All-time weather records — Rich Square, NC

Record high
105.1°F
July 31, 1953
Record low
-8.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
12.20 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Rich Square

7.1%

of Rich Square's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1940s
9
2
1950s
81
57
1960s
33
84
1970s
46
67
1980s
79
60
1990s
34
38
2000s
38
19
2010s
39
33
2020s
7
6

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 1948, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 2, 1952 -8.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.91 in — Jan 5, 1971
February 84.0°F — Feb 26, 1977 -4.0°F — Feb 10, 1979 2.95 in — Feb 21, 1954
March 91.9°F — Mar 30, 1985 12.0°F — Mar 4, 1980 2.82 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 97.0°F — Apr 21, 1985 19.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 3.93 in — Apr 21, 2008
May 98.1°F — May 8, 1986 30.9°F — May 9, 1956 3.40 in — May 21, 1963
June 102.0°F — Jun 10, 1964 43.0°F — Jun 2, 1967 4.82 in — Jun 15, 2006
July 105.1°F — Jul 31, 1953 50.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 5.44 in — Jul 17, 1998
August 105.1°F — Aug 19, 1988 44.1°F — Aug 31, 1976 5.80 in — Aug 12, 1955
September 105.1°F — Sep 7, 1954 39.0°F — Sep 30, 1951 12.20 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 100.9°F — Oct 6, 1954 21.9°F — Oct 30, 1952 8.64 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 15.1°F — Nov 25, 1970 4.41 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 81.0°F — Dec 4, 1991 -0.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.36 in — Dec 18, 2023

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