All-time weather records — Macclesfield, NC

Record high
106.0°F
June 27, 1954
Record low
-8.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
16.55 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Macclesfield

10.7%

of Macclesfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
64
60
1960s
64
107
1970s
82
58
1980s
92
96
1990s
19
12
2000s
·
·
2010s
23
27
2020s
22
6

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 1954, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1914-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 29, 1970 -8.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.30 in — Jan 16, 1946
February 82.9°F — Feb 23, 2023 3.9°F — Feb 10, 1979 3.45 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 89.1°F — Mar 12, 1990 10.9°F — Mar 4, 1980 3.64 in — Mar 4, 1952
April 96.1°F — Apr 27, 1990 25.0°F — Apr 9, 1985 3.97 in — Apr 25, 2017
May 98.1°F — May 31, 1988 32.0°F — May 11, 1966 3.83 in — May 18, 2010
June 106.0°F — Jun 27, 1954 0.0°F — Jun 30, 1990 4.25 in — Jun 27, 1925
July 105.1°F — Jul 12, 1989 51.1°F — Jul 2, 1975 4.25 in — Jul 24, 1942
August 102.9°F — Aug 18, 1988 45.0°F — Aug 30, 1965 5.25 in — Aug 12, 1955
September 102.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 37.0°F — Sep 24, 1981 16.55 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 100.9°F — Oct 6, 1954 19.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 11.53 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1961 16.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 5.40 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 80.1°F — Dec 3, 1991 0.0°F — Dec 16, 1958 4.85 in — Dec 4, 1927

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