Waco, TX

Texas · Records since 1901–2026

🌙 82°F
Currently in Waco
As of 9:15 PM CDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

108°F

September 26, 2005

+20° from 88° normal

❄ Record Low

44°F

September 26, 2000

-19° from 63° normal
🌞 Normal high: 88°F 🌑 Normal low: 63°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Waco

🔥
114°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 23, 2018
❄
-5°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 31, 1949
🌧
7.98"
Wettest Day Ever
Dec 20, 1997
☃
7.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 30, 1949

First & Last Dates — Waco

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)
310 days
Longest growing season
1949
205 days
Shortest growing season
1989
246 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 108°F September 26, 2005
2 102°F September 26, 1977
3 101°F September 26, 2011
4 97°F September 26, 1976
5 97°F September 26, 1953
6 96°F September 26, 2019
7 96°F September 26, 1959
8 96°F September 26, 1954
9 96°F September 26, 1939
10 96°F September 26, 1938

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 44°F September 26, 2000
2 46°F September 26, 1942
3 48°F September 26, 2001
4 48°F September 26, 1975
5 48°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 1901–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Waco

threshold: 102°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.2
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
105°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
126
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1902–2026
124
2026 so far
114
Avg/year 1970–2025
126
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
149
Most in a year (2022)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Waco

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 14, 2011 – Sep 2, 2011 20 110°F (Aug 27) 105°F 80°F
2 Jul 2, 1978 – Jul 18, 1978 17 107°F (Jul 15) 103°F 79°F
3 Jul 30, 2023 – Aug 14, 2023 16 107°F (Aug 10) 105°F 80°F
4 Jul 17, 2022 – Jul 31, 2022 15 107°F (Jul 18) 104°F 80°F
5 Jul 2, 2011 – Jul 16, 2011 15 105°F (Jul 15) 103°F 79°F
6 Jul 6, 1998 – Jul 19, 1998 14 109°F (Jul 12) 104°F 78°F
7 Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 29, 2026 14 107°F (Aug 23) 104°F 77°F
8 Jul 31, 2011 – Aug 12, 2011 13 109°F (Aug 2) 106°F 81°F
9 Jul 22, 1998 – Aug 3, 1998 13 107°F (Aug 3) 104°F 78°F
10 Jul 28, 1967 – Aug 9, 1967 13 105°F (Jul 30) 103°F 80°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

72
2026 total
above-normal nights
49.0
Avg / summer
1970–2020
89
Most in a summer
1934

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 (1901–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1901, annual totals have trended +0.09" per decade, about +1.1" 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 Waco is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

19.95"
2026 YTD
Normal: 25.82"
-5.87"
0.10"
September so far
September normal: 2.87"
-2.77"
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 · Waco is 5.87" 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)
86.1°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 125
+8.6°
vs. average
Normal: 77.5°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1902–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.09° per decade (warming since 1902)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1902–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 86.1°F
2 1977 86.1°F
3 2019 85.9°F
4 1933 85.9°F
5 2022 85.6°F
6 1931 85.3°F
7 1986 84.8°F
8 2023 84.4°F
9 2005 84.3°F
10 1956 84.1°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1995 67.8°F
2 1994 68.1°F
3 1989 68.5°F
4 1983 68.7°F
5 1991 69.6°F
6 1971 70.0°F
7 1918 70.1°F
8 1974 70.3°F
9 1903 70.8°F
10 1938 71.3°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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