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Lynchburg, VA 37.321°N, 79.207°W · station LYHthr · 134 years of record
97°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Lynchburg.
80° MON 7/13 87° TUE 7/14 95° WED 7/15 97° THU 7/16 95° FRI 7/17 94° SAT 7/18 92° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #6 / 133
warmest Jul 16 in 133 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 103°F
set in 1934
Coolest Jul 16 ever 73°F
set in 1978
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Lynchburg. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
73 88 103 1893: 93°F 1894: 92°F 1895: 88°F 1896: 92°F 1897: 76°F 1898: 92°F 1899: 95°F 1900: 98°F 1901: 89°F 1902: 88°F 1903: 78°F 1904: 91°F 1905: 91°F 1906: 87°F 1907: 88°F 1908: 90°F 1909: 85°F 1910: 90°F 1911: 87°F 1912: 89°F 1913: 84°F 1914: 84°F 1915: 95°F 1916: 81°F 1917: 88°F 1918: 88°F 1919: 84°F 1920: 85°F 1921: 84°F 1922: 85°F 1923: 90°F 1924: 87°F 1925: 94°F 1926: 85°F 1927: 85°F 1928: 85°F 1929: 82°F 1930: 82°F 1931: 97°F 1932: 97°F 1933: 89°F 1934: 103°F 1935: 90°F 1936: 101°F 1937: 96°F 1938: 92°F 1939: 86°F 1940: 85°F 1941: 83°F 1942: 93°F 1943: 93°F 1944: 90°F 1945: 76°F 1946: 76°F 1947: 85°F 1948: 74°F 1949: 84°F 1950: 84°F 1951: 92°F 1952: 90°F 1953: 91°F 1954: 83°F 1955: 90°F 1956: 89°F 1957: 87°F 1958: 91°F 1959: 83°F 1960: 83°F 1961: 85°F 1962: 86°F 1963: 92°F 1964: 87°F 1965: 85°F 1966: 86°F 1967: 80°F 1968: 92°F 1969: 90°F 1970: 89°F 1971: 86°F 1972: 88°F 1973: 77°F 1974: 86°F 1975: 82°F 1976: 94°F 1977: 96°F 1978: 73°F 1979: 87°F 1980: 94°F 1981: 77°F 1982: 87°F 1983: 96°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 92°F 1987: 85°F 1988: 98°F 1989: 74°F 1990: 83°F 1991: 88°F 1992: 92°F 1993: 88°F 1994: 88°F 1995: 91°F 1996: 80°F 1997: 89°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 88°F 2000: 83°F 2001: 88°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 89°F 2004: 83°F 2005: 89°F 2006: 90°F 2007: 92°F 2008: 85°F 2009: 91°F 2010: 94°F 2011: 79°F 2012: 91°F 2013: 93°F 2014: 82°F 2015: 81°F 2016: 88°F 2017: 88°F 2018: 92°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 93°F 2021: 93°F 2022: 89°F 2023: 90°F 2024: 99°F 2025: 89°F 97° forecast 1893 1934 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 97°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 103°F This-date rank #6 of 133
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 106°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 18.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
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°F 2002 -10°F 1985 Feb 82°F 1932 -11°F 2015 Mar 92°F 1907 5°F 2009 Apr 95°F 1896 20°F 1923 May 100°F 1941 30°F 2020 Jun 104°F 1934 40°F 1945 Jul 106°F 1936 49°F 1988 Aug 105°F 1918 45°F 1965 Sep 102°F 1932 35°F 1942 Oct 98°F 1941 21°F 1962 Nov 85°F 2024 8°F 1970 Dec 79°F 1924 -4°F 1917 All-time 106°F 1936 -11°F 2015
Records set or tied at Lynchburg so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 7 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record lows set this year
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 18 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Lynchburg's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 88°F · forecast is +9° vs normal .
Jan: 46°F Jan: 26°F Feb: 50°F Feb: 28°F Mar: 58°F Mar: 35°F Apr: 69°F Apr: 44°F May: 76°F May: 53°F Jun: 83°F Jun: 61°F Jul: 87°F Jul: 66°F Aug: 85°F Aug: 64°F Sep: 79°F Sep: 58°F Oct: 69°F Oct: 46°F Nov: 58°F Nov: 35°F Dec: 49°F Dec: 29°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:07 AM Sunset 7:38 PM Solar noon 12:22 PM Daylight 14h 32m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 37.32°N, 79.21°W 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.
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.
Each cell is one day's high at Lynchburg, coloured by temperature — 134 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 Lynchburg — 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°
18 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 24th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 12 . Record: 33 in 1934.
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