Columbus, GA

Georgia · Records since 1891–2026

☁️ 89°F Feels like 100°
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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

99°F

September 11, 2002

+11° from 88° normal

❄ Record Low

48°F

September 11, 1956

-21° from 69° normal
🌞 Normal high: 88°F 🌑 Normal low: 69°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Columbus

🔥
106°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 30, 2012
❄
-3°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 13, 1899
🌧
5.96"
Wettest Day Ever
May 13, 1903
☃
11.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 9, 1973

First & Last Dates — Columbus

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)
317 days
Longest growing season
1918
199 days
Shortest growing season
1953
260 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 99°F September 11, 2002
2 98°F September 11, 2010
3 98°F September 11, 1915
4 97°F September 11, 1962
5 97°F September 11, 1939
6 97°F September 11, 1922
7 97°F September 11, 1919
8 96°F September 11, 2023
9 96°F September 11, 2019
10 96°F September 11, 1990

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 48°F September 11, 1956
2 54°F September 11, 1976
3 54°F September 11, 1924
4 55°F September 11, 1969
5 56°F September 11, 1968
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 1891–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Columbus

threshold: 97°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.7
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
100°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
104
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1892–2026
85
2026 so far
85
Avg/year 1970–2025
89
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
138
Most in a year (1915)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Columbus

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 17, 1924 – Aug 29, 1924 13 103°F (Aug 28) 99°F 72°F
2 Jul 16, 1934 – Jul 28, 1934 13 101°F (Jul 19) 98°F 76°F
3 Jul 15, 1995 – Jul 26, 1995 12 101°F (Jul 24) 98°F 75°F
4 Jun 22, 1914 – Jul 1, 1914 10 105°F (Jun 26) 101°F 74°F
5 Jul 10, 1932 – Jul 19, 1932 10 104°F (Jul 16) 101°F 74°F
6 Jun 24, 1945 – Jul 3, 1945 10 102°F (Jun 29) 98°F 73°F
7 Jun 23, 1921 – Jul 2, 1921 10 100°F (Jun 25) 99°F 70°F
8 Jul 6, 1930 – Jul 14, 1930 9 105°F (Jul 11) 102°F 74°F
9 Sep 15, 1925 – Sep 23, 1925 9 104°F (Sep 20) 100°F 71°F
10 Jul 5, 1936 – Jul 13, 1936 9 104°F (Jul 10) 100°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
30.3
Avg / summer
1970–2020
72
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 (1891–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1891, annual totals have trended +0.49" per decade, about +6.6" 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 Columbus is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

38.78"
2026 YTD
Normal: 35.03"
+3.75"
0.88"
September so far
September normal: 3.34"
-2.46"
10
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Columbus is 3.75" ahead of 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)
68.3°F
Average temperature
6th-warmest of 125
+2.4°
vs. average
Normal: 65.9°F (1991–2020)
14.57"
Precipitation
47th-wettest of 128
+2.38"
vs. average
Normal: 12.19" · 120% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1902–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.09" per decade (wetter since 1893)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 70.3°F
2 1908 69.9°F
3 1945 69.1°F
4 1946 68.8°F
5 1905 68.8°F
6 2026 68.3°F
7 1921 68.0°F
8 2017 68.0°F
9 1929 68.0°F
10 1991 67.9°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1960 60.1°F
2 1926 61.4°F
3 1971 61.4°F
4 1931 62.0°F
5 1961 62.2°F
6 1969 62.2°F
7 1993 62.4°F
8 1950 62.4°F
9 1924 62.5°F
10 1983 62.7°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1943 26.28"
2 1944 25.66"
3 1929 25.01"
4 2009 24.33"
5 1980 23.23"
6 1903 22.85"
7 1952 21.80"
8 2005 20.86"
9 1964 20.57"
10 1973 20.30"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1927 5.05"
2 1925 5.14"
3 1941 5.49"
4 1904 5.50"
5 1995 5.51"
6 1914 5.57"
7 1963 6.39"
8 1898 6.42"
9 2007 6.65"
10 2004 6.71"
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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