All-time weather records — Beech Mountain, NC

Record high
82.9°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-18.0°F
January 7, 2014
Wettest day
8.20 in
September 8, 2004

Climate change signal in Beech Mountain

29.8%

of Beech Mountain's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (109 of 366 records since 2015).

21%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (77 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 #
1990s
106
116
2000s
103
113
2010s
100
97
2020s
57
40

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 1992, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1991-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -18.0°F — Jan 7, 2014 5.15 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 66.9°F — Feb 23, 2018 -15.0°F — Feb 19, 2015 2.50 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 75.9°F — Mar 29, 2020 -9.9°F — Mar 9, 1996 2.98 in — Mar 8, 1995
April 77.0°F — Apr 7, 2010 7.0°F — Apr 7, 2007 3.95 in — Apr 16, 2018
May 78.1°F — May 20, 1996 18.0°F — May 20, 2002 6.75 in — May 6, 2013
June 81.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 35.1°F — Jun 7, 1998 2.92 in — Jun 26, 2006
July 82.9°F — Jul 1, 2012 37.9°F — Jul 22, 1993 3.70 in — Jul 20, 2005
August 80.1°F — Aug 15, 1995 41.0°F — Aug 7, 2004 4.70 in — Aug 12, 2001
September 79.0°F — Sep 15, 1998 28.9°F — Sep 26, 2001 8.20 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 73.9°F — Oct 4, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 28, 2001 5.80 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 77.0°F — Nov 14, 2003 3.0°F — Nov 18, 2014 3.67 in — Nov 29, 2011
December 64.0°F — Dec 6, 2001 -17.0°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.90 in — Dec 1, 2010

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