All-time weather records — Hot Springs, NC

Record high
104.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-2.0°F
February 2, 2026
Wettest day
4.62 in
May 18, 1990

Climate change signal in Hot Springs

28.7%

of Hot Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (105 of 366 records since 2015).

17.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (65 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 #
1920s
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1930s
·
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1940s
·
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1950s
·
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1960s
·
·
1970s
·
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1980s
45
93
1990s
80
89
2000s
90
75
2010s
104
66
2020s
47
43

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 1984, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1927-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 2, 2022 -0.9°F — Jan 7, 2014 2.72 in — Jan 26, 1996
February 84.9°F — Feb 23, 2023 -2.0°F — Feb 2, 2026 2.37 in — Feb 1, 1957
March 88.0°F — Mar 31, 1985 10.9°F — Mar 9, 1996 3.31 in — Mar 6, 1963
April 91.9°F — Apr 30, 2017 19.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.08 in — Apr 5, 1957
May 96.1°F — May 21, 2022 3.9°F — May 22, 1995 4.62 in — May 18, 1990
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 3.26 in — Jun 6, 2013
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 3.75 in — Jul 17, 1984
August 100.0°F — Aug 17, 2007 16.0°F — Aug 16, 1986 3.02 in — Aug 18, 2021
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 2011 37.0°F — Sep 26, 2001 3.35 in — Sep 17, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 8, 1985 2.65 in — Oct 16, 1964
November 86.0°F — Nov 7, 2022 12.9°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.17 in — Nov 19, 2003
December 79.0°F — Dec 8, 1998 1.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.16 in — Dec 5, 1993

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