All-time weather records — Cape Carteret, NC

Record high
100.9°F
July 30, 2011
Record low
8.1°F
January 7, 2018
Wettest day
14.94 in
September 14, 2018

Climate change signal in Cape Carteret

33.6%

of Cape Carteret's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (123 of 366 records since 2015).

29.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (109 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
53
70
2000s
155
127
2010s
99
110
2020s
59
59

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 1996, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 8.1°F — Jan 7, 2018 2.88 in — Jan 22, 2016
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 8.1°F — Feb 2, 2026 4.77 in — Feb 4, 2016
March 84.9°F — Mar 28, 2007 15.1°F — Mar 4, 2009 2.87 in — Mar 2, 2024
April 88.0°F — Apr 10, 2001 24.1°F — Apr 3, 2021 3.35 in — Apr 15, 2000
May 97.0°F — May 24, 2019 37.0°F — May 5, 1997 4.97 in — May 6, 2005
June 100.0°F — Jun 27, 1998 46.0°F — Jun 8, 1998 3.73 in — Jun 7, 2004
July 100.9°F — Jul 30, 2011 53.1°F — Jul 5, 1996 4.78 in — Jul 24, 2004
August 99.0°F — Aug 23, 2002 54.0°F — Aug 1, 2017 6.93 in — Aug 30, 1999
September 93.9°F — Sep 4, 2020 43.0°F — Sep 5, 1997 14.94 in — Sep 14, 2018
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 30, 2008 5.34 in — Oct 17, 1999
November 84.9°F — Nov 5, 2003 19.9°F — Nov 19, 2014 7.30 in — Nov 19, 2015
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 2001 15.1°F — Dec 9, 2006 2.32 in — Dec 10, 2003

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Cape Carteret.