Saranac Lake, NY

New York · Records since 1903–2026

☀️ 62°F Feels like 58°
Currently in Saranac Lake
As of 2:30 PM EDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

91°F

September 11, 1931

+21° from 70° normal

❄ Record Low

26°F

September 11, 1933

-16° from 42° normal
🌞 Normal high: 70°F 🌑 Normal low: 42°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Saranac Lake

🔥
101°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 29, 1933
❄
-46°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 21, 1942
🌧
4.00"
Wettest Day Ever
Nov 9, 1996
☃
25.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 1, 1961

First & Last Dates — Saranac Lake

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)
138 days
Longest growing season
1989
29 days
Shortest growing season
1909
97 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 91°F September 11, 1931
2 86°F September 11, 2013
3 86°F September 11, 1925
4 86°F September 11, 1906
5 85°F September 11, 1947
6 83°F September 11, 1952
7 82°F September 11, 1989
8 82°F September 11, 1961
9 82°F September 11, 1936
10 81°F September 11, 1992

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 26°F September 11, 1933
2 27°F September 11, 2006
3 27°F September 11, 1918
4 29°F September 11, 2008
5 30°F September 11, 2020
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 1903–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Saranac Lake

threshold: 85°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
90°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
0
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1904–2026
0
2026 so far
4
Avg/year 1970–2025
2
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
18
Most in a year (1933)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Saranac Lake

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 7, 1944 – Aug 17, 1944 11 93°F (Aug 11) 90°F 49°F
2 Aug 27, 1953 – Sep 5, 1953 10 91°F (Sep 4) 88°F 59°F
3 Jun 24, 1963 – Jul 3, 1963 10 89°F (Jul 1) 86°F 55°F
4 Jul 2, 1912 – Jul 10, 1912 9 94°F (Jul 10) 91°F 57°F
5 Jul 9, 1947 – Jul 17, 1947 9 93°F (Jul 10) 88°F 46°F
6 Jul 30, 1955 – Aug 6, 1955 8 90°F (Aug 4) 88°F 57°F
7 Jul 2, 1921 – Jul 8, 1921 7 96°F (Jul 7) 92°F 61°F
8 Aug 16, 1916 – Aug 22, 1916 7 94°F (Aug 20) 90°F 54°F
9 Jul 23, 1963 – Jul 29, 1963 7 90°F (Jul 25) 88°F 61°F
10 Jul 25, 1940 – Jul 31, 1940 7 88°F (Jul 28) 87°F 55°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

45
2026 total
above-normal nights
47.5
Avg / summer
1970–2020
80
Most in a summer
1942

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 (1903–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1903, annual totals have trended +0.62" per decade, about +7.5" 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 Saranac Lake is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

116 of 248 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

26.29"
2026 YTD
Normal: 25.34"
+0.95"
1.27"
September so far
September normal: 3.47"
-2.20"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Saranac Lake is 0.95" ahead of 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)
58.3°F
Average temperature
51st-warmest of 107
-0.1°
vs. average
Normal: 58.4°F (1991–2020)
0.92"
Precipitation
39th-wettest of 114
+0.12"
vs. average
Normal: 0.80" · 115% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1903–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Sep 3 – Sep 10

1903–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1903)

Warmest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1961 70.6°F
2 1959 69.6°F
3 1971 69.1°F
4 2023 68.8°F
5 1945 68.1°F
6 1915 67.8°F
7 1996 66.9°F
8 1948 66.3°F
9 2015 65.8°F
10 1999 65.7°F

Coolest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1917 49.1°F
2 1924 51.0°F
3 1914 51.3°F
4 1994 52.2°F
5 2013 52.3°F
6 2017 52.4°F
7 2000 52.5°F
8 2025 52.9°F
9 1976 53.3°F
10 2024 53.4°F

Wettest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2012 3.62"
2 1985 3.13"
3 1910 2.70"
4 2011 2.63"
5 1979 2.60"
6 2004 2.23"
7 1919 1.72"
8 2017 1.65"
9 1993 1.59"
10 1911 1.58"

Driest Sep 3 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1989 0.00"
2 1947 0.00"
3 1930 0.00"
4 1922 0.00"
5 2009 0.01"
6 2022 0.02"
7 2003 0.02"
8 1955 0.05"
9 2020 0.07"
10 2001 0.09"
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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