All-time weather records — Leggett, NC

Record high
2678.0°F
September 26, 1930
Record low
-5.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.50 in
October 9, 2016

Climate change signal in Leggett

4.4%

of Leggett's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (16 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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
·
1
1890s
41
48
1900s
58
20
1910s
39
32
1920s
41
27
1930s
51
27
1940s
37
32
1950s
17
13
1960s
10
33
1970s
13
47
1980s
19
40
1990s
15
18
2000s
8
8
2010s
11
13
2020s
6
7

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1870-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 14, 1932 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.73 in — Jan 4, 1992
February 89.1°F — Feb 7, 1991 -2.9°F — Feb 14, 1899 4.50 in — Feb 7, 1872
March 96.1°F — Mar 23, 1907 8.1°F — Mar 4, 1980 5.20 in — Mar 31, 1895
April 98.1°F — Apr 24, 1925 25.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 4.15 in — Apr 13, 1905
May 100.9°F — May 28, 1914 32.0°F — May 11, 1966 4.57 in — May 25, 1977
June 105.1°F — Jun 22, 1933 5.0°F — Jun 12, 1997 4.21 in — Jun 20, 1950
July 107.1°F — Jul 18, 1942 42.1°F — Jul 25, 1992 4.49 in — Jul 30, 1960
August 106.0°F — Aug 31, 1932 45.0°F — Aug 31, 1976 6.55 in — Aug 15, 1940
September 2678.0°F — Sep 26, 1930 36.0°F — Sep 24, 1896 6.50 in — Sep 6, 1979
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 9.50 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 87.1°F — Nov 13, 1902 0.0°F — Nov 3, 1909 5.60 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 82.9°F — Dec 4, 1978 0.0°F — Dec 25, 1989 3.40 in — Dec 4, 1927

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