Danville, VA

Virginia · Records since 1916–2026

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

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

97°F

September 26, 1933

+19° from 78° normal

❄ Record Low

38°F

September 26, 2001

-17° from 55° normal
🌞 Normal high: 78°F 🌑 Normal low: 55°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Danville

🔥
107°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 31, 1932
❄
-5°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
6.00"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 11, 2018
☃
22.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Dec 17, 1930

First & Last Dates — Danville

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)
232 days
Longest growing season
1929
161 days
Shortest growing season
1976
202 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 97°F September 26, 1933
2 94°F September 26, 1970
3 93°F September 26, 2019
4 93°F September 26, 1958
5 93°F September 26, 1930
6 93°F September 26, 1920
7 92°F September 26, 2007
8 92°F September 26, 1986
9 91°F September 26, 1984
10 91°F September 26, 1968

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 38°F September 26, 2001
2 39°F September 26, 1983
3 40°F September 26, 1950
4 41°F September 26, 1990
5 41°F September 26, 1943
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 1916–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Danville

threshold: 96°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.2
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
100°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
37
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1916–2026
69
2026 so far
51
Avg/year 1970–2025
42
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
98
Most in a year (1925)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Danville

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 6, 1977 – Aug 16, 1977 11 102°F (Aug 13) 98°F 71°F
2 Aug 2, 1980 – Aug 12, 1980 11 98°F (Aug 3) 97°F 71°F
3 Jul 13, 1977 – Jul 22, 1977 10 102°F (Jul 20) 99°F 72°F
4 Aug 18, 1968 – Aug 26, 1968 9 100°F (Aug 23) 98°F 72°F
5 Jul 23, 1949 – Jul 30, 1949 8 102°F (Jul 28) 98°F 71°F
6 Aug 27, 1953 – Sep 3, 1953 8 101°F (Aug 31) 98°F 66°F
7 Jul 21, 1987 – Jul 28, 1987 8 99°F (Jul 22) 98°F 71°F
8 Aug 27, 1932 – Sep 2, 1932 7 107°F (Aug 31) 102°F 71°F
9 Jun 17, 1923 – Jun 23, 1923 7 103°F (Jun 22) 98°F 71°F
10 Aug 14, 1988 – Aug 20, 1988 7 102°F (Aug 19) 99°F 71°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

64
2026 total
above-normal nights
49.9
Avg / summer
1970–2020
74
Most in a summer
1934

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 (1916–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1916, annual totals have trended +0.25" per decade, about +2.7" 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 Danville is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

20.86"
2026 YTD
Normal: 32.94"
-12.08"
3.40"
September so far
September normal: 4.25"
-0.85"
5
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Danville is 12.08" 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)
77.2°F
Average temperature
6th-warmest of 105
+5.9°
vs. average
Normal: 71.3°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1916–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.18° per decade (cooling since 1916)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1916–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.06" per decade (wetter since 1916)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1921 80.8°F
2 1931 79.6°F
3 1925 79.3°F
4 1930 78.6°F
5 1980 77.4°F
6 2026 77.2°F
7 1970 76.8°F
8 1933 76.7°F
9 1926 75.7°F
10 2016 75.4°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1967 66.0°F
2 1918 66.9°F
3 1976 67.2°F
4 1917 67.3°F
5 1974 67.9°F
6 1964 68.1°F
7 1994 68.2°F
8 2006 68.4°F
9 1966 68.6°F
10 2000 68.6°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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