All-time weather records — Elizabeth City, NC

Record high
107.1°F
July 18, 1942
Record low
-60.0°F
April 21, 1929
Wettest day
60.15 in
January 9, 1936

Climate change signal in Elizabeth City

6%

of Elizabeth City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 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 #
1910s
38
66
1920s
38
54
1930s
74
38
1940s
67
20
1950s
26
34
1960s
6
44
1970s
19
24
1980s
37
19
1990s
25
16
2000s
12
28
2010s
17
17
2020s
7
6

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 1911, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 1911-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 3, 1990 -2.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 60.15 in — Jan 9, 1936
February 84.0°F — Feb 23, 2023 5.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.79 in — Feb 1, 1960
March 91.9°F — Mar 17, 1945 10.9°F — Mar 14, 1993 3.70 in — Mar 2, 1994
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1985 -60.0°F — Apr 21, 1929 4.65 in — Apr 20, 1991
May 100.9°F — May 23, 1941 21.9°F — May 3, 2006 3.52 in — May 28, 2000
June 104.0°F — Jun 22, 1933 27.0°F — Jun 15, 2003 6.37 in — Jun 26, 1945
July 107.1°F — Jul 18, 1942 48.9°F — Jul 24, 1977 4.61 in — Jul 10, 1956
August 104.0°F — Aug 13, 1912 23.0°F — Aug 18, 2003 5.90 in — Aug 14, 1953
September 99.0°F — Sep 1, 1932 39.0°F — Sep 23, 1918 9.50 in — Sep 30, 2010
October 95.0°F — Oct 6, 1954 24.1°F — Oct 27, 1962 7.84 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 90.0°F — Nov 1, 1989 17.1°F — Nov 17, 1933 4.29 in — Nov 22, 2006
December 82.0°F — Dec 9, 1978 -2.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.10 in — Dec 4, 1927

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