Manchester, NH

New Hampshire · Records since 1885–2026

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Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

91°F

September 26, 2007

+21° from 70° normal

❄ Record Low

29°F

September 26, 1887

-21° from 50° normal
🌞 Normal high: 70°F 🌑 Normal low: 50°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Manchester

🔥
103°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 22, 2011
❄
-29°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 16, 1943
🌧
7.08"
Wettest Day Ever
Jul 25, 1887
☃
17.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 4, 1941

First & Last Dates — Manchester

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)
212 days
Longest growing season
2017
134 days
Shortest growing season
1947
182 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 91°F September 26, 2007
2 89°F September 26, 1970
3 87°F September 26, 2017
4 87°F September 26, 1968
5 82°F September 26, 2019
6 82°F September 26, 2018
7 82°F September 26, 2011
8 81°F September 26, 1930
9 81°F September 26, 1891
10 79°F September 26, 2025

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 29°F September 26, 1887
2 32°F September 26, 1949
3 34°F September 26, 1967
4 34°F September 26, 1936
5 35°F September 26, 1966
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 1885–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Manchester

threshold: 90°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
95°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
6
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1885–2026
15
2026 so far
13
Avg/year 1970–2025
24
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
36
Most in a year (1955)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Manchester

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 5, 2024 – Jul 18, 2024 14 97°F (Jul 15) 94°F 70°F
2 Aug 11, 2002 – Aug 19, 2002 9 98°F (Aug 14) 95°F 69°F
3 Aug 2, 2022 – Aug 9, 2022 8 99°F (Aug 4) 95°F 71°F
4 Jul 25, 2020 – Aug 1, 2020 8 96°F (Jul 27) 92°F 70°F
5 Jul 3, 2010 – Jul 9, 2010 7 99°F (Jul 5) 94°F 70°F
6 Jun 29, 2018 – Jul 5, 2018 7 95°F (Jul 1) 93°F 71°F
7 Jun 29, 1955 – Jul 5, 1955 7 94°F (Jul 2) 92°F 65°F
8 Aug 6, 1949 – Aug 11, 1949 6 100°F (Aug 10) 95°F 65°F
9 Aug 28, 1953 – Sep 2, 1953 6 100°F (Sep 2) 95°F 62°F
10 Jul 31, 1955 – Aug 5, 1955 6 100°F (Aug 1) 95°F 64°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

28
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
66
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 (1885–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1885, annual totals have trended +0.99" per decade, about +13.9" 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 Manchester is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

23.02"
2026 YTD
Normal: 28.96"
-5.94"
2.11"
September so far
September normal: 3.72"
-1.61"
3
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Manchester is 5.94" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 27 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
70.3°F
Average temperature
19th-warmest of 66
-0.6°
vs. average
Normal: 70.9°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 27 – Sep 25

1885–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.42° per decade (warming since 1885)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 27 – Sep 25

1890–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.03" per decade (drier since 1890)

Warmest Jun 27 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2018 73.5°F
2 2016 73.3°F
3 2022 73.1°F
4 2020 72.8°F
5 2021 72.5°F
6 2005 72.5°F
7 2002 72.5°F
8 2010 72.3°F
9 2024 72.2°F
10 2019 72.1°F

Coolest Jun 27 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1888 64.3°F
2 1946 64.8°F
3 1954 65.2°F
4 1936 65.3°F
5 1943 65.5°F
6 1934 65.8°F
7 1945 66.0°F
8 1942 66.1°F
9 1893 66.2°F
10 1886 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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