Charlottesville, VA

Virginia · Records since 1893–2026

☁️ 82°F Feels like 87°
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As of 2:30 PM EDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

98°F

September 11, 2019

+16° from 82° normal

❄ Record Low

41°F

September 11, 1917

-20° from 61° normal
🌞 Normal high: 82°F 🌑 Normal low: 61°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Charlottesville

🔥
107°F
Hottest Day Ever
Sep 7, 1954
❄
-9°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 11, 1899
🌧
9.21"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 5, 1972
☃
18.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 27, 1922

First & Last Dates — Charlottesville

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)
255 days
Longest growing season
1978
160 days
Shortest growing season
2001
198 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 98°F September 11, 2019
2 97°F September 11, 1983
3 97°F September 11, 1931
4 96°F September 11, 1925
5 94°F September 11, 1912
6 91°F September 11, 1991
7 91°F September 11, 1989
8 91°F September 11, 1961
9 91°F September 11, 1915
10 90°F September 11, 2016

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 41°F September 11, 1917
2 46°F September 11, 1924
3 47°F September 11, 1969
4 47°F September 11, 1967
5 48°F September 11, 2012
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 — Charlottesville

threshold: 94°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
99°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
37
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
43
2026 so far
31
Avg/year 1970–2025
47
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
74
Most in a year (2010)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Charlottesville

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 28, 2012 – Jul 8, 2012 11 106°F (Jul 8) 101°F 74°F
2 Aug 23, 1932 – Sep 2, 1932 11 105°F (Aug 31) 99°F 70°F
3 Aug 26, 1953 – Sep 5, 1953 11 105°F (Sep 2) 100°F 73°F
4 Jul 20, 1987 – Jul 27, 1987 8 101°F (Jul 21) 97°F 71°F
5 Jun 1, 1925 – Jun 8, 1925 8 99°F (Jun 5) 96°F 71°F
6 Jul 17, 2020 – Jul 23, 2020 7 101°F (Jul 19) 98°F 74°F
7 Jul 26, 1941 – Aug 1, 1941 7 99°F (Jul 28) 96°F 75°F
8 Jul 9, 1992 – Jul 15, 1992 7 99°F (Jul 14) 97°F 74°F
9 Jul 5, 1993 – Jul 11, 1993 7 99°F (Jul 8) 97°F 71°F
10 Jul 22, 2016 – Jul 28, 2016 7 99°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

55
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
64
Most in a summer
2020

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 +0.04" per decade, about +0.5" 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 Charlottesville is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

117 of 252 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

26.14"
2026 YTD
Normal: 29.02"
-2.88"
0.55"
September so far
September normal: 4.09"
-3.54"
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 · Charlottesville is 2.88" behind 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)
77.0°F
Average temperature
21st-warmest of 127
+1.5°
vs. average
Normal: 75.5°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1895–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.11° per decade (warming since 1895)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1898–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.35" per decade (drier since 1898)

Warmest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2020 78.9°F
2 2010 78.5°F
3 2021 78.3°F
4 2016 78.1°F
5 2011 77.9°F
6 1934 77.9°F
7 1932 77.8°F
8 1930 77.8°F
9 1943 77.7°F
10 2012 77.7°F

Coolest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1907 72.1°F
2 1927 72.3°F
3 2000 72.3°F
4 1903 72.4°F
5 2004 72.7°F
6 1965 72.7°F
7 1910 72.8°F
8 1982 72.8°F
9 2001 72.9°F
10 1964 73.1°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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