Athens, OH

Ohio · Records since 1893–2020

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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

98°F

September 11, 1931

+20° from 78° normal

❄ Record Low

41°F

September 11, 1998

-14° from 55° normal
🌞 Normal high: 78°F 🌑 Normal low: 55°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Athens

🔥
106°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 25, 1934
❄
-28°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 24, 1936
🌧
5.12"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 9, 2004
☃
13.5"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 23, 1966

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)
204 days
Longest growing season
2011
103 days
Shortest growing season
1988
174 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 98°F September 11, 1931
2 97°F September 11, 1983
3 96°F September 11, 1895
4 93°F September 11, 1936
5 91°F September 11, 2002
6 89°F September 11, 1985
7 89°F September 11, 1947
8 88°F September 11, 1987
9 87°F September 11, 1934
10 87°F September 11, 1932

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 41°F September 11, 1998
2 41°F September 11, 1995
3 42°F September 11, 1949
4 42°F September 11, 1943
5 42°F September 11, 1935
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 1893–2020. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Athens

threshold: 92°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
97°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
0
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
0
2026 so far
25
Avg/year 1970–2025
7
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
66
Most in a year (1936)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Athens

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 19, 1940 – Jul 31, 1940 13 100°F (Jul 30) 96°F 71°F
2 Aug 8, 1988 – Aug 19, 1988 12 103°F (Aug 18) 98°F 60°F
3 Jul 8, 1936 – Jul 18, 1936 11 103°F (Jul 10) 99°F 66°F
4 Jul 19, 1934 – Jul 27, 1934 9 106°F (Jul 21) 101°F 69°F
5 Jul 24, 1941 – Aug 1, 1941 9 99°F (Jul 27) 95°F 68°F
6 Jul 13, 1931 – Jul 20, 1931 8 101°F (Jul 16) 96°F 67°F
7 Aug 8, 1944 – Aug 15, 1944 8 101°F (Aug 12) 97°F 64°F
8 Jul 27, 1931 – Aug 3, 1931 8 97°F (Jul 29) 95°F 68°F
9 Aug 19, 1936 – Aug 25, 1936 7 104°F (Aug 22) 96°F 69°F
10 Jul 5, 1988 – Jul 11, 1988 7 104°F (Jul 9) 99°F 60°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

0
2026 total
above-normal nights
30.4
Avg / summer
1970–2020
69
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 (1893–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1893, annual totals have trended +0.64" per decade, about +8.4" 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

0 of 0 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

33.80"
2026 YTD
Normal: 30.50"
+3.30"
1.28"
September so far
September normal: 3.18"
-1.90"
8
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 3.30" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 1 – Aug 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)
2026 is still under way for this window — totals and rankings appear once August 31 passes.
17.43"
Precipitation
12th-wettest of 94
+5.60"
vs. average
Normal: 11.83" · 147% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1894–2011 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.45° per decade (cooling since 1894)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1923–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.03" per decade (drier since 1923)

Wettest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1923 20.69"
2 1941 20.69"
3 1974 19.49"
4 1958 19.40"
5 1926 19.28"
6 1980 19.27"
7 2021 18.21"
8 1989 18.06"
9 2022 18.00"
10 2010 17.48"

Driest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 2024 4.29"
2 1959 5.04"
3 1988 5.71"
4 1967 6.73"
5 1930 6.80"
6 1957 6.89"
7 1987 7.03"
8 1936 7.04"
9 2005 7.28"
10 1953 7.82"
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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