All-time weather records — Blowing Rock, NC

Record high
91.9°F
July 22, 1993
Record low
-24.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.50 in
September 14, 1893

Climate change signal in Blowing Rock

0%

of Blowing Rock'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 #
1890s
13
34
1910s
14
16
1940s
40
46
1950s
54
39
1960s
35
70
1970s
79
69
1980s
63
50
1990s
35
34
2000s
33
8

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 1893, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1893-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 26, 1950 -24.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 8.20 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 73.9°F — Feb 27, 1977 -17.0°F — Feb 8, 1895 4.95 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 78.1°F — Mar 17, 1945 -5.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 6.18 in — Mar 24, 1979
April 84.9°F — Apr 19, 2002 12.0°F — Apr 5, 1944 4.67 in — Apr 21, 1992
May 87.1°F — May 20, 1977 21.0°F — May 4, 1997 6.41 in — May 28, 1973
June 89.1°F — Jun 30, 1978 33.1°F — Jun 11, 1972 5.40 in — Jun 17, 1976
July 91.9°F — Jul 22, 1993 41.0°F — Jul 28, 1911 3.90 in — Jul 19, 1964
August 91.0°F — Aug 6, 1956 39.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 7.04 in — Aug 17, 1994
September 88.0°F — Sep 20, 1978 30.0°F — Sep 17, 1943 9.50 in — Sep 14, 1893
October 80.1°F — Oct 5, 1973 17.1°F — Oct 27, 1962 5.05 in — Oct 18, 1975
November 80.1°F — Nov 2, 2003 -7.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 7.75 in — Nov 19, 2003
December 69.1°F — Dec 8, 1956 -14.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 4.65 in — Dec 11, 1894

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