Sarasota-Bradenton, FL

Florida · Records since 1911–2026

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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

98°F

September 11, 1925

+7° from 91° normal

❄ Record Low

62°F

September 11, 1924

-13° from 75° normal
🌞 Normal high: 91°F 🌑 Normal low: 75°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Sarasota-Bradenton

🔥
101°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 13, 2007
❄
20°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 26, 1983
🌧
11.06"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 4, 2024
☃
0.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Sep 9, 2026

First & Last Dates — Sarasota-Bradenton

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
1926
264 days
Shortest growing season
1915

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 98°F September 11, 1925
2 96°F September 11, 2019
3 95°F September 11, 2016
4 95°F September 11, 1962
5 95°F September 11, 1924
6 94°F September 11, 2020
7 94°F September 11, 2009
8 94°F September 11, 1983
9 94°F September 11, 1970
10 94°F September 11, 1951

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 62°F September 11, 1924
2 65°F September 11, 1914
3 67°F September 11, 1972
4 67°F September 11, 1952
5 67°F September 11, 1927
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 1911–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Sarasota-Bradenton

threshold: 94°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.4
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
96°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
136
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
4
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1911–2026
102
2026 so far
94
Avg/year 1970–2025
105
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
144
Most in a year (1990)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Sarasota-Bradenton

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jun 9, 1938 – Jun 19, 1938 11 98°F (Jun 17) 95°F 69°F
2 Jul 5, 1932 – Jul 15, 1932 11 96°F (Jul 10) 95°F 72°F
3 Aug 25, 1963 – Sep 3, 1963 10 95°F (Aug 29) 94°F 72°F
4 Jun 17, 1998 – Jun 25, 1998 9 100°F (Jun 18) 98°F 73°F
5 Jun 28, 1998 – Jul 6, 1998 9 100°F (Jun 30) 97°F 75°F
6 Jul 25, 1998 – Aug 2, 1998 9 100°F (Jul 25) 96°F 74°F
7 Aug 9, 1938 – Aug 17, 1938 9 98°F (Aug 14) 95°F 73°F
8 Aug 5, 2023 – Aug 13, 2023 9 98°F (Aug 12) 95°F 80°F
9 Aug 18, 1987 – Aug 26, 1987 9 96°F (Aug 26) 95°F 74°F
10 Jul 5, 1993 – Jul 13, 1993 9 96°F (Jul 7) 94°F 71°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

74
2026 total
above-normal nights
22.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
82
Most in a summer
2020

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 (1911–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1911, annual totals have trended -0.39" per decade, about -4.4" 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 Sarasota-Bradenton is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

155 of 252 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

40.30"
2026 YTD
Normal: 38.61"
+1.69"
7.28"
September so far
September normal: 6.00"
+1.28"
16
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Sarasota-Bradenton is 1.69" ahead of 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)
76.7°F
Average temperature
1st-warmest of 115
+4.3°
vs. average
Normal: 72.4°F (1991–2020)
8.61"
Precipitation
35th-wettest of 103
+0.52"
vs. average
Normal: 8.09" · 106% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1911–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.27° per decade (warming since 1911)

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1911–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.12" per decade (drier since 1911)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2026 76.7°F
2 2020 75.4°F
3 2023 75.4°F
4 2015 75.2°F
5 2012 75.1°F
6 2024 75.1°F
7 2022 75.0°F
8 2025 74.7°F
9 2019 74.5°F
10 2016 74.4°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1931 66.8°F
2 1915 67.2°F
3 1916 68.3°F
4 1940 68.5°F
5 1924 68.8°F
6 1926 68.8°F
7 1941 68.8°F
8 1983 69.0°F
9 1971 69.1°F
10 1914 69.5°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1957 25.80"
2 1959 17.97"
3 1996 16.60"
4 1997 16.55"
5 1958 15.97"
6 1930 15.17"
7 1969 14.97"
8 2014 14.76"
9 1987 14.20"
10 1948 13.28"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1967 1.39"
2 2006 2.01"
3 1977 2.07"
4 2024 2.12"
5 1945 2.50"
6 1981 2.61"
7 1974 2.83"
8 1956 2.97"
9 2007 3.02"
10 2000 3.10"
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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