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Columbia, MO 38.817°N, 92.215°W · station COUthr · 138 years of record
92°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2020
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Columbia.
86° MON 7/13 88° TUE 7/14 89° WED 7/15 89° THU 7/16 91° FRI 7/17 92° SAT 7/18 92° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #39 / 136
warmest Jul 18 in 136 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 111°F
set in 1954
Coolest Jul 18 ever 73°F
set in 2009
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Columbia. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
73 92 111 1890: 87°F 1891: 87°F 1892: 82°F 1893: 86°F 1894: 94°F 1895: 92°F 1896: 79°F 1897: 88°F 1898: 92°F 1899: 87°F 1900: 83°F 1901: 98°F 1902: 86°F 1903: 83°F 1904: 92°F 1905: 94°F 1906: 92°F 1907: 89°F 1908: 90°F 1909: 90°F 1910: 78°F 1911: 86°F 1912: 87°F 1913: 96°F 1914: 82°F 1915: 80°F 1916: 98°F 1917: 87°F 1918: 84°F 1919: 85°F 1920: 90°F 1921: 87°F 1922: 82°F 1923: 86°F 1924: 81°F 1925: 90°F 1926: 92°F 1927: 88°F 1928: 90°F 1929: 88°F 1930: 102°F 1931: 97°F 1932: 95°F 1933: 76°F 1934: 109°F 1935: 93°F 1936: 103°F 1937: 88°F 1938: 86°F 1939: 98°F 1940: 87°F 1941: 87°F 1942: 91°F 1943: 84°F 1944: 92°F 1945: 85°F 1946: 102°F 1947: 82°F 1948: 88°F 1949: 90°F 1950: 79°F 1951: 88°F 1952: 79°F 1953: 94°F 1954: 111°F 1955: 88°F 1956: 87°F 1957: 99°F 1958: 92°F 1959: 88°F 1960: 86°F 1961: 85°F 1962: 87°F 1963: 96°F 1964: 94°F 1965: 80°F 1966: 98°F 1967: 85°F 1968: 88°F 1969: 82°F 1970: 84°F 1971: 92°F 1972: 93°F 1973: 92°F 1974: 98°F 1975: 89°F 1976: 80°F 1977: 94°F 1978: 92°F 1979: 82°F 1980: 105°F 1981: 84°F 1982: 91°F 1983: 94°F 1984: 85°F 1985: 90°F 1986: 95°F 1987: 90°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 81°F 1990: 87°F 1991: 93°F 1992: 85°F 1993: 88°F 1994: 85°F 1995: 89°F 1996: 95°F 1997: 94°F 1998: 94°F 1999: 93°F 2000: 80°F 2001: 88°F 2002: 90°F 2003: 83°F 2004: 81°F 2005: 95°F 2006: 95°F 2007: 92°F 2008: 88°F 2009: 73°F 2010: 90°F 2011: 91°F 2012: 100°F 2013: 93°F 2014: 80°F 2015: 89°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 94°F 2018: 89°F 2019: 94°F 2020: 93°F 2021: 85°F 2022: 91°F 2023: 82°F 2024: 85°F 2025: 87°F 92° forecast 1890 1954 2025 Forecast high · Jul 18 92°F Hottest this date since 2020 This-date record 111°F This-date rank #39 of 136
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 113°F (1954) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1889–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Columbia in each calendar month, and for the whole 1889–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 77°F 1909 -20°F 1912 Feb 82°F 1972 -26°F 1899 Mar 93°F 2026 -9°F 1960 Apr 93°F 1930 14°F 1920 May 101°F 1934 28°F 1907 Jun 107°F 2012 40°F 1993 Jul 113°F 1954 45°F 1892 Aug 110°F 1934 40°F 1915 Sep 104°F 1893 26°F 1895 Oct 96°F 1939 19°F 1895 Nov 84°F 1915 -3°F 1929 Dec 76°F 1991 -23°F 1901 All-time 113°F 1954 -26°F 1899
Records set or tied at Columbia so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (93°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 33 days
record run, ended Aug 12 1916
So far in 2026 7 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Columbia's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +3° vs normal .
Jan: 39°F Jan: 21°F Feb: 44°F Feb: 25°F Mar: 56°F Mar: 35°F Apr: 66°F Apr: 45°F May: 75°F May: 55°F Jun: 84°F Jun: 64°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 68°F Aug: 87°F Aug: 66°F Sep: 80°F Sep: 57°F Oct: 68°F Oct: 46°F Nov: 54°F Nov: 35°F Dec: 43°F Dec: 26°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:54 AM Sunset 7:34 PM Solar noon 12:14 PM Daylight 14h 40m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 38.82°N, 92.22°W Columbia'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 Columbia'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 Columbia, coloured by temperature — 138 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 Columbia — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
7 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 102nd most in 138 years. Normal for this point: 13 . Record: 37 in 1911.
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