All-time weather records — Carrboro, NC

Record high
111.0°F
August 30, 1914
Record low
-8.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.00 in
July 7, 2025

Climate change signal in Carrboro

4.1%

of Carrboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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
62
35
1900s
44
21
1910s
16
21
1920s
35
16
1930s
50
12
1940s
48
15
1950s
19
32
1960s
5
54
1970s
15
57
1980s
19
68
1990s
17
12
2000s
14
12
2010s
14
8
2020s
8
3

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 1891, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 16, 1937 -8.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.20 in — Jan 3, 1999
February 84.9°F — Feb 25, 1930 -6.0°F — Feb 14, 1899 2.80 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 91.9°F — Mar 17, 1945 0.0°F — Mar 31, 1923 3.80 in — Mar 22, 1903
April 98.1°F — Apr 14, 1922 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.75 in — Apr 8, 1895
May 98.1°F — May 11, 1896 28.9°F — May 2, 1963 5.60 in — May 22, 1901
June 104.0°F — Jun 22, 1933 39.9°F — Jun 8, 1977 4.62 in — Jun 26, 1980
July 107.1°F — Jul 19, 1902 48.0°F — Jul 2, 1982 8.00 in — Jul 7, 2025
August 111.0°F — Aug 30, 1914 42.1°F — Aug 30, 1986 5.22 in — Aug 2, 1924
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 19.9°F — Sep 10, 1894 7.68 in — Sep 6, 1999
October 99.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 5.54 in — Oct 1, 1929
November 88.0°F — Nov 3, 1929 12.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.05 in — Nov 10, 1962
December 84.0°F — Dec 28, 1946 0.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 5.35 in — Dec 27, 1892

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