All-time weather records — Morehead City, NC

Record high
107.1°F
June 26, 1952
Record low
1.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.15 in
September 15, 2018

Climate change signal in Morehead City

6.6%

of Morehead City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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
8
2
1950s
56
13
1960s
33
63
1970s
44
88
1980s
80
69
1990s
78
93
2000s
17
20
2010s
41
14
2020s
9
4

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 1948, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 2, 1995 1.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.64 in — Jan 4, 1982
February 78.1°F — Feb 25, 2023 8.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 5.11 in — Feb 4, 1998
March 86.0°F — Mar 10, 1974 12.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.47 in — Mar 21, 2003
April 91.9°F — Apr 23, 1985 19.9°F — Apr 9, 1998 3.40 in — Apr 26, 2003
May 97.0°F — May 31, 2011 35.1°F — May 11, 1997 5.52 in — May 6, 2005
June 107.1°F — Jun 26, 1952 39.9°F — Jun 21, 1995 8.50 in — Jun 11, 1966
July 100.0°F — Jul 19, 1986 37.9°F — Jul 7, 1983 4.69 in — Jul 25, 2014
August 98.1°F — Aug 21, 1983 53.1°F — Aug 10, 1997 7.89 in — Aug 31, 2023
September 93.9°F — Sep 14, 1952 41.0°F — Sep 25, 1949 9.15 in — Sep 15, 2018
October 95.0°F — Oct 5, 1986 14.0°F — Oct 2, 1996 7.05 in — Oct 31, 1985
November 91.9°F — Nov 13, 1982 19.0°F — Nov 9, 1976 7.70 in — Nov 20, 2015
December 79.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 3.0°F — Dec 25, 1983 5.90 in — Dec 28, 1980

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