Tahoe City, CA

California · Records since 1909–2026

🌙 55°F Feels like 50°
Currently in Tahoe City
As of 7:00 PM PDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

81°F

September 26, 2015

+14° from 67° normal

❄ Record Low

23°F

September 26, 1934

-15° from 38° normal
🌞 Normal high: 67°F 🌑 Normal low: 38°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Tahoe City

🔥
94°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 15, 1933
❄
-16°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 11, 1972
🌧
6.77"
Wettest Day Ever
Dec 23, 1964
☃
42.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Apr 3, 1958

First & Last Dates — Tahoe City

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)
142 days
Longest growing season
2003
0 days
Shortest growing season
1911
100 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 81°F September 26, 2015
2 80°F September 26, 2003
3 78°F September 26, 2009
4 78°F September 26, 1921
5 78°F September 26, 1919
6 77°F September 26, 2010
7 77°F September 26, 2004
8 77°F September 26, 1942
9 76°F September 26, 1991
10 76°F September 26, 1960

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 23°F September 26, 1934
2 24°F September 26, 1948
3 25°F September 26, 1915
4 27°F September 26, 1970
5 27°F September 26, 1920
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 1909–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Tahoe City

threshold: 84°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.7
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
88°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1917–2026
0
2026 so far
2
Avg/year 1970–2025
2
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
9
Most in a year (1931)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Tahoe City

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 11, 1933 – Jul 30, 1933 20 90°F (Jul 25) 86°F 46°F
2 Jul 17, 1931 – Jul 28, 1931 12 93°F (Jul 20) 90°F 52°F
3 Jul 15, 1936 – Jul 25, 1936 11 88°F (Jul 18) 86°F 48°F
4 Jul 6, 2021 – Jul 15, 2021 10 92°F (Jul 11) 88°F 52°F
5 Jul 13, 1994 – Jul 22, 1994 10 90°F (Jul 22) 86°F 47°F
6 Jul 23, 1928 – Jul 31, 1928 9 93°F (Jul 25) 88°F 47°F
7 Jun 18, 1961 – Jun 26, 1961 9 90°F (Jun 22) 87°F 47°F
8 Aug 31, 2022 – Sep 8, 2022 9 90°F (Sep 5) 87°F 50°F
9 Aug 8, 1940 – Aug 16, 1940 9 88°F (Aug 12) 85°F 46°F
10 Jul 16, 1938 – Jul 24, 1938 9 86°F (Jul 20) 85°F 49°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

55
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
71
Most in a summer
2021

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 (1909–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1909, annual totals have trended +0.42" per decade, about +4.9" 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 Tahoe City is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

18.86"
2026 YTD
Normal: 22.07"
-3.21"
0.13"
September so far
September normal: 0.42"
-0.29"
6
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Tahoe City is 3.21" 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)
53.1°F
Average temperature
46th-warmest of 118
-1.0°
vs. average
Normal: 54.1°F (1991–2020)
0.00"
Precipitation
1st-driest of 117
-0.11"
vs. average
Normal: 0.11" · 0% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1909–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.19° per decade (warming since 1909)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1909–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2001 59.6°F
2 2014 59.4°F
3 2009 59.2°F
4 1991 58.9°F
5 2011 58.9°F
6 2012 58.8°F
7 1994 58.4°F
8 1975 58.2°F
9 1992 58.2°F
10 1935 58.1°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1986 41.4°F
2 2017 43.9°F
3 1925 45.2°F
4 1948 45.3°F
5 1977 45.5°F
6 1941 45.6°F
7 2004 46.3°F
8 2007 46.4°F
9 1959 46.5°F
10 1965 46.5°F

Wettest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Total
1 1982 2.25"
2 1939 2.11"
3 1959 1.89"
4 1986 1.75"
5 2022 0.90"
6 1923 0.81"
7 1967 0.80"
8 1983 0.77"
9 1989 0.76"
10 1934 0.71"

Driest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Total
1 2026 0.00"
2 2023 0.00"
3 2018 0.00"
4 2015 0.00"
5 2014 0.00"
6 2012 0.00"
7 2011 0.00"
8 2010 0.00"
9 2009 0.00"
10 2008 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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