Crescent City, CA

California · Records since 1894–2026

☁️ 58°F
Currently in Crescent City
As of 11:30 AM PDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

90°F

September 11, 1938

+25° from 65° normal

❄ Record Low

39°F

September 11, 1961

-12° from 51° normal
🌞 Normal high: 65°F 🌑 Normal low: 51°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Crescent City

🔥
97°F
Hottest Day Ever
Sep 21, 1939
❄
19°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 21, 1990
🌧
7.73"
Wettest Day Ever
Jan 9, 1995
☃
6.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 26, 1972

First & Last Dates — Crescent City

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)
354 days
Longest growing season
1970
151 days
Shortest growing season
1998
267 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 90°F September 11, 1938
2 89°F September 11, 1922
3 85°F September 11, 1929
4 85°F September 11, 1916
5 82°F September 11, 1988
6 81°F September 11, 1942
7 81°F September 11, 1933
8 80°F September 11, 1974
9 79°F September 11, 1963
10 79°F September 11, 1936

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 39°F September 11, 1961
2 40°F September 11, 1898
3 40°F September 11, 1897
4 42°F September 11, 1972
5 42°F September 11, 1946
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 1894–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Crescent City

threshold: 73°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.6
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
82°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
0
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1914–2026
0
2026 so far
2
Avg/year 1970–2025
2
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
6
Most in a year (1937)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Crescent City

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 4, 1941 – Jul 25, 1941 22 82°F (Jul 11) 78°F 50°F
2 Sep 9, 1942 – Sep 22, 1942 14 91°F (Sep 18) 83°F 46°F
3 Aug 16, 1923 – Aug 29, 1923 14 85°F (Aug 26) 78°F 52°F
4 May 27, 1931 – Jun 8, 1931 13 89°F (May 28) 82°F 48°F
5 Jun 27, 1932 – Jul 9, 1932 13 89°F (Jun 27) 80°F 48°F
6 May 12, 1931 – May 24, 1931 13 86°F (May 12) 79°F 45°F
7 Aug 17, 1931 – Aug 28, 1931 12 93°F (Aug 27) 79°F 49°F
8 Sep 17, 1936 – Sep 27, 1936 11 94°F (Sep 26) 88°F 48°F
9 Aug 17, 1934 – Aug 27, 1934 11 83°F (Aug 20) 78°F 50°F
10 Sep 14, 1939 – Sep 23, 1939 10 97°F (Sep 21) 87°F 50°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

48
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.4
Avg / summer
1970–2020
68
Most in a summer
2004

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 (1894–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1894, annual totals have trended -1.89" per decade, about -24.8" 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 Crescent City is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

22.96"
2026 YTD
Normal: 34.06"
-11.10"
2.55"
September so far
September normal: 1.10"
+1.45"
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 · Crescent City is 11.10" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 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 November 30 passes.

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Nov 30

1894–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Nov 30

1894–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.37" per decade (drier since 1894)

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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