All-time weather records — Mills River, NC

Record high
97.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-1.7°F
January 7, 2014
Wettest day
6.20 in
September 26, 2024

Climate change signal in Mills River

57.4%

of Mills River's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (210 of 366 records since 2015).

39.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (143 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 #
2000s
98
154
2010s
159
133
2020s
109
79

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 2001, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2001-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.8°F — Jan 30, 2002 -1.7°F — Jan 7, 2014 4.04 in — Jan 9, 2024
February 78.6°F — Feb 12, 2017 2.3°F — Feb 19, 2015 3.47 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 83.5°F — Mar 22, 2026 12.6°F — Mar 1, 2002 3.78 in — Mar 25, 2021
April 86.4°F — Apr 6, 2010 20.5°F — Apr 7, 2007 5.37 in — Apr 19, 2019
May 89.1°F — May 29, 2019 29.3°F — May 10, 2020 3.78 in — May 5, 2013
June 96.8°F — Jun 30, 2012 42.3°F — Jun 9, 2023 3.75 in — Jun 7, 2013
July 97.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 46.6°F — Jul 2, 2008 3.46 in — Jul 3, 2013
August 94.3°F — Aug 16, 2007 48.6°F — Aug 8, 2004 4.45 in — Aug 26, 2008
September 90.7°F — Sep 12, 2019 36.1°F — Sep 30, 2003 6.20 in — Sep 26, 2024
October 90.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 22.6°F — Oct 26, 2013 3.81 in — Oct 23, 2017
November 81.1°F — Nov 9, 2023 11.8°F — Nov 19, 2014 4.18 in — Nov 30, 2010
December 74.3°F — Dec 3, 2021 -0.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 4.21 in — Dec 28, 2018

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