All-time weather records — Murphy, NC

Record high
100.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-16.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.50 in
March 16, 1880

Climate change signal in Murphy

23.2%

of Murphy's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (85 of 366 records since 2015).

11.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (42 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 #
1870s
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·
1880s
·
·
1890s
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
8
18
1970s
80
113
1980s
57
113
1990s
54
40
2000s
47
26
2010s
81
32
2020s
39
24

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 1964, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1872-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 1, 1985 -16.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 9.80 in — Jan 11, 1882
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 1996 -4.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 6.80 in — Feb 25, 1875
March 88.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 -2.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 10.50 in — Mar 16, 1880
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1986 18.0°F — Apr 1, 1987 5.00 in — Apr 28, 1876
May 91.0°F — May 27, 2012 25.0°F — May 4, 1971 4.42 in — May 6, 2003
June 98.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 35.1°F — Jun 1, 1972 5.00 in — Jun 24, 1872
July 100.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 46.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 5.22 in — Jul 4, 2013
August 99.0°F — Aug 23, 1983 46.0°F — Aug 27, 2025 7.40 in — Aug 20, 1874
September 96.1°F — Sep 5, 1975 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.33 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 23, 1974 4.30 in — Oct 18, 1879
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1984 6.1°F — Nov 25, 1970 8.00 in — Nov 19, 1906
December 77.0°F — Dec 12, 2007 -4.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 8.50 in — Dec 24, 1875

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