All-time weather records — Locust, NC

Record high
107.1°F
August 22, 1983
Record low
-5.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.80 in
August 27, 2008

Climate change signal in Locust

9.8%

of Locust's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
·
3
1930s
45
30
1940s
56
52
1950s
43
32
1960s
14
42
1970s
47
65
1980s
52
61
1990s
16
22
2000s
39
17
2010s
44
25
2020s
10
17

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 1933, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 2, 1952 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.72 in — Jan 19, 1936
February 82.0°F — Feb 17, 2018 1.9°F — Feb 3, 2026 3.17 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 91.0°F — Mar 17, 1945 1.0°F — Mar 4, 1980 3.72 in — Mar 4, 1952
April 95.0°F — Apr 24, 1980 6.1°F — Apr 29, 1985 3.07 in — Apr 6, 1936
May 100.0°F — May 29, 1941 32.0°F — May 8, 1989 4.04 in — May 25, 1943
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 3.87 in — Jun 18, 1982
July 106.0°F — Jul 28, 1952 48.9°F — Jul 5, 1933 6.40 in — Jul 23, 1997
August 107.1°F — Aug 22, 1983 48.9°F — Aug 26, 1942 8.80 in — Aug 27, 2008
September 104.0°F — Sep 9, 1939 37.0°F — Sep 30, 1942 4.62 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 27, 1891 6.90 in — Oct 8, 1936
November 88.0°F — Nov 3, 1974 12.0°F — Nov 26, 1950 3.95 in — Nov 13, 2020
December 81.0°F — Dec 11, 2007 3.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.80 in — Dec 23, 2013

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