All-time weather records — Pittsboro, NC

Record high
104.0°F
July 2, 2012
Record low
3.0°F
December 24, 2016
Wettest day
6.61 in
October 8, 2016

Climate change signal in Pittsboro

53.6%

of Pittsboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (196 of 366 records since 2015).

44%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (161 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 #
2000s
62
39
2010s
212
253
2020s
92
74

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 2007, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2007-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 1, 2026 5.0°F — Jan 6, 2018 3.20 in — Jan 2, 2022
February 81.0°F — Feb 11, 2017 8.1°F — Feb 19, 2015 3.62 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 91.9°F — Mar 28, 2020 12.9°F — Mar 7, 2011 1.80 in — Mar 16, 2022
April 91.0°F — Apr 25, 2009 18.0°F — Apr 1, 2019 2.30 in — Apr 24, 2017
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2019 15.1°F — May 1, 2011 4.80 in — May 15, 2014
June 99.0°F — Jun 8, 2008 19.0°F — Jun 14, 2011 4.60 in — Jun 27, 2011
July 104.0°F — Jul 2, 2012 19.9°F — Jul 14, 2011 3.26 in — Jul 15, 2014
August 104.0°F — Aug 8, 2007 19.9°F — Aug 13, 2011 5.85 in — Aug 6, 2025
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 2010 45.0°F — Sep 20, 2020 4.67 in — Sep 5, 2008
October 99.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 30.0°F — Oct 25, 2013 6.61 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 87.1°F — Nov 3, 2016 16.0°F — Nov 1, 2011 4.29 in — Nov 12, 2018
December 79.0°F — Dec 10, 2007 3.0°F — Dec 24, 2016 3.49 in — Dec 17, 2023

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