All-time weather records — Cary, NC

Record high
104.0°F
August 1, 1999
Record low
1.9°F
January 20, 1994
Wettest day
6.08 in
October 9, 2016

Climate change signal in Cary

30.9%

of Cary's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (113 of 366 records since 2015).

21.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (79 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
77
122
2000s
120
108
2010s
121
106
2020s
48
30

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 1993, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1993-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 1.9°F — Jan 20, 1994 3.12 in — Jan 3, 2022
February 82.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 3.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.48 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 2020 15.1°F — Mar 3, 2009 2.78 in — Mar 19, 1998
April 91.9°F — Apr 18, 2002 26.1°F — Apr 8, 2007 5.57 in — Apr 25, 2017
May 96.1°F — May 20, 1996 37.9°F — May 1, 1996 4.00 in — May 16, 2014
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 46.0°F — Jun 5, 1997 5.37 in — Jun 15, 2006
July 102.9°F — Jul 10, 1993 57.0°F — Jul 3, 2010 4.64 in — Jul 17, 2016
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1999 54.0°F — Aug 7, 2004 5.80 in — Aug 7, 2025
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 1993 43.0°F — Sep 26, 2001 6.06 in — Sep 6, 1996
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 30.9°F — Oct 26, 2013 6.08 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 87.1°F — Nov 16, 1993 19.9°F — Nov 25, 2013 4.16 in — Nov 13, 2018
December 80.1°F — Dec 8, 1998 9.0°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.77 in — Dec 11, 2023

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