All-time weather records — Bessemer City, NC

Record high
107.1°F
June 27, 1954
Record low
-5.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
40.00 in
August 16, 1982

Climate change signal in Bessemer City

13.1%

of Bessemer City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (48 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1930s
54
24
1940s
56
21
1950s
50
24
1960s
28
110
1970s
27
68
1980s
38
66
1990s
23
19
2000s
31
10
2010s
40
18
2020s
19
6

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 1931, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1890-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 14, 2017 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.13 in — Jan 19, 1936
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2026 3.9°F — Feb 17, 1958 3.03 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 88.0°F — Mar 19, 2011 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.09 in — Mar 3, 1952
April 91.9°F — Apr 23, 1970 25.0°F — Apr 5, 1985 3.35 in — Apr 6, 1936
May 99.0°F — May 22, 1941 3.9°F — May 8, 1992 4.60 in — May 30, 1975
June 107.1°F — Jun 27, 1954 39.9°F — Jun 2, 1966 2.91 in — Jun 26, 2004
July 106.0°F — Jul 28, 1952 54.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 5.10 in — Jul 21, 2024
August 104.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 48.9°F — Aug 29, 1968 40.00 in — Aug 16, 1982
September 100.9°F — Sep 6, 1954 34.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.06 in — Sep 7, 1942
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 25.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.65 in — Oct 7, 1949
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1961 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.93 in — Nov 28, 1948
December 80.1°F — Dec 18, 1984 3.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 4.27 in — Dec 28, 1958

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