All-time weather records — Carolina Shores, NC

Record high
102.9°F
August 22, 1983
Record low
-4.0°F
December 25, 1989
Wettest day
12.85 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Carolina Shores

7.9%

of Carolina Shores's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1970s
78
126
1980s
124
133
1990s
74
35
2000s
43
36
2010s
35
28
2020s
12
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 1972, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1972-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 4, 1997 0.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.53 in — Jan 20, 1991
February 82.9°F — Feb 1, 1975 5.0°F — Feb 12, 1973 4.85 in — Feb 17, 1998
March 88.0°F — Mar 10, 1974 5.0°F — Mar 4, 1980 4.38 in — Mar 21, 2003
April 93.9°F — Apr 22, 2002 21.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 3.10 in — Apr 23, 1998
May 99.0°F — May 30, 2019 32.0°F — May 3, 1981 3.56 in — May 29, 2010
June 100.9°F — Jun 20, 1984 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 6.27 in — Jun 9, 2019
July 102.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 46.9°F — Jul 6, 1972 6.48 in — Jul 26, 1978
August 102.9°F — Aug 22, 1983 46.0°F — Aug 17, 1979 6.60 in — Aug 31, 2023
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1983 35.1°F — Sep 23, 1983 12.85 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 1986 18.0°F — Oct 29, 1976 7.04 in — Oct 3, 2015
November 87.1°F — Nov 17, 1993 19.0°F — Nov 22, 2000 3.18 in — Nov 3, 2015
December 82.0°F — Dec 1, 1985 -4.0°F — Dec 25, 1989 4.65 in — Dec 23, 2006

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Carolina Shores.