All-time weather records — Biltmore Forest, NC

Record high
100.0°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-16.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
4.93 in
October 4, 1964

Climate change signal in Biltmore Forest

6.8%

of Biltmore Forest's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1940s
10
6
1950s
120
83
1960s
41
107
1970s
37
49
1980s
51
48
1990s
43
22
2000s
30
23
2010s
28
24
2020s
6
4

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 1949, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1949-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 1, 1952 -16.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.45 in — Jan 14, 1995
February 81.0°F — Feb 26, 1977 -5.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.82 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 2020 -0.9°F — Mar 15, 1993 4.12 in — Mar 12, 1968
April 90.0°F — Apr 7, 2010 17.1°F — Apr 11, 1960 4.07 in — Apr 5, 1957
May 91.0°F — May 19, 1996 3.0°F — May 17, 1991 4.73 in — May 28, 1973
June 98.1°F — Jun 28, 1954 33.1°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.30 in — Jun 4, 1967
July 98.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 39.9°F — Jul 11, 1963 3.02 in — Jul 1, 2003
August 100.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 37.9°F — Aug 15, 1963 3.95 in — Aug 27, 2008
September 97.0°F — Sep 7, 1954 28.9°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.48 in — Sep 24, 1997
October 89.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 15.1°F — Oct 22, 1952 4.93 in — Oct 4, 1964
November 82.9°F — Nov 17, 1955 -0.9°F — Nov 26, 1950 4.47 in — Nov 2, 1979
December 75.9°F — Dec 8, 1998 -9.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.78 in — Dec 28, 1958

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