Natchitoches, LA

Louisiana · Records since 1893–2026

☁️ 80°F
Currently in Natchitoches
As of 9:15 PM CDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

98°F

September 26, 2022

+12° from 86° normal

❄ Record Low

44°F

September 26, 1956

-20° from 64° normal
🌞 Normal high: 86°F 🌑 Normal low: 64°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Natchitoches

🔥
110°F
Hottest Day Ever
Sep 2, 2000
❄
3°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 16, 2021
🌧
12.51"
Wettest Day Ever
Mar 10, 2016
☃
11.2"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 30, 1949

First & Last Dates — Natchitoches

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)
319 days
Longest growing season
1990
190 days
Shortest growing season
1989
268 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 98°F September 26, 2022
2 98°F September 26, 1954
3 96°F September 26, 2005
4 95°F September 26, 2011
5 95°F September 26, 1993
6 95°F September 26, 1959
7 95°F September 26, 1953
8 94°F September 26, 1977
9 94°F September 26, 1956
10 94°F September 26, 1936

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 44°F September 26, 1956
2 47°F September 26, 1975
3 48°F September 26, 1894
4 50°F September 26, 2001
5 50°F September 26, 1994
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 — Natchitoches

threshold: 99°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.7
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
103°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
119
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
5
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
114
2026 so far
99
Avg/year 1970–2025
106
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
147
Most in a year (1925)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Natchitoches

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 28, 1962 – Aug 21, 1962 25 108°F (Aug 12) 103°F 71°F
2 Jul 26, 2023 – Aug 15, 2023 21 108°F (Aug 14) 104°F 78°F
3 Jul 1, 1980 – Jul 19, 1980 19 105°F (Jul 17) 102°F 77°F
4 Aug 4, 1954 – Aug 20, 1954 17 104°F (Aug 6) 102°F 65°F
5 Aug 3, 1956 – Aug 19, 1956 17 104°F (Aug 9) 102°F 71°F
6 Aug 2, 1951 – Aug 17, 1951 16 107°F (Aug 16) 103°F 74°F
7 Aug 20, 1951 – Sep 4, 1951 16 107°F (Aug 31) 103°F 73°F
8 Aug 7, 1925 – Aug 22, 1925 16 106°F (Aug 20) 102°F 73°F
9 Jun 10, 1953 – Jun 23, 1953 14 104°F (Jun 21) 102°F 71°F
10 Aug 13, 2011 – Aug 25, 2011 13 107°F (Aug 19) 103°F 77°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

71
2026 total
above-normal nights
35.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
85
Most in a summer
2010

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 +1.56" per decade, about +20.6" 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 Natchitoches is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

204 of 268 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

30.51"
2026 YTD
Normal: 40.26"
-9.75"
0.23"
September so far
September normal: 3.19"
-2.96"
11
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Natchitoches is 9.75" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 18 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
83.1°F
Average temperature
5th-warmest of 98
+6.3°
vs. average
Normal: 76.8°F (1991–2020)
0.00"
Precipitation
1st-driest of 101
-1.05"
vs. average
Normal: 1.05" · 0% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.14° per decade (warming since 1893)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.02" per decade (wetter since 1893)

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2005 84.3°F
2 1980 83.8°F
3 2010 83.4°F
4 2018 83.3°F
5 2026 83.1°F
6 1926 83.0°F
7 1925 82.8°F
8 1998 81.8°F
9 1988 81.8°F
10 2017 81.6°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1989 68.1°F
2 1983 68.7°F
3 1943 68.9°F
4 1938 69.1°F
5 1991 69.4°F
6 1981 69.4°F
7 1975 69.8°F
8 1999 70.0°F
9 1982 70.1°F
10 1994 70.6°F

Wettest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Total
1 1958 12.75"
2 1979 4.05"
3 2005 3.78"
4 1955 3.33"
5 1984 3.13"
6 1957 3.08"
7 2013 3.03"
8 2020 3.00"
9 1941 2.90"
10 1976 2.51"

Driest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Total
1 2026 0.00"
2 2022 0.00"
3 2017 0.00"
4 2016 0.00"
5 2015 0.00"
6 2014 0.00"
7 2008 0.00"
8 2007 0.00"
9 1999 0.00"
10 1998 0.00"
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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