All-time weather records — Henderson, NC

Record high
106.0°F
July 21, 1926
Record low
-8.0°F
January 28, 1940
Wettest day
7.50 in
November 29, 1934

Climate change signal in Henderson

6%

of Henderson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1890s
33
6
1900s
13
5
1910s
18
10
1920s
54
15
1930s
49
32
1940s
53
23
1950s
42
20
1960s
7
19
1970s
14
71
1980s
30
65
1990s
11
37
2000s
13
32
2010s
16
19
2020s
13
12

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 25, 1949 -8.0°F — Jan 28, 1940 3.00 in — Jan 23, 2016
February 84.9°F — Feb 27, 1977 -6.0°F — Feb 1, 1936 4.00 in — Feb 13, 2014
March 91.9°F — Mar 17, 1945 3.9°F — Mar 1, 1937 4.70 in — Mar 22, 1903
April 98.1°F — Apr 18, 1896 0.0°F — Apr 11, 1997 6.51 in — Apr 8, 1895
May 104.0°F — May 29, 1941 7.0°F — May 17, 1988 3.68 in — May 16, 2014
June 102.0°F — Jun 21, 1933 3.9°F — Jun 12, 1990 4.75 in — Jun 30, 1941
July 106.0°F — Jul 21, 1926 26.1°F — Jul 31, 1987 6.43 in — Jul 10, 1959
August 105.1°F — Aug 23, 1983 37.9°F — Aug 28, 2025 6.10 in — Aug 13, 1903
September 105.1°F — Sep 6, 1954 10.9°F — Sep 29, 1987 5.00 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 99.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 19.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 5.38 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 7.50 in — Nov 29, 1934
December 81.0°F — Dec 8, 1998 0.0°F — Dec 23, 1935 3.00 in — Dec 27, 2012

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