All-time weather records — Roanoke Rapids, NC

Record high
106.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-2.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
11.50 in
August 25, 2012

Climate change signal in Roanoke Rapids

18.9%

of Roanoke Rapids's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (69 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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 #
1970s
48
101
1980s
76
123
1990s
90
47
2000s
49
66
2010s
67
25
2020s
36
4

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 1972, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1972-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 -2.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.00 in — Jan 29, 2014
February 82.9°F — Feb 27, 1977 0.0°F — Feb 10, 1979 6.00 in — Feb 26, 2015
March 88.0°F — Mar 12, 2026 10.0°F — Mar 4, 1980 6.59 in — Mar 16, 2016
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 2002 21.9°F — Apr 10, 1990 4.30 in — Apr 16, 2014
May 97.0°F — May 29, 2019 21.9°F — May 1, 2006 2.80 in — May 30, 1984
June 106.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 35.1°F — Jun 24, 1992 6.50 in — Jun 6, 2001
July 102.9°F — Jul 7, 1999 44.1°F — Jul 8, 2006 6.54 in — Jul 24, 2000
August 104.0°F — Aug 10, 2007 46.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 11.50 in — Aug 25, 2012
September 99.0°F — Sep 12, 1983 33.1°F — Sep 22, 2004 10.00 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 100.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 26.1°F — Oct 14, 1988 6.80 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 84.9°F — Nov 3, 1974 15.1°F — Nov 23, 2008 4.00 in — Nov 7, 1977
December 82.9°F — Dec 8, 1998 3.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.30 in — Dec 18, 2023

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