Gainesville, FL

Florida · Records since 1890–2026

⛅ 93°F Feels like 101°
Currently in Gainesville
As of 2:30 PM EDT
🔥 4° below today's record of 97°F

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

97°F

September 11, 1939

+8° from 89° normal

❄ Record Low

60°F

September 11, 1914

-10° from 70° normal
🌞 Normal high: 89°F 🌑 Normal low: 70°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Gainesville

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 27, 1952
❄
6°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 13, 1899
🌧
9.93"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 21, 1941
☃
1.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 13, 1899

First & Last Dates — Gainesville

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)
344 days
Longest growing season
1953
230 days
Shortest growing season
1993
273 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 97°F September 11, 1939
2 97°F September 11, 1925
3 96°F September 11, 2010
4 96°F September 11, 1954
5 96°F September 11, 1915
6 95°F September 11, 1920
7 95°F September 11, 1894
8 94°F September 11, 2023
9 94°F September 11, 2018
10 94°F September 11, 2016

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 60°F September 11, 1914
2 62°F September 11, 1891
3 63°F September 11, 1976
4 63°F September 11, 1963
5 63°F September 11, 1956
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 1890–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Gainesville

threshold: 95°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
98°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
103
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
4
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1890–2026
112
2026 so far
93
Avg/year 1970–2025
106
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
138
Most in a year (2011)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Gainesville

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 1, 1899 – Jun 18, 1899 18 101°F (Jun 16) 97°F 72°F
2 May 21, 2019 – Jun 5, 2019 16 102°F (May 27) 98°F 73°F
3 Jun 10, 1998 – Jun 25, 1998 16 101°F (Jun 18) 98°F 72°F
4 Jul 19, 2016 – Aug 3, 2016 16 98°F (Jul 31) 96°F 72°F
5 Jun 21, 1897 – Jul 4, 1897 14 102°F (Jun 25) 99°F 76°F
6 Jul 22, 1896 – Aug 4, 1896 14 100°F (Jul 30) 97°F 75°F
7 Aug 10, 1900 – Aug 23, 1900 14 99°F (Aug 20) 97°F 76°F
8 Aug 18, 1983 – Aug 31, 1983 14 99°F (Aug 21) 96°F 73°F
9 Jun 28, 1902 – Jul 9, 1902 12 102°F (Jul 8) 98°F 72°F
10 Jun 10, 1977 – Jun 20, 1977 11 102°F (Jun 13) 97°F 70°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

61
2026 total
above-normal nights
39.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
83
Most in a summer
2018

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 (1890–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1890, annual totals have trended +0.31" per decade, about +4.2" 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 Gainesville is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

29.63"
2026 YTD
Normal: 37.83"
-8.20"
0.57"
September so far
September normal: 5.05"
-4.48"
9
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Gainesville is 8.20" 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)
72.2°F
Average temperature
9th-warmest of 127
+3.2°
vs. average
Normal: 69.0°F (1991–2020)
6.41"
Precipitation
28th-driest of 128
-2.90"
vs. average
Normal: 9.31" · 69% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1897–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.08° per decade (cooling since 1897)

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1897–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.04" per decade (wetter since 1897)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1908 73.7°F
2 1948 73.1°F
3 1945 73.0°F
4 1935 72.8°F
5 1938 72.8°F
6 2019 72.7°F
7 1929 72.7°F
8 1907 72.2°F
9 2026 72.2°F
10 2012 72.2°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1993 65.4°F
2 1992 65.8°F
3 2013 66.1°F
4 1931 66.2°F
5 1987 66.4°F
6 2005 66.6°F
7 1983 66.7°F
8 1969 66.7°F
9 1996 66.9°F
10 1988 66.9°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1959 23.85"
2 1991 21.04"
3 1900 19.73"
4 1972 19.59"
5 1983 18.65"
6 1958 18.37"
7 2018 18.28"
8 2022 17.97"
9 1970 17.46"
10 1982 17.26"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1977 2.51"
2 2007 3.15"
3 1927 3.25"
4 2004 3.57"
5 1908 3.60"
6 2000 3.77"
7 1999 3.85"
8 1904 4.06"
9 1998 4.17"
10 2006 4.45"
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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