Charlottesville, VA

Virginia · Records since 1893–2026

🌙 56°F Feels like 51°
Currently in Charlottesville
As of 10:15 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

95°F

September 26, 1930

+17° from 78° normal

❄ Record Low

38°F

September 26, 1893

-18° from 56° normal
🌞 Normal high: 78°F 🌑 Normal low: 56°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Charlottesville

🔥
107°F
Hottest Day Ever
Sep 7, 1954
❄
-9°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 11, 1899
🌧
9.21"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 5, 1972
☃
18.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 27, 1922

First & Last Dates — Charlottesville

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)
255 days
Longest growing season
1978
160 days
Shortest growing season
2001
198 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 95°F September 26, 1930
2 94°F September 26, 2019
3 93°F September 26, 1986
4 92°F September 26, 1939
5 92°F September 26, 1933
6 91°F September 26, 1970
7 90°F September 26, 2007
8 90°F September 26, 1972
9 89°F September 26, 1920
10 89°F September 26, 1910

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 38°F September 26, 1893
2 39°F September 26, 1940
3 40°F September 26, 1928
4 41°F September 26, 1967
5 41°F September 26, 1907
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 1893–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Charlottesville

threshold: 94°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
99°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
39
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
44
2026 so far
31
Avg/year 1970–2025
47
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
74
Most in a year (2010)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Charlottesville

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 28, 2012 – Jul 8, 2012 11 106°F (Jul 8) 101°F 74°F
2 Aug 23, 1932 – Sep 2, 1932 11 105°F (Aug 31) 99°F 70°F
3 Aug 26, 1953 – Sep 5, 1953 11 105°F (Sep 2) 100°F 73°F
4 Jul 20, 1987 – Jul 27, 1987 8 101°F (Jul 21) 97°F 71°F
5 Jun 1, 1925 – Jun 8, 1925 8 99°F (Jun 5) 96°F 71°F
6 Jul 17, 2020 – Jul 23, 2020 7 101°F (Jul 19) 98°F 74°F
7 Jul 26, 1941 – Aug 1, 1941 7 99°F (Jul 28) 96°F 75°F
8 Jul 9, 1992 – Jul 15, 1992 7 99°F (Jul 14) 97°F 74°F
9 Jul 5, 1993 – Jul 11, 1993 7 99°F (Jul 8) 97°F 71°F
10 Jul 22, 2016 – Jul 28, 2016 7 99°F (Jul 23) 98°F 73°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

55
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
64
Most in a summer
2020

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 (1893–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1893, annual totals have trended +0.04" per decade, about +0.5" 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 Charlottesville is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

121 of 265 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

28.00"
2026 YTD
Normal: 30.99"
-2.99"
2.41"
September so far
September normal: 4.09"
-1.68"
7
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Charlottesville is 2.99" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 25 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
72.7°F
Average temperature
28th-warmest of 125
+3.0°
vs. average
Normal: 69.7°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1898–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.09° per decade (cooling since 1898)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1898–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1930 77.9°F
2 1931 76.9°F
3 1921 76.9°F
4 1925 76.8°F
5 1980 76.2°F
6 2016 75.7°F
7 1970 75.5°F
8 2019 75.2°F
9 1961 75.1°F
10 2018 75.0°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1967 63.1°F
2 1917 65.1°F
3 2006 65.4°F
4 1918 65.4°F
5 1924 65.5°F
6 1999 65.6°F
7 2024 66.7°F
8 1988 66.7°F
9 2013 66.8°F
10 1963 66.8°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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