All-time weather records — Milton, NC

Record high
105.1°F
September 6, 1954
Record low
-0.8°F
January 9, 2017
Wettest day
6.00 in
October 11, 2018

Climate change signal in Milton

22.1%

of Milton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (81 of 366 records since 2015).

25.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (92 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 #
1940s
26
21
1950s
113
78
1960s
15
30
2000s
85
111
2010s
82
73
2020s
45
53

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 1946, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 30, 2002 -0.8°F — Jan 9, 2017 2.55 in — Jan 17, 2013
February 82.9°F — Feb 12, 2017 3.0°F — Feb 18, 1958 3.18 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 89.1°F — Mar 11, 2026 9.1°F — Mar 4, 2014 3.53 in — Mar 28, 2010
April 93.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 21.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 2.60 in — Apr 14, 1955
May 96.1°F — May 31, 1953 30.2°F — May 10, 2020 3.96 in — May 18, 2018
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 44.1°F — Jun 1, 2025 3.33 in — Jun 5, 1957
July 104.0°F — Jul 7, 2010 51.1°F — Jul 3, 2010 3.92 in — Jul 5, 2006
August 102.9°F — Aug 28, 1948 46.0°F — Aug 31, 1946 5.81 in — Aug 27, 2008
September 105.1°F — Sep 6, 1954 37.9°F — Sep 26, 2001 3.77 in — Sep 6, 2008
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 6.00 in — Oct 11, 2018
November 84.9°F — Nov 7, 2024 15.1°F — Nov 21, 1951 3.58 in — Nov 11, 2020
December 80.1°F — Dec 10, 2007 5.0°F — Dec 12, 1958 3.11 in — Dec 28, 1958

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