All-time weather records — Charlotte, NC

Record high
104.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-5.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.88 in
July 23, 1997

Climate change signal in Charlotte

19.7%

of Charlotte's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (72 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1930s
6
1
1940s
51
46
1950s
86
39
1960s
29
82
1970s
15
53
1980s
34
33
1990s
24
18
2000s
33
54
2010s
50
32
2020s
38
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 1939, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1939-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 29, 2002 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.45 in — Jan 6, 1962
February 82.9°F — Feb 20, 2026 5.0°F — Feb 18, 1958 3.16 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 90.0°F — Mar 17, 1945 3.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.04 in — Mar 3, 1952
April 93.0°F — Apr 24, 1960 21.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.20 in — Apr 11, 1962
May 100.0°F — May 29, 1941 32.0°F — May 2, 1963 3.67 in — May 3, 1975
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 45.0°F — Jun 7, 2000 3.77 in — Jun 13, 1949
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 53.1°F — Jul 10, 1961 6.88 in — Jul 23, 1997
August 104.0°F — Aug 9, 2007 50.0°F — Aug 7, 2004 5.36 in — Aug 26, 2008
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 39.0°F — Sep 23, 1999 4.28 in — Sep 16, 2018
October 99.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.21 in — Oct 4, 1992
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1961 10.9°F — Nov 26, 1950 4.62 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 80.1°F — Dec 10, 2007 1.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 2.46 in — Dec 15, 1972

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