All-time weather records — Albemarle, NC

Record high
197.1°F
October 5, 1954
Record low
-25.1°F
January 19, 1955
Wettest day
9.32 in
October 11, 1990

Climate change signal in Albemarle

3.8%

of Albemarle's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1910s
34
57
1920s
47
57
1930s
84
35
1940s
66
58
1950s
53
40
1960s
16
32
1970s
13
31
1980s
23
33
1990s
6
12
2000s
8
6
2010s
10
4
2020s
6
1

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1911, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1911-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 28, 1944 -25.1°F — Jan 19, 1955 3.65 in — Jan 3, 2022
February 84.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 1.0°F — Feb 1, 1936 3.10 in — Feb 2, 1916
March 91.9°F — Mar 17, 1945 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.53 in — Mar 3, 1952
April 95.0°F — Apr 24, 1925 19.9°F — Apr 2, 1923 4.67 in — Apr 21, 1992
May 102.0°F — May 22, 1941 28.9°F — May 8, 1989 4.45 in — May 21, 1942
June 106.0°F — Jun 27, 1954 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1930 4.40 in — Jun 16, 1979
July 109.0°F — Jul 28, 1940 43.0°F — Jul 25, 1992 7.00 in — Jul 2, 2003
August 107.1°F — Aug 21, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 14, 1941 5.00 in — Aug 25, 1946
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 1932 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1942 6.51 in — Sep 5, 1979
October 197.1°F — Oct 5, 1954 21.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 9.32 in — Oct 11, 1990
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 1961 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.50 in — Nov 13, 2020
December 81.0°F — Dec 20, 1931 0.0°F — Dec 12, 1958 4.00 in — Dec 11, 2023

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Albemarle.