Albany, NY

New York · Records since 1874–2026

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Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

90°F

September 26, 2017

+20° from 70° normal

❄ Record Low

29°F

September 26, 1947

-19° from 48° normal
🌞 Normal high: 70°F 🌑 Normal low: 48°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Albany

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 4, 1911
❄
-28°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 19, 1971
🌧
5.60"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 16, 1999
☃
30.4"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 12, 1888

First & Last Dates — Albany

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
217 days
Longest growing season
1883
112 days
Shortest growing season
1963
163 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 90°F September 26, 2017
2 89°F September 26, 2007
3 89°F September 26, 1920
4 86°F September 26, 1970
5 86°F September 26, 1930
6 86°F September 26, 1900
7 85°F September 26, 1934
8 85°F September 26, 1895
9 85°F September 26, 1881
10 83°F September 26, 2011

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 29°F September 26, 1947
2 30°F September 26, 1978
3 32°F September 26, 1966
4 33°F September 26, 1949
5 33°F September 26, 1879
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1874–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Albany

threshold: 90°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
95°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
7
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1874–2026
8
2026 so far
11
Avg/year 1970–2025
14
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
32
Most in a year (1955)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Albany

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 27, 1953 – Sep 5, 1953 10 100°F (Sep 2) 96°F 64°F
2 Aug 4, 1896 – Aug 12, 1896 9 95°F (Aug 10) 93°F 71°F
3 Jun 26, 1901 – Jul 3, 1901 8 99°F (Jun 28) 95°F 72°F
4 Jul 31, 1955 – Aug 7, 1955 8 99°F (Aug 5) 95°F 67°F
5 Jul 3, 1912 – Jul 10, 1912 8 98°F (Jul 8) 94°F 70°F
6 Jul 5, 1988 – Jul 11, 1988 7 99°F (Jul 8) 94°F 67°F
7 Aug 17, 1916 – Aug 23, 1916 7 98°F (Aug 21) 92°F 67°F
8 Jul 17, 1991 – Jul 23, 1991 7 97°F (Jul 20) 93°F 67°F
9 Jul 7, 1936 – Jul 12, 1936 6 103°F (Jul 9) 97°F 70°F
10 Aug 3, 2022 – Aug 8, 2022 6 99°F (Aug 4) 94°F 71°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

39
2026 total
above-normal nights
38.6
Avg / summer
1970–2020
70
Most in a summer
1880

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1874–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1874, annual totals have trended +0.45" per decade, about +6.8" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Albany is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

102 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

30.84"
2026 YTD
Normal: 29.93"
+0.91"
2.70"
September so far
September normal: 3.73"
-1.03"
6
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Albany is 0.91" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 27 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
70.0°F
Average temperature
47th-warmest of 153
+0.4°
vs. average
Normal: 69.6°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 27 – Sep 25

1874–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Jun 27 – Sep 25

1874–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.11" per decade (wetter since 1874)

Warmest Jun 27 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2018 73.8°F
2 1900 72.7°F
3 1881 72.6°F
4 2022 72.5°F
5 1901 72.4°F
6 1931 72.3°F
7 2005 72.3°F
8 2016 72.2°F
9 1898 72.2°F
10 2015 71.7°F

Coolest Jun 27 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1974 65.7°F
2 1982 65.9°F
3 1976 66.0°F
4 1954 66.1°F
5 1956 66.1°F
6 1963 66.2°F
7 1978 66.2°F
8 1950 66.2°F
9 1875 66.3°F
10 2000 66.3°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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