All-time weather records — Greensboro, NC

Record high
104.0°F
June 28, 1954
Record low
-0.9°F
January 16, 1972
Wettest day
5.50 in
September 8, 1977

Climate change signal in Greensboro

22.4%

of Greensboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (82 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 #
1940s
11
8
1950s
110
118
1960s
52
108
1970s
72
99
1980s
5
6
2000s
2
·
2010s
86
13
2020s
28
14

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 1948, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 28, 1974 -0.9°F — Jan 16, 1972 3.20 in — Jan 9, 2024
February 82.0°F — Feb 10, 1965 3.0°F — Feb 18, 1958 3.70 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 86.0°F — Mar 28, 2020 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.50 in — Mar 6, 1963
April 91.9°F — Apr 29, 2017 21.9°F — Apr 1, 1950 3.11 in — Apr 14, 1955
May 96.1°F — May 31, 1953 33.1°F — May 2, 1963 4.65 in — May 4, 1978
June 104.0°F — Jun 28, 1954 42.1°F — Jun 6, 1954 3.75 in — Jun 16, 1969
July 104.0°F — Jul 15, 1954 46.0°F — Jul 13, 1953 4.37 in — Jul 11, 1965
August 100.0°F — Aug 7, 1977 44.1°F — Aug 23, 2024 4.90 in — Aug 8, 2024
September 100.9°F — Sep 7, 1954 37.0°F — Sep 26, 1950 5.50 in — Sep 8, 1977
October 95.0°F — Oct 6, 1954 21.9°F — Oct 20, 1952 4.56 in — Oct 16, 1970
November 88.0°F — Nov 3, 1974 10.9°F — Nov 19, 1951 3.20 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 77.0°F — Dec 17, 1971 1.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.25 in — Dec 22, 2022

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