Galveston, TX

Texas · Records since 1874–2026

🌤️ 87°F Feels like 98°
Currently in Galveston
As of 1:30 PM CDT
🔥 7° below today's record of 94°F

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

94°F

September 11, 2022

+5° from 89° normal

❄ Record Low

68°F

September 11, 1907

-9° from 77° normal
🌞 Normal high: 89°F 🌑 Normal low: 77°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Galveston

🔥
104°F
Hottest Day Ever
Sep 5, 2000
❄
8°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 12, 1899
🌧
13.93"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 8, 1901
☃
14.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 14, 1895

First & Last Dates — Galveston

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)
349 days
Longest growing season
1879
277 days
Shortest growing season
1932

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 94°F September 11, 2022
2 94°F September 11, 2020
3 94°F September 11, 1937
4 93°F September 11, 2019
5 93°F September 11, 1912
6 92°F September 11, 2023
7 92°F September 11, 2008
8 92°F September 11, 2004
9 92°F September 11, 1995
10 92°F September 11, 1964

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 68°F September 11, 1907
2 68°F September 11, 1878
3 70°F September 11, 1959
4 70°F September 11, 1948
5 70°F September 11, 1943
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 1874–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Galveston

threshold: 92°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
6.6
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
95°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
147
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1874–2026
65
2026 so far
27
Avg/year 1970–2025
82
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
108
Most in a year (2022)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Galveston

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 30, 2023 – Sep 13, 2023 46 101°F (Aug 27) 94°F 82°F
2 Jul 21, 2011 – Aug 24, 2011 35 96°F (Aug 18) 93°F 83°F
3 Jul 17, 2015 – Aug 16, 2015 31 98°F (Jul 31) 94°F 82°F
4 Aug 16, 1995 – Sep 11, 1995 27 98°F (Sep 2) 95°F 78°F
5 Jun 13, 1875 – Jul 6, 1875 24 97°F (Jun 22) 94°F 80°F
6 Jul 8, 1875 – Jul 31, 1875 24 97°F (Jul 11) 95°F 80°F
7 Aug 2, 2020 – Aug 25, 2020 24 97°F (Aug 18) 93°F 83°F
8 Jun 8, 2022 – Jun 28, 2022 21 97°F (Jun 19) 94°F 83°F
9 Aug 4, 2009 – Aug 23, 2009 20 94°F (Aug 6) 93°F 81°F
10 Jul 18, 2022 – Aug 4, 2022 18 95°F (Jul 29) 94°F 85°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

73
2026 total
above-normal nights
46.9
Avg / summer
1970–2020
84
Most in a summer
2011

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 (1871–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1871, annual totals have trended -0.26" per decade, about -4.1" 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 Galveston is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

27.28"
2026 YTD
Normal: 29.52"
-2.24"
3.31"
September so far
September normal: 6.65"
-3.34"
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 · Galveston is 2.24" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 3 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
84.6°F
Average temperature
20th-warmest of 151
+1.1°
vs. average
Normal: 83.5°F (1991–2020)
2.83"
Precipitation
26th-wettest of 155
+1.19"
vs. average
Normal: 1.64" · 173% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1874–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.10° per decade (warming since 1874)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1871–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.02" per decade (wetter since 1871)

Warmest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2023 87.8°F
2 2019 87.6°F
3 2020 87.1°F
4 1995 86.6°F
5 1876 86.2°F
6 2021 86.1°F
7 1989 85.9°F
8 2016 85.7°F
9 1875 85.4°F
10 1972 85.4°F

Coolest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1974 73.1°F
2 1880 76.7°F
3 1891 77.0°F
4 1967 77.0°F
5 1923 77.6°F
6 1918 77.7°F
7 1952 78.1°F
8 1957 78.2°F
9 1958 78.3°F
10 1984 78.5°F

Wettest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1900 11.35"
2 2018 8.48"
3 1885 8.39"
4 1923 8.24"
5 1913 7.65"
6 2002 7.55"
7 1966 7.47"
8 1958 7.08"
9 1983 6.98"
10 1988 6.24"

Driest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2017 0.00"
2 2012 0.00"
3 1995 0.00"
4 1987 0.00"
5 1970 0.00"
6 1940 0.00"
7 1924 0.00"
8 1895 0.00"
9 1891 0.00"
10 1888 0.00"
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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