Cleveland, OH

Ohio · Records since 1871–2026

☁️ 58°F
Currently in Cleveland
As of 10:15 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

92°F

September 26, 2017

+20° from 72° normal

❄ Record Low

36°F

September 26, 1928

-18° from 54° normal
🌞 Normal high: 72°F 🌑 Normal low: 54°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Cleveland

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 25, 1988
❄
-20°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 19, 1994
🌧
4.59"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 7, 1996
☃
17.4"
Most Snow in One Day
Nov 10, 1913

First & Last Dates — Cleveland

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)
231 days
Longest growing season
1929
120 days
Shortest growing season
1972
189 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 92°F September 26, 2017
2 91°F September 26, 1998
3 89°F September 26, 1908
4 87°F September 26, 1900
5 86°F September 26, 1999
6 85°F September 26, 1986
7 85°F September 26, 1934
8 85°F September 26, 1923
9 84°F September 26, 1973
10 84°F September 26, 1959

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 36°F September 26, 1928
2 36°F September 26, 1887
3 37°F September 26, 1947
4 38°F September 26, 1893
5 39°F September 26, 1974
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 1871–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Cleveland

threshold: 89°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
94°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
27
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1872–2026
9
2026 so far
10
Avg/year 1970–2025
16
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
37
Most in a year (1952)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Cleveland

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 25, 1953 – Sep 4, 1953 11 101°F (Sep 1) 97°F 68°F
2 Aug 26, 1973 – Sep 4, 1973 10 93°F (Aug 27) 91°F 70°F
3 Jul 23, 1941 – Jul 31, 1941 9 103°F (Jul 27) 96°F 71°F
4 Jun 28, 1949 – Jul 6, 1949 9 98°F (Jul 3) 94°F 69°F
5 Jul 1, 1955 – Jul 9, 1955 9 96°F (Jul 4) 92°F 69°F
6 Aug 9, 1944 – Aug 16, 1944 8 97°F (Aug 10) 95°F 69°F
7 Jun 9, 1954 – Jun 16, 1954 8 97°F (Jun 15) 92°F 66°F
8 Jul 29, 1955 – Aug 5, 1955 8 97°F (Jul 31) 94°F 71°F
9 Jun 13, 1994 – Jun 20, 1994 8 94°F (Jun 16) 92°F 69°F
10 Aug 23, 1948 – Aug 29, 1948 7 102°F (Aug 27) 95°F 70°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

41
2026 total
above-normal nights
35.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
63
Most in a summer
1995

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 (1871–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1871, annual totals have trended +0.55" per decade, about +8.5" 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 Cleveland is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

27.55"
2026 YTD
Normal: 30.33"
-2.78"
2.07"
September so far
September normal: 3.93"
-1.86"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Cleveland is 2.78" 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)
70.1°F
Average temperature
9th-warmest of 155
+3.6°
vs. average
Normal: 66.5°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1871–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.12° per decade (warming since 1871)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1871–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1871)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2018 72.7°F
2 1931 72.1°F
3 2016 72.1°F
4 1881 71.9°F
5 2019 71.6°F
6 1978 71.1°F
7 1961 71.0°F
8 1936 70.1°F
9 2026 70.1°F
10 1895 69.9°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1918 58.9°F
2 1975 59.3°F
3 1879 59.9°F
4 1974 60.0°F
5 1963 60.4°F
6 1917 60.6°F
7 1949 60.7°F
8 1924 60.8°F
9 1883 61.0°F
10 1885 61.2°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.
← Back to all stations