F1913: 60°F1914: 53°F1915: 56°F1916: 53°F1917: 50°F1918: 47°F1919: 54°F1920: 53°F1921: 54°F1922: 55°F1923: 48°F1924: 53°F1925: 54°F1926: 51°F1927: 52°F1928: 54°F1929: 48°F1930: 57°F1931: 61°F1932: 44°F1933: 52°F1934: 55°F1935: 53°F1936: 56°F1937: 57°F1938: 53°F1939: 55°F1940: 56°F1941: 60°F1942: 50°F1943: 54°F1944: 50°F1945: 58°F1946: 57°F1947: 56°F1948: 50°F1949: 57°F1950: 53°F1951: 57°F1952: 57°F1953: 55°F1954: 54°F1955: 61°F1956: 49°F1957: 49°F1958: 47°F1959: 55°F1960: 52°F1961: 53°F1962: 52°F1963: 57°F1964: 48°F1965: 47°F1967: 48°F1968: 50°F1969: 50°F1970: 52°F1971: 49°F1972: 45°F1973: 45°F1974: 56°F1975: 47°F1976: 45°F1977: 57°F1979: 52°F1980: 38°F1981: 47°F1982: 56°F1983: 54°F1984: 46°F1985: 49°F1986: 53°F1987: 44°F1988: 49°F1989: 44°F1990: 56°F1991: 50°F1992: 46°F1993: 56°F1994: 53°F1995: 59°F1996: 51°F1997: 56°F1998: 58°F1999: 52°F2000: 50°F2001: 54°F2002: 48°F2003: 60°F2004: 50°F2005: 54°F2006: 53°F2007: 61°F2008: 48°F2009: 58°F2010: 52°F2011: 50°F2012: 54°F2013: 60°F2014: 50°F2015: 48°F2016: 48°F2017: 61°F2018: 50°F2019: 63°F2020: 57°F2021: 51°F2022: 56°F2023: 58°F2024: 58°F2025: 64°F53° forecast354045505560651900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 453°F
Coldest this date since2021
This-date record38°F
This-date rank#61 of 129
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-10°F (1919)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1891–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Vancouver in each calendar month, and for the whole 1891–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan66°FJan 18, 2005-8°FJan 12, 1909
Feb73°FFeb 29, 1968-3°FFeb 3, 1950
Mar83°FMar 28, 193018°FMar 15, 1906
Apr90°FApr 20, 190624°FApr 13, 1968
May99°FMay 29, 198328°FMay 11, 1985
Jun115°FJun 28, 202134°FJun 7, 1979
Jul108°FJul 29, 200937°FJul 8, 1981
Aug108°FAug 14, 202335°FAug 18, 1973
Sep103°FSep 3, 198828°FSep 13, 1970
Oct90°FOct 2, 198721°FOct 28, 1971
Nov72°FNov 8, 19056°FNov 28, 1896
Dec66°FDec 4, 2023-10°FDec 12, 1919
All-time115°FJun 28, 2021-10°FDec 12, 1919

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

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

Record Lows in 2026

0 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

75°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 17, 1941

Coldest high ever

14°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 12, 1909
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan55°FJan 16, 201114°FJan 12, 1909
Feb59°FFeb 26, 193216°FFeb 3, 1989
Mar58°FMar 11, 200730°FMar 12, 1906
Apr59°FApr 22, 193439°FApr 1, 1936
May63°FMay 26, 198647°FMay 19, 1974
Jun69°FJun 27, 201552°FJun 1, 1971
Jul75°FJul 17, 194157°FJul 3, 1966
Aug72°FAug 24, 201157°FAug 14, 1976
Sep68°FSep 1, 195051°FSep 30, 1919
Oct62°FOct 21, 200337°FOct 30, 1935
Nov63°FNov 6, 200624°FNov 29, 1896
Dec58°FDec 29, 191714°FDec 31, 1968
All-time75°FJul 17, 194114°FJan 12, 1909

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

38 days
record run, ended Feb 6 1985

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Vancouver's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 54°F · forecast is -1° vs normal.
Jan: 47°FJan: 35°FFeb: 51°FFeb: 34°FMar: 56°FMar: 38°FApr: 61°FApr: 42°FMay: 68°FMay: 48°FJun: 73°FJun: 52°FJul: 81°FJul: 57°FAug: 82°FAug: 57°FSep: 76°FSep: 51°FOct: 64°FOct: 44°FNov: 53°FNov: 39°FDec: 46°FDec: 35°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset6:49 PM
Solar noon12:10 PM
Daylight13h 17m · losing 21 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

45.62°N, 122.65°W

Nearby Stations

Portland, OR2 mi SEHillsboro, OR15 mi WMcMinnville, OR37 mi SWSalem, OR52 mi SWAstoria, OR69 mi NWOlympia, WA94 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

Vancouver'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.
Vancouver, WA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Vancouver's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Vancouver, WA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1891

Each cell is one day's low at Vancouver, coloured by temperature — 136 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Vancouver, WA daily low heat map 1891–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Vancouver — counted through Sep 4 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
29 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 80th most in 136 years. Normal for this point: 31. Record: 68 in 1985.

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