All-time weather records — Kinston, NC

Record high
102.9°F
July 20, 1977
Record low
-29.0°F
January 11, 1997
Wettest day
13.25 in
August 27, 2011

Climate change signal in Kinston

15%

of Kinston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (55 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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 #
1960s
13
43
1970s
64
124
1980s
72
89
1990s
72
46
2000s
57
18
2010s
61
35
2020s
27
11

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 1966, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1966-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 27, 2024 -29.0°F — Jan 11, 1997 3.15 in — Jan 3, 1992
February 84.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 3.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.80 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 89.1°F — Mar 1, 1997 8.1°F — Mar 4, 1980 3.48 in — Mar 17, 2000
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 1990 24.1°F — Apr 10, 1985 5.34 in — Apr 25, 2017
May 100.0°F — May 19, 1996 21.9°F — May 7, 2015 3.87 in — May 13, 2025
June 100.9°F — Jun 9, 2008 42.1°F — Jun 5, 1997 4.99 in — Jun 6, 1995
July 102.9°F — Jul 20, 1977 52.0°F — Jul 2, 1975 3.85 in — Jul 4, 2014
August 102.9°F — Aug 20, 1983 46.9°F — Aug 31, 1976 13.25 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 102.0°F — Sep 11, 1983 37.9°F — Sep 24, 1981 12.40 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1986 24.1°F — Oct 29, 1976 5.95 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 87.1°F — Nov 2, 1974 17.1°F — Nov 25, 1970 5.11 in — Nov 22, 2006
December 82.9°F — Dec 3, 1991 6.1°F — Dec 26, 1983 3.17 in — Dec 9, 1973

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