All-time weather records — Black Mountain, NC

Record high
99.0°F
July 20, 1980
Record low
-14.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
77.00 in
June 25, 1982

Climate change signal in Black Mountain

0%

of Black Mountain's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
2
·
1950s
115
79
1960s
47
70
1970s
66
57
1980s
70
89
1990s
28
46
2000s
38
25

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 2008. Period of observation: 1949-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 1, 1952 -14.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.20 in — Jan 14, 1995
February 78.1°F — Feb 26, 1977 -7.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.70 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 86.0°F — Mar 30, 1985 7.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.70 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 90.0°F — Apr 27, 1986 18.0°F — Apr 19, 1983 3.68 in — Apr 4, 1974
May 90.0°F — May 20, 1977 26.1°F — May 8, 1989 6.02 in — May 29, 1976
June 96.1°F — Jun 26, 1952 32.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 77.00 in — Jun 25, 1982
July 99.0°F — Jul 20, 1980 41.0°F — Jul 27, 1988 2.80 in — Jul 7, 1967
August 97.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.80 in — Aug 17, 1994
September 93.9°F — Sep 7, 1954 28.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 10.00 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 91.9°F — Oct 6, 1954 18.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 4.00 in — Oct 4, 1964
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 1950 3.0°F — Nov 26, 1950 6.24 in — Nov 6, 1977
December 75.9°F — Dec 8, 1998 -13.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 11.01 in — Dec 11, 2003

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