All-time weather records — Fountain, NC

Record high
102.9°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
1.0°F
January 7, 2018
Wettest day
12.50 in
September 13, 2018

Climate change signal in Fountain

63.4%

of Fountain's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (232 of 366 records since 2015).

65.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (240 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 #
2000s
17
16
2010s
237
225
2020s
112
125

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 2009, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2009-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 11, 2026 1.0°F — Jan 7, 2018 2.90 in — Jan 29, 2014
February 84.9°F — Feb 24, 2023 3.0°F — Feb 3, 2026 2.50 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 90.0°F — Mar 28, 2017 18.0°F — Mar 4, 2014 1.80 in — Mar 7, 2014
April 91.0°F — Apr 7, 2010 28.9°F — Apr 10, 2016 5.80 in — Apr 24, 2017
May 100.0°F — May 30, 2019 39.9°F — May 12, 2020 3.90 in — May 16, 2014
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 48.0°F — Jun 5, 2023 2.40 in — Jun 19, 2013
July 102.9°F — Jul 23, 2011 16.0°F — Jul 4, 2012 5.40 in — Jul 8, 2011
August 100.0°F — Aug 16, 2023 53.1°F — Aug 22, 2024 5.90 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 96.1°F — Sep 3, 2020 42.1°F — Sep 25, 2022 12.50 in — Sep 13, 2018
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 30.9°F — Oct 20, 2022 8.00 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 18.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 6.50 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 81.0°F — Dec 23, 2013 14.0°F — Dec 25, 2022 4.00 in — Dec 24, 2015

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