All-time weather records — Kings Mountain, NC

Record high
105.1°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-68.1°F
August 27, 1999
Wettest day
4.70 in
August 26, 2008

Climate change signal in Kings Mountain

41.3%

of Kings Mountain's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (151 of 366 records since 2015).

31.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (115 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 #
1990s
10
19
2000s
161
152
2010s
139
119
2020s
56
76

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 1999, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1999-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 13, 2017 1.9°F — Jan 24, 2003 2.52 in — Jan 9, 2024
February 82.0°F — Feb 16, 2018 6.1°F — Feb 2, 2026 3.22 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 89.1°F — Mar 25, 2007 15.3°F — Mar 3, 2009 2.63 in — Mar 1, 2007
April 91.9°F — Apr 16, 2006 26.2°F — Apr 3, 2021 2.43 in — Apr 19, 2015
May 97.0°F — May 28, 2019 37.9°F — May 9, 2020 3.97 in — May 14, 2012
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 48.0°F — Jun 1, 2024 2.33 in — Jun 23, 2004
July 105.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 57.0°F — Jul 2, 2008 2.82 in — Jul 23, 2023
August 105.1°F — Aug 9, 2007 -68.1°F — Aug 27, 1999 4.70 in — Aug 26, 2008
September 100.0°F — Sep 12, 2019 39.9°F — Sep 23, 1999 3.89 in — Sep 16, 2018
October 100.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 1, 1999 3.11 in — Oct 11, 2002
November 91.9°F — Nov 13, 2020 16.0°F — Nov 22, 2000 2.97 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 81.0°F — Dec 10, 2007 8.2°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.55 in — Dec 26, 2023

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