All-time weather records — Denton, NC

Record high
105.1°F
August 18, 1988
Record low
-8.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.50 in
August 16, 1949

Climate change signal in Denton

6.6%

of Denton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 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 #
1920s
17
26
1930s
53
30
1940s
71
59
1950s
51
46
1960s
18
56
1970s
35
31
1980s
48
40
1990s
20
24
2000s
21
12
2010s
20
23
2020s
12
19

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 1926, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1926-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 25, 1949 -8.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.63 in — Jan 6, 1962
February 82.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 1.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.12 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 91.9°F — Mar 17, 1945 8.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.85 in — Mar 4, 1952
April 93.0°F — Apr 20, 1985 0.0°F — Apr 9, 1999 4.04 in — Apr 21, 1992
May 97.0°F — May 22, 1941 33.1°F — May 8, 1989 2.74 in — May 4, 1993
June 102.9°F — Jun 27, 1954 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1996 5.53 in — Jun 3, 1976
July 104.0°F — Jul 11, 1989 45.0°F — Jul 14, 2018 5.03 in — Jul 14, 1944
August 105.1°F — Aug 18, 1988 46.0°F — Aug 17, 1996 9.50 in — Aug 16, 1949
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 36.0°F — Sep 26, 1950 7.52 in — Sep 16, 2018
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 8.84 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 89.1°F — Nov 7, 2024 10.0°F — Nov 26, 1950 3.34 in — Nov 6, 1963
December 79.0°F — Dec 18, 1984 -0.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 4.16 in — Dec 30, 2015

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