All-time weather records — Durham, NC

Record high
105.1°F
June 27, 1954
Record low
0.0°F
January 9, 1970
Wettest day
6.70 in
September 6, 1996

Climate change signal in Durham

0%

of Durham's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
·
·
1900s
2
2
1910s
21
8
1920s
42
35
1930s
73
36
1940s
58
53
1950s
59
40
1960s
24
59
1970s
35
69
1980s
5
40
1990s
29
14
2000s
17
8
2010s
1
2

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 1901, the latest in 2011. Period of observation: 1899-2013.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 4, 1997 0.0°F — Jan 9, 1970 2.88 in — Jan 6, 1962
February 82.9°F — Feb 25, 1930 0.0°F — Feb 26, 1998 2.92 in — Feb 17, 1998
March 91.0°F — Mar 17, 1945 8.1°F — Mar 2, 1980 3.50 in — Mar 15, 1899
April 93.0°F — Apr 12, 1930 21.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.00 in — Apr 26, 1978
May 100.0°F — May 31, 1919 28.0°F — May 8, 1989 5.28 in — May 22, 1901
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1954 39.9°F — Jun 9, 1977 5.25 in — Jun 22, 1964
July 105.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 48.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 5.07 in — Jul 10, 1959
August 105.1°F — Aug 30, 1932 45.0°F — Aug 31, 1976 5.70 in — Aug 21, 1986
September 105.1°F — Sep 6, 1954 36.0°F — Sep 26, 1950 6.70 in — Sep 6, 1996
October 99.0°F — Oct 5, 1951 19.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.98 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 12.0°F — Nov 26, 1950 4.69 in — Nov 29, 1934
December 79.0°F — Dec 9, 1951 3.0°F — Dec 23, 1935 3.38 in — Dec 28, 1958

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