37.321°N, 79.207°W · station LYHthr · 134 years of record
69°F
HOTTEST OCT 23 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Oct 23
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Lynchburg.
This Day in History
Every year's high 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 hottest on record.
Ranks
#126 / 133
warmest Oct 17 in 133 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 17 ever
86°F
set in 1938
Coolest Oct 17 ever
49°F
set in 1940
Forecast high 57°F — 126th warmest Oct 17 of 133 years · record 86°F (1938) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#126 / 133
warmest Oct 18 in 133 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 18 ever
91°F
set in 1938
Coolest Oct 18 ever
47°F
set in 1927
Forecast high 57°F — 126th warmest Oct 18 of 133 years · record 91°F (1938) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#116 / 133
warmest Oct 19 in 133 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 19 ever
88°F
set in 1938
Coolest Oct 19 ever
48°F
set in 1974
Forecast high 59°F — 116th warmest Oct 19 of 133 years · record 88°F (1938) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#88 / 132
warmest Oct 20 in 132 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 20 ever
87°F
set in 2016
Coolest Oct 20 ever
47°F
set in 1972
Forecast high 66°F — 88th warmest Oct 20 of 132 years · record 87°F (2016) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#77 / 133
warmest Oct 21 in 133 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 21 ever
85°F
set in 1947
Coolest Oct 21 ever
45°F
set in 1940
Forecast high 65°F — 77th warmest Oct 21 of 133 years · record 85°F (1947) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#86 / 132
warmest Oct 22 in 132 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 22 ever
87°F
set in 1935
Coolest Oct 22 ever
46°F
set in 1988
Forecast high 64°F — 86th warmest Oct 22 of 132 years · record 87°F (1935) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#56 / 132
warmest Oct 23 in 132 yrs of record
Warmest Oct 23 ever
86°F
set in 1920
Coolest Oct 23 ever
45°F
set in 1923
Forecast high 69°F — 56th warmest Oct 23 of 132 years · record 86°F (1920) · warmest since 2024.
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 Oct 15.
Record Highs in 2026
10 broke
plus 3 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
Hot Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever
19 days
record run, ended Aug 12 1941
So far in 2026
50 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal high & low by month, from Lynchburg's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 66°F · forecast is +3° vs normal.
Lynchburg'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 Lynchburg's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.