All-time weather records — North Wilkesboro, NC

Record high
102.0°F
June 8, 1999
Record low
-9.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.55 in
June 20, 1967

Climate change signal in North Wilkesboro

14.2%

of North Wilkesboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (52 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1920s
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1930s
·
·
1940s
·
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1950s
31
25
1960s
50
111
1970s
56
108
1980s
61
50
1990s
55
43
2000s
42
20
2010s
47
9
2020s
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 1955, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1921-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -9.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.33 in — Jan 22, 1954
February 82.9°F — Feb 27, 1977 -6.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 3.25 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 88.0°F — Mar 30, 1985 1.9°F — Mar 14, 1993 3.20 in — Mar 16, 1923
April 93.9°F — Apr 28, 1989 18.0°F — Apr 9, 1972 5.20 in — Apr 10, 1983
May 96.1°F — May 19, 1996 28.0°F — May 2, 1963 2.91 in — May 2, 1949
June 102.0°F — Jun 8, 1999 37.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 8.55 in — Jun 20, 1967
July 100.9°F — Jul 21, 1998 44.1°F — Jul 10, 1961 4.60 in — Jul 19, 1941
August 102.0°F — Aug 22, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.09 in — Aug 10, 1970
September 96.1°F — Sep 3, 2011 30.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 5.80 in — Sep 27, 2024
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 6.00 in — Oct 2, 1929
November 84.9°F — Nov 3, 1974 7.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.20 in — Nov 27, 2013
December 81.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.24 in — Dec 28, 1958

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