All-time weather records — Grandfather Village, NC

Record high
84.9°F
July 2, 2012
Record low
-32.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
11.57 in
September 9, 2004

Climate change signal in Grandfather Village

25.1%

of Grandfather Village's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (92 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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 #
1950s
20
21
1960s
34
100
1970s
29
73
1980s
36
67
1990s
22
34
2000s
67
28
2010s
134
28
2020s
24
15

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 1955, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1955-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 63.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -32.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.83 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 66.9°F — Feb 23, 2018 -18.9°F — Feb 25, 1967 4.10 in — Feb 2, 1983
March 75.9°F — Mar 29, 2020 -9.0°F — Mar 9, 1996 6.38 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 80.1°F — Apr 7, 2010 5.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 4.80 in — Apr 24, 2018
May 78.1°F — May 19, 1996 17.1°F — May 10, 1966 5.65 in — May 6, 2013
June 82.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 30.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.82 in — Jun 9, 2019
July 84.9°F — Jul 2, 2012 41.0°F — Jul 27, 1962 6.25 in — Jul 4, 1989
August 82.9°F — Aug 22, 1983 36.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 8.50 in — Aug 27, 2008
September 80.1°F — Sep 30, 2019 24.1°F — Sep 30, 1967 11.57 in — Sep 9, 2004
October 79.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 12.0°F — Oct 26, 1962 6.00 in — Oct 11, 2018
November 69.1°F — Nov 2, 2004 -11.9°F — Nov 15, 1969 5.70 in — Nov 6, 1977
December 63.0°F — Dec 7, 1956 -20.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.46 in — Dec 28, 1958

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