All-time weather records — Kure Beach, NC

Record high
102.9°F
June 26, 1952
Record low
-2.9°F
December 25, 1989
Wettest day
18.30 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Kure Beach

5.7%

of Kure Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
11
16
1900s
24
17
1910s
16
20
1920s
14
12
1930s
18
16
1940s
8
5
1950s
9
8
1960s
7
28
1970s
47
63
1980s
55
100
1990s
33
53
2000s
76
23
2010s
48
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 2016. Period of observation: 1892-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 13, 2013 0.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 7.36 in — Jan 27, 1921
February 81.0°F — Feb 25, 1982 1.0°F — Feb 14, 1899 5.00 in — Feb 17, 1998
March 90.0°F — Mar 11, 1974 8.1°F — Mar 4, 1980 5.02 in — Mar 21, 2001
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1985 23.0°F — Apr 26, 2002 5.20 in — Apr 19, 1899
May 97.0°F — May 29, 1975 25.0°F — May 7, 1990 5.60 in — May 12, 1912
June 102.9°F — Jun 26, 1952 0.0°F — Jun 23, 1993 7.85 in — Jun 15, 1946
July 102.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 14, 2002 6.55 in — Jul 24, 1925
August 102.0°F — Aug 2, 1999 53.1°F — Aug 17, 1979 10.00 in — Aug 27, 1998
September 100.9°F — Sep 2, 1912 35.1°F — Sep 24, 1981 18.30 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 93.9°F — Oct 6, 1986 23.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 8.60 in — Oct 14, 1994
November 88.0°F — Nov 10, 1986 1.0°F — Nov 30, 2007 5.70 in — Nov 7, 1951
December 81.0°F — Dec 11, 2007 -2.9°F — Dec 25, 1989 4.30 in — Dec 9, 1905

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