Athens, GA

Georgia · Records since 1893–2026

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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

100°F

September 11, 1925

+14° from 86° normal

❄ Record Low

47°F

September 11, 1924

-18° from 65° normal
🌞 Normal high: 86°F 🌑 Normal low: 65°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Athens

🔥
109°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 29, 2012
❄
-4°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
9.93"
Wettest Day Ever
Jun 4, 1967
☃
8.7"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 24, 1983

First & Last Dates — Athens

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)
283 days
Longest growing season
1946
182 days
Shortest growing season
2000
229 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 100°F September 11, 1925
2 97°F September 11, 2002
3 97°F September 11, 1933
4 97°F September 11, 1927
5 96°F September 11, 2019
6 96°F September 11, 1915
7 95°F September 11, 2007
8 95°F September 11, 1983
9 95°F September 11, 1921
10 95°F September 11, 1919

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 47°F September 11, 1924
2 48°F September 11, 1956
3 49°F September 11, 1976
4 51°F September 11, 1949
5 51°F September 11, 1913
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 — Athens

threshold: 96°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.8
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
100°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
70
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
76
2026 so far
57
Avg/year 1970–2025
76
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
117
Most in a year (1925)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Athens

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 11, 1932 – Jul 29, 1932 19 104°F (Jul 21) 100°F 73°F
2 Aug 13, 2007 – Aug 26, 2007 14 106°F (Aug 22) 101°F 72°F
3 Jun 24, 1925 – Jul 6, 1925 13 103°F (Jul 2) 99°F 68°F
4 Sep 1, 1925 – Sep 12, 1925 12 108°F (Sep 8) 103°F 71°F
5 Jul 3, 1930 – Jul 14, 1930 12 108°F (Jul 12) 102°F 71°F
6 Jul 20, 2010 – Jul 31, 2010 12 103°F (Jul 26) 99°F 74°F
7 Jun 22, 1914 – Jul 2, 1914 11 105°F (Jun 25) 101°F 71°F
8 Aug 6, 1925 – Aug 16, 1925 11 104°F (Aug 12) 100°F 72°F
9 Jul 14, 1993 – Jul 24, 1993 11 102°F (Jul 22) 99°F 74°F
10 Jul 20, 1930 – Jul 30, 1930 11 101°F (Jul 23) 98°F 73°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

65
2026 total
above-normal nights
45.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
81
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 (1857–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1857, annual totals have trended +0.40" per decade, about +6.7" 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 Athens is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

149 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

29.48"
2026 YTD
Normal: 34.69"
-5.21"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 3.89"
-3.89"
7
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Athens is 5.21" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Mar 1 – May 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
65.9°F
Average temperature
2nd-warmest of 124
+3.5°
vs. average
Normal: 62.3°F (1991–2020)
12.91"
Precipitation
66th-wettest of 138
+1.75"
vs. average
Normal: 11.16" · 116% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1902–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.11° per decade (warming since 1902)

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1857–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.07" per decade (drier since 1857)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 66.9°F
2 2026 65.9°F
3 1908 65.1°F
4 2015 64.8°F
5 1921 64.7°F
6 1933 64.7°F
7 1929 64.7°F
8 2017 64.6°F
9 1938 64.6°F
10 2016 64.6°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1960 57.1°F
2 1926 58.3°F
3 1971 58.5°F
4 1961 58.7°F
5 1906 58.8°F
6 1904 58.9°F
7 1947 59.1°F
8 1924 59.1°F
9 2013 59.2°F
10 2005 59.2°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1929 27.54"
2 1964 25.21"
3 1973 21.46"
4 1886 21.17"
5 1980 20.20"
6 1975 20.13"
7 1963 19.71"
8 1959 19.70"
9 1922 19.64"
10 1998 18.99"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 2004 3.24"
2 1921 4.94"
3 1916 5.81"
4 1914 6.03"
5 1894 6.16"
6 1988 6.33"
7 1999 6.42"
8 1925 6.46"
9 1904 6.55"
10 1986 6.69"
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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