All-time weather records — Drexel, NC

Record high
106.0°F
July 29, 1952
Record low
-9.9°F
December 30, 1917
Wettest day
7.39 in
June 14, 1947

Climate change signal in Drexel

4.9%

of Drexel's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (18 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
17
9
1900s
26
40
1910s
24
33
1920s
28
24
1930s
53
16
1940s
52
27
1950s
51
35
1960s
9
49
1970s
30
27
1980s
20
47
1990s
20
31
2000s
14
10
2010s
14
18
2020s
8
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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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1880-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 1, 1952 -9.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.06 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 1982 -0.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.92 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 91.9°F — Mar 23, 1907 0.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.94 in — Mar 14, 1975
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1925 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.50 in — Apr 19, 1901
May 98.1°F — May 29, 1941 28.9°F — May 2, 1963 4.75 in — May 6, 2013
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 1936 37.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 7.39 in — Jun 14, 1947
July 106.0°F — Jul 29, 1952 39.0°F — Jul 6, 2011 5.45 in — Jul 18, 1934
August 104.0°F — Aug 18, 1988 37.9°F — Aug 29, 2011 6.10 in — Aug 14, 1940
September 102.9°F — Sep 7, 1925 33.1°F — Sep 27, 1940 6.82 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1954 19.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 6.07 in — Oct 13, 1990
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 9.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 4.20 in — Nov 25, 1964
December 80.1°F — Dec 4, 2021 -9.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 4.35 in — Dec 7, 1950

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