Saranac Lake, NY

New York · Records since 1903–2026

☁️ 51°F Feels like 48°
Currently in Saranac Lake
As of 10:00 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

90°F

September 26, 1908

+26° from 64° normal

❄ Record Low

15°F

September 26, 1947

-23° from 38° normal
🌞 Normal high: 64°F 🌑 Normal low: 38°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Saranac Lake

🔥
101°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 29, 1933
❄
-46°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 21, 1942
🌧
4.00"
Wettest Day Ever
Nov 9, 1996
☃
25.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 1, 1961

First & Last Dates — Saranac Lake

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)
138 days
Longest growing season
1989
29 days
Shortest growing season
1909
97 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 90°F September 26, 1908
2 86°F September 26, 2017
3 85°F September 26, 1934
4 85°F September 26, 1920
5 82°F September 26, 1930
6 80°F September 26, 1960
7 79°F September 26, 2020
8 79°F September 26, 2011
9 79°F September 26, 1946
10 79°F September 26, 1923

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 15°F September 26, 1947
2 20°F September 26, 1925
3 22°F September 26, 1922
4 23°F September 26, 1978
5 24°F September 26, 1940
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 1903–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Saranac Lake

threshold: 85°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
90°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
0
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1904–2026
0
2026 so far
4
Avg/year 1970–2025
2
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
18
Most in a year (1933)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Saranac Lake

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 7, 1944 – Aug 17, 1944 11 93°F (Aug 11) 90°F 49°F
2 Aug 27, 1953 – Sep 5, 1953 10 91°F (Sep 4) 88°F 59°F
3 Jun 24, 1963 – Jul 3, 1963 10 89°F (Jul 1) 86°F 55°F
4 Jul 2, 1912 – Jul 10, 1912 9 94°F (Jul 10) 91°F 57°F
5 Jul 9, 1947 – Jul 17, 1947 9 93°F (Jul 10) 88°F 46°F
6 Jul 30, 1955 – Aug 6, 1955 8 90°F (Aug 4) 88°F 57°F
7 Jul 2, 1921 – Jul 8, 1921 7 96°F (Jul 7) 92°F 61°F
8 Aug 16, 1916 – Aug 22, 1916 7 94°F (Aug 20) 90°F 54°F
9 Jul 23, 1963 – Jul 29, 1963 7 90°F (Jul 25) 88°F 61°F
10 Jul 25, 1940 – Jul 31, 1940 7 88°F (Jul 28) 87°F 55°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

45
2026 total
above-normal nights
47.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
80
Most in a summer
1942

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 (1903–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1903, annual totals have trended +0.62" per decade, about +7.5" 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 Saranac Lake is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

120 of 262 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

27.51"
2026 YTD
Normal: 26.99"
+0.52"
2.49"
September so far
September normal: 3.47"
-0.98"
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 · Saranac Lake is 0.52" ahead of 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)
45.4°F
Average temperature
3rd-coolest of 103
-7.5°
vs. average
Normal: 52.9°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1903–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.17° per decade (cooling since 1903)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1903–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.02" per decade (drier since 1903)

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1965 66.2°F
2 1961 63.9°F
3 2017 63.6°F
4 1946 62.8°F
5 1943 62.4°F
6 1934 62.2°F
7 1970 61.9°F
8 1968 61.3°F
9 1930 61.1°F
10 1911 60.3°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1962 44.3°F
2 1950 45.1°F
3 2026 45.4°F
4 1918 45.5°F
5 1990 45.6°F
6 2020 45.6°F
7 1956 45.6°F
8 1948 46.1°F
9 1981 47.2°F
10 1963 47.7°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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