Birmingham, AL

Alabama · Records since 1895–2026

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Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

96°F

September 26, 2019

+13° from 83° normal

❄ Record Low

41°F

September 26, 2001

-21° from 62° normal
🌞 Normal high: 83°F 🌑 Normal low: 62°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Birmingham

🔥
107°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 29, 1930
❄
-10°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 13, 1899
🌧
9.75"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 16, 2004
☃
10.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 13, 1993

First & Last Dates — Birmingham

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)
291 days
Longest growing season
1945
191 days
Shortest growing season
1953
231 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 96°F September 26, 2019
2 95°F September 26, 1897
3 94°F September 26, 2016
4 93°F September 26, 1911
5 92°F September 26, 1945
6 92°F September 26, 1933
7 92°F September 26, 1898
8 91°F September 26, 1998
9 91°F September 26, 1954
10 91°F September 26, 1925

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 41°F September 26, 2001
2 45°F September 26, 1956
3 46°F September 26, 1965
4 47°F September 26, 1991
5 47°F September 26, 1975
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 1895–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Birmingham

threshold: 96°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
100°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
106
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1895–2026
89
2026 so far
61
Avg/year 1970–2025
75
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
110
Most in a year (1925)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Birmingham

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 4, 2007 – Aug 23, 2007 20 105°F (Aug 15) 101°F 76°F
2 Jul 6, 2000 – Jul 20, 2000 15 103°F (Jul 19) 98°F 72°F
3 Jul 19, 1952 – Jul 30, 1952 12 106°F (Jul 25) 102°F 72°F
4 Jul 8, 1980 – Jul 19, 1980 12 106°F (Jul 13) 101°F 74°F
5 Jun 29, 1902 – Jul 10, 1902 12 102°F (Jul 8) 99°F 74°F
6 Jul 18, 1993 – Jul 29, 1993 12 102°F (Jul 23) 100°F 74°F
7 Jun 23, 1897 – Jul 4, 1897 12 101°F (Jun 27) 98°F 76°F
8 Sep 1, 1925 – Sep 10, 1925 10 106°F (Sep 5) 102°F 74°F
9 Jul 5, 1930 – Jul 14, 1930 10 106°F (Jul 12) 100°F 73°F
10 Jun 23, 1954 – Jul 2, 1954 10 103°F (Jul 1) 100°F 70°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

66
2026 total
above-normal nights
34.3
Avg / summer
1970–2020
82
Most in a summer
2010

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 (1895–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1895, annual totals have trended +0.42" per decade, about +5.5" 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 Birmingham is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

45.68"
2026 YTD
Normal: 43.40"
+2.28"
1.99"
September so far
September normal: 4.00"
-2.01"
19
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Birmingham is 2.28" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 18 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
81.8°F
Average temperature
7th-warmest of 131
+7.6°
vs. average
Normal: 74.2°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1896–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.05° per decade (warming since 1896)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1895–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.05" per decade (wetter since 1895)

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1931 85.9°F
2 1925 84.8°F
3 2018 83.5°F
4 1921 83.4°F
5 2010 82.9°F
6 2016 82.3°F
7 2026 81.8°F
8 2025 81.3°F
9 2005 80.9°F
10 1970 80.7°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1975 64.7°F
2 1903 65.1°F
3 1981 65.3°F
4 1901 65.4°F
5 1943 65.5°F
6 1918 65.7°F
7 1983 65.8°F
8 1913 66.2°F
9 1989 66.2°F
10 1928 66.6°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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