All-time weather records — Clinton, NC

Record high
104.0°F
August 22, 1983
Record low
-2.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.50 in
September 15, 2018

Climate change signal in Clinton

13.7%

of Clinton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (50 of 366 records since 2015).

12.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (46 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
79
111
1980s
94
97
1990s
73
57
2000s
43
38
2010s
54
36
2020s
23
27

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 1971, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1971-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 2, 2022 -2.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.01 in — Jan 8, 1993
February 82.9°F — Feb 28, 1997 3.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.03 in — Feb 17, 1998
March 89.1°F — Mar 8, 1974 8.1°F — Mar 4, 1980 3.75 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1980 26.1°F — Apr 10, 1985 4.38 in — Apr 25, 2017
May 98.1°F — May 29, 2019 35.1°F — May 8, 1989 3.34 in — May 29, 2020
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 12, 1972 4.00 in — Jun 8, 1983
July 102.0°F — Jul 9, 1977 52.0°F — Jul 2, 1975 5.40 in — Jul 25, 1997
August 104.0°F — Aug 22, 1983 46.0°F — Aug 31, 1976 5.40 in — Aug 11, 2008
September 100.0°F — Sep 12, 1983 39.9°F — Sep 24, 1981 10.50 in — Sep 15, 2018
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 29, 1976 7.58 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1974 17.1°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.93 in — Nov 22, 2006
December 81.0°F — Dec 9, 1998 5.0°F — Dec 25, 1989 3.90 in — Dec 18, 2023

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