All-time weather records — Polkton, NC

Record high
107.1°F
June 28, 1954
Record low
-4.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.60 in
September 16, 2018

Climate change signal in Polkton

16.4%

of Polkton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (60 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 #
1930s
10
8
1940s
75
78
1950s
61
43
1960s
16
76
1970s
27
51
1980s
50
47
1990s
31
24
2000s
24
25
2010s
64
11
2020s
8
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 1938, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1938-2024.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 19, 1942 -4.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.08 in — Jan 21, 1979
February 82.0°F — Feb 26, 2023 5.0°F — Feb 18, 1958 3.10 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 96.1°F — Mar 18, 1945 8.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.15 in — Mar 18, 1983
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1980 26.1°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.20 in — Apr 6, 1993
May 100.9°F — May 22, 1941 33.1°F — May 8, 1989 4.63 in — May 12, 1957
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 1954 41.0°F — Jun 12, 1998 5.10 in — Jun 14, 2006
July 104.0°F — Jul 20, 1986 39.9°F — Jul 29, 2007 6.39 in — Jul 4, 1981
August 107.1°F — Aug 22, 1983 48.9°F — Aug 30, 1965 4.64 in — Aug 19, 1986
September 102.9°F — Sep 7, 1954 39.0°F — Sep 27, 1947 10.60 in — Sep 16, 2018
October 102.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 5.40 in — Oct 11, 1990
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 2016 16.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 3.90 in — Nov 3, 1979
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1998 3.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 2.61 in — Dec 8, 1974

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