All-time weather records — Marion, NC

Record high
106.0°F
July 28, 1952
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.20 in
August 13, 1940

Climate change signal in Marion

4.4%

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

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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
20
17
1900s
60
22
1910s
33
27
1920s
40
16
1930s
35
18
1940s
31
27
1950s
38
12
1960s
14
14
1970s
11
15
1980s
8
17
1990s
8
75
2000s
36
100
2010s
24
5
2020s
8
1

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: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 24, 1927 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.49 in — Jan 27, 1921
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 2017 -7.1°F — Feb 18, 1958 4.06 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 95.0°F — Mar 29, 1907 3.0°F — Mar 3, 1989 4.50 in — Mar 4, 1979
April 93.9°F — Apr 18, 1896 3.9°F — Apr 11, 2000 3.81 in — Apr 24, 2018
May 99.0°F — May 26, 2004 24.1°F — May 2, 2000 7.25 in — May 21, 1901
June 102.0°F — Jun 27, 1954 33.1°F — Jun 8, 2000 4.56 in — Jun 15, 1969
July 106.0°F — Jul 28, 1952 37.0°F — Jul 29, 1994 7.83 in — Jul 15, 1916
August 102.9°F — Aug 8, 1900 21.0°F — Aug 13, 1920 8.20 in — Aug 13, 1940
September 102.9°F — Sep 7, 1925 18.0°F — Sep 27, 1982 7.45 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1954 17.1°F — Oct 11, 2000 6.63 in — Oct 23, 1900
November 84.0°F — Nov 3, 2003 6.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.00 in — Nov 6, 1977
December 84.0°F — Dec 4, 1926 -5.1°F — Dec 29, 1894 6.50 in — Dec 16, 1931

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