All-time weather records — Highlands, NC

Record high
98.1°F
July 12, 1930
Record low
-18.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
21.15 in
July 29, 1879

Climate change signal in Highlands

1.4%

of Highlands's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (5 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1870s
·
·
1880s
·
·
1890s
1
54
1900s
4
52
1910s
6
70
1920s
87
21
1930s
149
24
1940s
66
6
1950s
12
8
1960s
5
13
1970s
7
12
1980s
10
42
1990s
4
26
2000s
7
13
2010s
3
20
2020s
5
5

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 1895, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1877-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 15, 1932 -18.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 7.12 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 78.1°F — Feb 10, 1932 -18.9°F — Feb 13, 1899 6.60 in — Feb 16, 1990
March 84.0°F — Mar 24, 1929 -7.1°F — Mar 7, 1899 8.88 in — Mar 4, 1979
April 90.0°F — Apr 3, 1946 12.9°F — Apr 1, 1987 7.00 in — Apr 7, 1895
May 91.0°F — May 22, 1941 24.1°F — May 2, 1918 8.21 in — May 15, 1976
June 97.0°F — Jun 29, 1936 32.0°F — Jun 14, 1903 7.63 in — Jun 16, 1949
July 98.1°F — Jul 12, 1930 34.0°F — Jul 27, 1911 21.15 in — Jul 29, 1879
August 98.1°F — Aug 7, 1930 42.1°F — Aug 13, 1931 9.68 in — Aug 13, 1940
September 97.0°F — Sep 5, 1925 27.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 11.87 in — Sep 29, 1964
October 87.1°F — Oct 6, 1941 12.0°F — Oct 30, 1910 9.91 in — Oct 4, 1964
November 82.0°F — Nov 2, 1935 -2.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.80 in — Nov 9, 2000
December 75.0°F — Dec 9, 1946 -11.9°F — Dec 30, 1917 6.25 in — Dec 28, 2018

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