All-time weather records — Mount Airy, NC

Record high
105.1°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-9.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
50.00 in
July 9, 1950

Climate change signal in Mount Airy

6.6%

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

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
11
16
1900s
24
41
1910s
52
48
1920s
50
48
1930s
48
45
1940s
41
30
1950s
46
18
1960s
7
21
1970s
19
26
1980s
20
19
1990s
7
19
2000s
12
19
2010s
15
13
2020s
14
3

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 79.0°F — Jan 26, 1950 -9.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.35 in — Jan 14, 2005
February 82.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 -2.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.12 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 89.1°F — Mar 23, 1907 1.9°F — Mar 7, 1947 4.00 in — Mar 16, 1923
April 93.9°F — Apr 12, 1930 18.0°F — Apr 11, 1909 4.12 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 98.1°F — May 26, 1911 27.0°F — May 3, 1909 3.50 in — May 19, 2018
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 32.0°F — Jun 11, 1915 9.45 in — Jun 13, 1947
July 105.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 43.0°F — Jul 5, 1933 50.00 in — Jul 9, 1950
August 102.9°F — Aug 5, 1930 37.9°F — Aug 1, 1920 5.54 in — Aug 4, 2016
September 100.9°F — Sep 5, 1954 0.0°F — Sep 15, 1942 5.00 in — Sep 22, 1979
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 1919 19.9°F — Oct 19, 1930 4.90 in — Oct 2, 1929
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 3.0°F — Nov 12, 1949 3.20 in — Nov 28, 1993
December 80.1°F — Dec 17, 1924 -0.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.60 in — Dec 11, 2024

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