44.393°N, 74.203°W · station SLKthr · 124 years of record
61°F
HOTTEST OCT 19 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Oct 19
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Saranac Lake.
This Day in History
Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Saranac Lake — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
Ranks
#110 / 112
warmest Oct 17 in 112 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 17 ever
83°F
set in 1947
Coolest Oct 17 ever
36°F
set in 1970
Forecast high 38°F — 110th warmest Oct 17 of 112 years · record 83°F (1947) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#64 / 111
warmest Oct 18 in 111 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 18 ever
82°F
set in 1908
Coolest Oct 18 ever
33°F
set in 2015
Forecast high 53°F — 64th warmest Oct 18 of 111 years · record 82°F (1908) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#39 / 112
warmest Oct 19 in 112 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 19 ever
79°F
set in 1910
Coolest Oct 19 ever
32°F
set in 1922
Forecast high 61°F — 39th warmest Oct 19 of 112 years · record 79°F (1910) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#40 / 112
warmest Oct 20 in 112 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 20 ever
76°F
set in 1965
Coolest Oct 20 ever
33°F
set in 1922
Forecast high 61°F — 40th warmest Oct 20 of 112 years · record 76°F (1965) · warmest since 2024.
Ranks
#44 / 113
warmest Oct 21 in 113 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 21 ever
74°F
set in 1971
Coolest Oct 21 ever
33°F
set in 1952
Forecast high 58°F — 44th warmest Oct 21 of 113 years · record 74°F (1971) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#40 / 114
warmest Oct 22 in 114 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 22 ever
78°F
set in 2007
Coolest Oct 22 ever
33°F
set in 2003
Forecast high 59°F — 40th warmest Oct 22 of 114 years · record 78°F (2007) · warmest since 2024.
Ranks
#47 / 115
warmest Oct 23 in 115 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 23 ever
79°F
set in 1979
Coolest Oct 23 ever
25°F
set in 1969
Forecast high 57°F — 47th warmest Oct 23 of 115 years · record 79°F (1979) · warmest since 2024.
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Saranac Lake in each calendar month, and for the whole 1903–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
62°FJan 22, 1906
-46°FJan 19, 1904
Feb
65°FFeb 23, 1930
-44°FFeb 10, 1948
Mar
79°FMar 16, 1990
-35°FMar 7, 2007
Apr
89°FApr 29, 1990
-10°FApr 5, 1964
May
94°FMay 21, 1911
10°FMay 2, 1903
Jun
101°FJun 29, 1933
22°FJun 1, 1905
Jul
99°FJul 30, 1933
29°FJul 8, 1919
Aug
97°FAug 6, 1947
27°FAug 31, 1909
Sep
92°FSep 12, 1931
15°FSep 26, 1947
Oct
86°FOct 11, 1919
2°FOct 28, 1903
Nov
75°FNov 3, 1944
-21°FNov 23, 2018
Dec
64°FDec 24, 2015
-46°FDec 21, 1942
All-time
101°FJun 29, 1933
-46°FJan 19, 1904
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Saranac Lake so far this year — through Oct 15.
Record Highs in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
1 broke
plus 1 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
78°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 3, 1919
Coldest high ever
-13°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 8, 1968
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
48°FJan 8, 2008
-13°FJan 8, 1968
Feb
45°FFeb 20, 1981
-11°FFeb 12, 1914
Mar
51°FMar 30, 1981
-4°FMar 6, 2007
Apr
58°FApr 30, 1936
14°FApr 1, 1919
May
67°FMay 25, 1991
30°FMay 2, 1978
Jun
78°FJun 3, 1919
46°FJun 15, 1959
Jul
75°FJul 3, 1911
51°FJul 2, 1988
Aug
75°FAug 20, 1937
49°FAug 25, 1986
Sep
69°FSep 4, 1961
40°FSep 24, 1950
Oct
63°FOct 6, 1910
25°FOct 23, 1969
Nov
56°FNov 8, 1975
8°FNov 22, 2018
Dec
52°FDec 4, 1982
-12°FDec 30, 1917
All-time
78°FJun 3, 1919
-13°FJan 8, 1968
Hot Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever
6 days
record run, ended Jul 31 1908
So far in 2026
0 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal high & low by month, from Saranac Lake's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 53°F · forecast is +8° vs normal.
Saranac Lake'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.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Saranac Lake'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 Saranac Lake, coloured by temperature — 124 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Days Above the Mark
How many days a year hit a given high at Saranac Lake — counted through Oct 19 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
No days ≥90°F yet in 2026. Normal for this point: 2. Record: 18 in 1933.
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