All-time weather records — Macon, NC

Record high
104.0°F
June 19, 1944
Record low
-7.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.45 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Macon

4.4%

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

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
46
18
1950s
26
15
1960s
31
60
1970s
44
43
1980s
70
109
1990s
69
66
2000s
39
22
2010s
41
33

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 1943, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1930-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 -7.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.84 in — Jan 19, 1936
February 82.0°F — Feb 2, 1989 -2.9°F — Feb 1, 1965 3.72 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 90.0°F — Mar 12, 1990 7.0°F — Mar 4, 1943 3.54 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 1985 19.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 5.01 in — Apr 16, 1987
May 98.1°F — May 21, 2000 28.9°F — May 2, 1963 3.98 in — May 30, 1984
June 104.0°F — Jun 19, 1944 39.9°F — Jun 14, 1985 4.71 in — Jun 29, 1973
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 1959 46.9°F — Jul 4, 1988 5.54 in — Jul 24, 2000
August 102.9°F — Aug 2, 1980 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.61 in — Aug 26, 1958
September 100.0°F — Sep 12, 1983 36.0°F — Sep 30, 1992 8.45 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 1998 17.1°F — Oct 19, 2015 8.18 in — Oct 6, 1972
November 84.9°F — Nov 3, 1974 12.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 5.60 in — Nov 29, 1934
December 79.0°F — Dec 3, 1998 3.0°F — Dec 26, 1980 2.98 in — Dec 29, 1958

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