All-time weather records — Monroe, NC

Record high
107.1°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-9.9°F
February 14, 1899
Wettest day
7.72 in
October 11, 1990

Climate change signal in Monroe

5.7%

of Monroe's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
8
20
1900s
17
76
1910s
32
52
1920s
44
29
1930s
87
33
1940s
57
34
1950s
31
16
1960s
4
32
1970s
17
22
1980s
12
22
1990s
12
12
2000s
15
11
2010s
21
6
2020s
9
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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 28, 1944 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.62 in — Jan 11, 1984
February 84.0°F — Feb 4, 1997 -9.9°F — Feb 14, 1899 3.12 in — Feb 15, 1912
March 91.0°F — Mar 21, 1935 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.93 in — Mar 24, 1989
April 96.1°F — Apr 24, 1925 17.1°F — Apr 15, 1907 3.49 in — Apr 1, 1973
May 102.0°F — May 27, 1916 28.0°F — May 10, 1906 3.30 in — May 24, 1896
June 106.0°F — Jun 21, 1933 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1930 3.45 in — Jun 20, 2017
July 106.0°F — Jul 19, 1913 46.9°F — Jul 1, 1899 4.90 in — Jul 10, 1959
August 107.1°F — Aug 21, 1983 44.1°F — Aug 28, 1905 7.15 in — Aug 25, 1908
September 107.1°F — Sep 4, 1925 35.1°F — Sep 23, 1918 6.74 in — Sep 4, 1998
October 100.0°F — Oct 6, 1954 19.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 7.72 in — Oct 11, 1990
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 9.0°F — Nov 28, 1903 3.45 in — Nov 19, 2015
December 84.0°F — Dec 20, 1931 -0.9°F — Dec 12, 1958 3.65 in — Dec 15, 1972

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