All-time weather records — Forest City, NC

Record high
107.1°F
August 1, 1999
Record low
-8.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.65 in
September 8, 2004

Climate change signal in Forest City

0%

of Forest City'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 #
1970s
34
90
1980s
128
167
1990s
160
88
2000s
44
21

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 1976, the latest in 2004. Period of observation: 1975-2004.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 29, 1999 -8.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.12 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 82.0°F — Feb 25, 1982 1.9°F — Feb 16, 1991 4.00 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 87.1°F — Mar 24, 1995 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.71 in — Mar 20, 2003
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 1986 23.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.32 in — Apr 18, 2003
May 97.0°F — May 20, 1996 27.0°F — May 8, 1989 3.40 in — May 27, 1987
June 100.9°F — Jun 27, 1988 42.1°F — Jun 8, 1977 3.50 in — Jun 25, 1980
July 106.0°F — Jul 20, 1986 50.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 3.30 in — Jul 2, 2003
August 107.1°F — Aug 1, 1999 45.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.50 in — Aug 18, 1986
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 1993 35.1°F — Sep 23, 1999 6.65 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 91.0°F — Oct 3, 1986 25.0°F — Oct 23, 1987 4.80 in — Oct 9, 1976
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 1996 15.1°F — Nov 30, 1976 3.13 in — Nov 6, 1977
December 78.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.95 in — Dec 10, 2004

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