All-time weather records — Raleigh, NC

Record high
107.1°F
July 29, 2011
Record low
-6.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.95 in
October 9, 2016

Climate change signal in Raleigh

6.6%

of Raleigh's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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 #
1890s
27
28
1900s
27
21
1910s
15
30
1920s
23
32
1930s
47
28
1940s
24
19
1950s
59
21
1960s
13
49
1970s
31
67
1980s
26
39
1990s
13
16
2000s
22
10
2010s
28
5
2020s
11
1

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 1893, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 2, 1952 -6.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.30 in — Jan 3, 2022
February 84.9°F — Feb 23, 2023 -2.0°F — Feb 14, 1899 4.10 in — Feb 8, 2020
March 93.9°F — Mar 29, 1907 12.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.40 in — Mar 6, 1932
April 95.0°F — Apr 18, 1896 23.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 6.71 in — Apr 25, 2017
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1953 30.9°F — May 31, 2000 5.58 in — May 12, 1957
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 13, 1972 5.37 in — Jun 15, 2006
July 107.1°F — Jul 29, 2011 27.0°F — Jul 11, 2008 5.90 in — Jul 17, 2016
August 104.0°F — Aug 19, 1988 48.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.70 in — Aug 24, 1908
September 102.0°F — Sep 7, 1954 41.0°F — Sep 28, 1947 6.04 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 99.0°F — Oct 7, 1954 28.0°F — Oct 20, 1972 8.95 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 12.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 4.67 in — Nov 22, 2006
December 84.9°F — Dec 26, 1934 0.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.65 in — Dec 11, 2023

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