Home / United States / Florida / Sanford Florida · THREADEX · 1948–2026
Sanford, FL 28.779°N, 81.244°W · station SFBthr · 79 years of record
96°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2016
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Sanford.
93° MON 7/13 95° TUE 7/14 95° WED 7/15 96° THU 7/16 94° FRI 7/17 95° SAT 7/18 94° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #4 / 77
warmest Jul 16 in 77 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 99°F
set in 1981
Coolest Jul 16 ever 84°F
set in 2003
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Sanford. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
84 92 99 1948: 93°F 1949: 94°F 1950: 93°F 1951: 96°F 1952: 88°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 87°F 1956: 95°F 1957: 95°F 1958: 93°F 1959: 90°F 1960: 96°F 1961: 95°F 1962: 91°F 1963: 89°F 1964: 91°F 1965: 87°F 1966: 95°F 1967: 94°F 1968: 88°F 1969: 96°F 1970: 94°F 1971: 97°F 1972: 91°F 1973: 96°F 1974: 93°F 1975: 90°F 1976: 94°F 1977: 92°F 1978: 92°F 1979: 95°F 1980: 95°F 1981: 99°F 1982: 90°F 1983: 91°F 1984: 90°F 1985: 92°F 1986: 90°F 1987: 90°F 1988: 86°F 1989: 93°F 1990: 89°F 1991: 93°F 1992: 95°F 1993: 91°F 1994: 93°F 1995: 93°F 1996: 94°F 1997: 93°F 1998: 85°F 1999: 91°F 2000: 87°F 2001: 90°F 2002: 95°F 2003: 84°F 2004: 94°F 2005: 94°F 2006: 95°F 2007: 94°F 2008: 88°F 2009: 95°F 2010: 95°F 2011: 89°F 2012: 87°F 2013: 90°F 2014: 87°F 2015: 94°F 2016: 97°F 2017: 95°F 2018: 94°F 2019: 95°F 2020: 95°F 2021: 92°F 2022: 87°F 2023: 91°F 2024: 95°F 2025: 91°F 96° forecast 1948 1981 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 96°F Hottest this date since 2016 This-date record 99°F This-date rank #4 of 77
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 103°F (1998) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1948–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Sanford in each calendar month, and for the whole 1948–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 89°F 1990 19°F 1985 Feb 89°F 1962 23°F 2026 Mar 94°F 2003 27°F 1980 Apr 97°F 2020 36°F 1950 May 100°F 1953 45°F 1992 Jun 102°F 1998 52°F 1984 Jul 103°F 1998 60°F 1981 Aug 100°F 1956 64°F 1957 Sep 97°F 1962 52°F 1981 Oct 95°F 1958 39°F 1989 Nov 92°F 1986 27°F 1950 Dec 89°F 2016 19°F 1989 All-time 103°F 1998 19°F 1985
Records set or tied at Sanford so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 6 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 3 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Monthly low record this year: Feb (23°F)
Current run 21 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 58 days
record run, ended Sep 6 2005
So far in 2026 68 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Sanford's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 92°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 71°F Jan: 49°F Feb: 74°F Feb: 52°F Mar: 78°F Mar: 56°F Apr: 83°F Apr: 61°F May: 88°F May: 66°F Jun: 91°F Jun: 72°F Jul: 92°F Jul: 74°F Aug: 92°F Aug: 74°F Sep: 90°F Sep: 73°F Oct: 84°F Oct: 66°F Nov: 78°F Nov: 58°F Dec: 73°F Dec: 53°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:36 AM Sunset 7:26 PM Solar noon 12:31 PM Daylight 13h 50m · losing 5 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 28.78°N, 81.24°W Sanford's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Sanford's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Sanford, coloured by temperature — 79 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Sanford — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
68 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 1st most in 79 years. Normal for this point: 45 . Record: 68 in 2026.
A ready-to-share summary of Sanford's outlook — post it, or link this page.
See Sanford on coldestsince.com →