Pensacola, FL

Florida · Records since 1879–2026

☁️ 82°F Feels like 92°
Currently in Pensacola
As of 1:30 PM CDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

98°F

September 11, 1954

+9° from 89° normal

❄ Record Low

60°F

September 11, 1976

-13° from 73° normal
🌞 Normal high: 89°F 🌑 Normal low: 73°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Pensacola

🔥
106°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 14, 1980
❄
5°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
15.55"
Wettest Day Ever
Apr 29, 2014
☃
8.9"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 21, 2025

First & Last Dates — Pensacola

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)
339 days
Longest growing season
1953
229 days
Shortest growing season
1894
293 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 98°F September 11, 1954
2 96°F September 11, 2002
3 96°F September 11, 1985
4 95°F September 11, 1991
5 95°F September 11, 1899
6 94°F September 11, 1996
7 94°F September 11, 1992
8 94°F September 11, 1915
9 94°F September 11, 1884
10 92°F September 11, 2019

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 60°F September 11, 1976
2 60°F September 11, 1969
3 61°F September 11, 1956
4 62°F September 11, 1891
5 63°F September 11, 1940
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 1879–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Pensacola

threshold: 94°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
98°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
119
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1880–2026
62
2026 so far
44
Avg/year 1970–2025
77
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
111
Most in a year (2019)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Pensacola

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 27, 2023 – Aug 15, 2023 20 102°F (Aug 5) 98°F 80°F
2 Jun 26, 1998 – Jul 11, 1998 16 99°F (Jun 29) 96°F 76°F
3 Jul 6, 1980 – Jul 18, 1980 13 106°F (Jul 14) 99°F 80°F
4 Jul 10, 2000 – Jul 22, 2000 13 103°F (Jul 18) 99°F 78°F
5 Aug 5, 1954 – Aug 17, 1954 13 99°F (Aug 12) 96°F 76°F
6 Aug 17, 2023 – Aug 27, 2023 11 105°F (Aug 26) 98°F 79°F
7 Jun 24, 1954 – Jul 4, 1954 11 101°F (Jun 28) 97°F 76°F
8 Jul 3, 1992 – Jul 12, 1992 10 98°F (Jul 6) 96°F 78°F
9 Jul 28, 1986 – Aug 5, 1986 9 104°F (Aug 1) 99°F 77°F
10 Jul 11, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015 9 98°F (Jul 12) 96°F 77°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

52
2026 total
above-normal nights
34.2
Avg / summer
1970–2020
71
Most in a summer
2017

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 (1879–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1879, annual totals have trended +1.07" per decade, about +15.6" 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 Pensacola is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

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

Precipitation, Year to Date

41.96"
2026 YTD
Normal: 49.39"
-7.43"
2.48"
September so far
September normal: 6.61"
-4.13"
13
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Pensacola is 7.43" 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)
82.9°F
Average temperature
18th-warmest of 147
+0.7°
vs. average
Normal: 82.2°F (1991–2020)
24.55"
Precipitation
41st-wettest of 147
+1.85"
vs. average
Normal: 22.70" · 108% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1880–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.18° per decade (warming since 1880)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 1 – Aug 31

1880–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.34" per decade (wetter since 1880)

Warmest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2023 85.2°F
2 2011 84.4°F
3 1998 83.8°F
4 1952 83.8°F
5 2019 83.7°F
6 1954 83.6°F
7 1951 83.6°F
8 2022 83.5°F
9 2008 83.5°F
10 1980 83.4°F

Coolest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1923 78.0°F
2 1894 79.0°F
3 1917 79.0°F
4 1920 79.1°F
5 1889 79.1°F
6 1912 79.1°F
7 1967 79.2°F
8 1910 79.4°F
9 1904 79.5°F
10 1919 79.5°F

Wettest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 2017 46.35"
2 2012 39.19"
3 1994 37.04"
4 1978 36.19"
5 2013 34.41"
6 1939 34.26"
7 2021 32.03"
8 1940 31.24"
9 1989 30.89"
10 1988 30.83"

Driest Jun 1 – Aug 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1930 6.50"
2 1954 6.57"
3 1902 6.58"
4 1906 8.49"
5 1891 8.88"
6 1952 8.90"
7 2006 9.68"
8 2000 9.74"
9 1921 9.76"
10 1897 9.89"
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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