Gainesville, FL

Florida · Records since 1890–2026

🌙 66°F
Currently in Gainesville
As of 10:15 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

95°F

September 26, 2019

+8° from 87° normal

❄ Record Low

57°F

September 26, 1975

-11° from 68° normal
🌞 Normal high: 87°F 🌑 Normal low: 68°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Gainesville

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 27, 1952
❄
6°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 13, 1899
🌧
9.93"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 21, 1941
☃
1.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 13, 1899

First & Last Dates — Gainesville

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)
344 days
Longest growing season
1953
230 days
Shortest growing season
1993
273 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 95°F September 26, 2019
2 94°F September 26, 1980
3 94°F September 26, 1955
4 94°F September 26, 1930
5 93°F September 26, 2018
6 93°F September 26, 1972
7 93°F September 26, 1951
8 93°F September 26, 1936
9 93°F September 26, 1934
10 93°F September 26, 1931

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 57°F September 26, 1975
2 58°F September 26, 2008
3 59°F September 26, 1991
4 59°F September 26, 1914
5 59°F September 26, 1894
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 1890–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Gainesville

threshold: 95°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
98°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
114
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
4
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1890–2026
121
2026 so far
93
Avg/year 1970–2025
106
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
138
Most in a year (2011)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Gainesville

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 1, 1899 – Jun 18, 1899 18 101°F (Jun 16) 97°F 72°F
2 May 21, 2019 – Jun 5, 2019 16 102°F (May 27) 98°F 73°F
3 Jun 10, 1998 – Jun 25, 1998 16 101°F (Jun 18) 98°F 72°F
4 Jul 19, 2016 – Aug 3, 2016 16 98°F (Jul 31) 96°F 72°F
5 Jun 21, 1897 – Jul 4, 1897 14 102°F (Jun 25) 99°F 76°F
6 Jul 22, 1896 – Aug 4, 1896 14 100°F (Jul 30) 97°F 75°F
7 Aug 10, 1900 – Aug 23, 1900 14 99°F (Aug 20) 97°F 76°F
8 Aug 18, 1983 – Aug 31, 1983 14 99°F (Aug 21) 96°F 73°F
9 Jun 28, 1902 – Jul 9, 1902 12 102°F (Jul 8) 98°F 72°F
10 Jun 10, 1977 – Jun 20, 1977 11 102°F (Jun 13) 97°F 70°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

61
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
83
Most in a summer
2018

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 (1890–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1890, annual totals have trended +0.31" per decade, about +4.2" 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 Gainesville is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

29.99"
2026 YTD
Normal: 40.28"
-10.29"
0.93"
September so far
September normal: 5.05"
-4.12"
9
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Gainesville is 10.29" 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)
81.3°F
Average temperature
11th-warmest of 137
+2.1°
vs. average
Normal: 79.2°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1890–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 25

1890–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.01" per decade (drier since 1890)

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2018 83.8°F
2 1925 82.6°F
3 1906 82.2°F
4 1970 82.0°F
5 1931 81.9°F
6 1977 81.8°F
7 1921 81.6°F
8 1933 81.5°F
9 1900 81.4°F
10 1955 81.3°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1891 70.5°F
2 1967 75.8°F
3 1897 76.2°F
4 1994 76.8°F
5 1964 76.9°F
6 1913 77.1°F
7 2001 77.1°F
8 1984 77.3°F
9 1917 77.3°F
10 1963 77.3°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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