All-time weather records — Oak Ridge, NC

Record high
102.9°F
August 18, 1988
Record low
-8.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.46 in
September 24, 1947

Climate change signal in Oak Ridge

10.1%

of Oak Ridge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
8
13
1930s
56
61
1940s
54
58
1950s
52
35
1960s
25
59
1970s
32
53
1980s
33
50
1990s
21
17
2000s
35
8
2010s
35
10
2020s
15
2

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 1929, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1928-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 28, 1944 -8.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.55 in — Jan 25, 1978
February 81.0°F — Feb 12, 2017 -4.0°F — Feb 1, 1936 3.69 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 90.0°F — Mar 17, 1945 5.0°F — Mar 6, 1960 3.60 in — Mar 29, 1991
April 93.9°F — Apr 12, 1930 21.0°F — Apr 4, 1943 3.97 in — Apr 21, 1992
May 98.1°F — May 29, 1941 32.0°F — May 2, 1963 3.24 in — May 1, 1989
June 102.0°F — Jun 27, 1954 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1930 4.20 in — Jun 15, 1969
July 102.0°F — Jul 8, 1977 48.0°F — Jul 5, 1933 4.16 in — Jul 17, 2004
August 102.9°F — Aug 18, 1988 45.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 4.94 in — Aug 27, 2008
September 100.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 35.1°F — Sep 29, 1942 7.46 in — Sep 24, 1947
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 6.24 in — Oct 15, 1954
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 10.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.30 in — Nov 9, 1962
December 78.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 0.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.06 in — Dec 28, 1958

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