All-time weather records — Dunn, NC

Record high
108.0°F
August 22, 1983
Record low
-4.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.40 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Dunn

22.1%

of Dunn's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (81 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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 #
1960s
35
67
1970s
38
121
1980s
75
85
1990s
39
34
2000s
61
24
2010s
84
20
2020s
34
15

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 1962, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1962-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 29, 1970 -4.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.00 in — Jan 10, 2014
February 88.0°F — Mar 1, 2024 3.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.55 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 89.1°F — Mar 29, 1985 10.0°F — Mar 2, 1980 4.50 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 2017 25.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 3.71 in — Apr 24, 2017
May 99.0°F — May 18, 2019 33.1°F — May 2, 1963 4.90 in — May 18, 2024
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 6.57 in — Jun 7, 2013
July 105.1°F — Jul 3, 2019 52.0°F — Jul 2, 1975 5.10 in — Jul 11, 1970
August 108.0°F — Aug 22, 1983 43.0°F — Aug 5, 1986 5.17 in — Aug 15, 2020
September 100.0°F — Sep 3, 1980 37.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 7.40 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 29, 1976 6.06 in — Oct 4, 1964
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 12.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 4.52 in — Nov 6, 1963
December 80.1°F — Dec 4, 1978 1.0°F — Dec 25, 1989 5.00 in — Dec 23, 1972

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