All-time weather records — Fletcher, NC

Record high
100.9°F
July 28, 1952
Record low
-16.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
5.78 in
September 26, 2024

Climate change signal in Fletcher

19.1%

of Fletcher's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (70 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1940s
33
57
1950s
69
94
1960s
13
40
1970s
49
51
1980s
61
61
1990s
30
28
2000s
30
18
2010s
50
12
2020s
31
5

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 1946, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1946-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 27, 1999 -16.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.42 in — Jan 7, 1998
February 79.0°F — Feb 15, 2018 -2.0°F — Feb 25, 1967 3.36 in — Feb 16, 1990
March 84.9°F — Mar 27, 2020 1.9°F — Mar 15, 1993 4.17 in — Mar 12, 1968
April 89.1°F — Apr 15, 1972 19.9°F — Apr 7, 2007 5.29 in — Apr 19, 2019
May 93.0°F — May 19, 1996 27.0°F — May 10, 1947 4.39 in — May 27, 1973
June 99.0°F — Jun 25, 1952 35.1°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.97 in — Jun 26, 1997
July 100.9°F — Jul 28, 1952 44.1°F — Jul 2, 1988 4.02 in — Jul 27, 1969
August 100.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 26, 1952 4.32 in — Aug 21, 1990
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1947 28.0°F — Sep 28, 1947 5.78 in — Sep 26, 2024
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 22, 1952 5.18 in — Oct 4, 1964
November 82.0°F — Nov 9, 2023 -2.0°F — Nov 26, 1950 4.11 in — Nov 30, 2010
December 81.0°F — Dec 31, 1951 -7.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 4.17 in — Dec 28, 2018

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