All-time weather records — Southern Shores, NC

Record high
100.9°F
June 24, 2010
Record low
-2.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.07 in
October 29, 2012

Climate change signal in Southern Shores

12.6%

of Southern Shores's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (46 of 366 records since 2015).

9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (33 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
2
1
1960s
33
45
1970s
109
127
1980s
73
86
1990s
36
34
2000s
40
29
2010s
51
33
2020s
22
11

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 1945, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 28, 1974 -2.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.27 in — Jan 20, 1978
February 81.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 10.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 5.86 in — Feb 3, 1970
March 87.1°F — Mar 31, 1985 10.0°F — Mar 13, 1984 4.61 in — Mar 19, 1998
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 1990 23.0°F — Apr 22, 1984 3.00 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 95.0°F — May 20, 1996 34.0°F — May 11, 1966 3.92 in — May 25, 1977
June 100.9°F — Jun 24, 2010 44.1°F — Jun 12, 1972 4.22 in — Jun 6, 1995
July 100.9°F — Jul 29, 2011 45.0°F — Jul 2, 1984 5.99 in — Jul 11, 2025
August 100.9°F — Aug 12, 1998 6.1°F — Aug 24, 1997 5.60 in — Aug 28, 2011
September 96.1°F — Sep 7, 1983 27.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.00 in — Sep 1, 2006
October 93.0°F — Oct 9, 2007 34.0°F — Oct 28, 1979 7.07 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 84.0°F — Nov 3, 1971 25.0°F — Nov 24, 1976 4.35 in — Nov 5, 2008
December 81.0°F — Dec 9, 1978 16.0°F — Dec 20, 2004 2.92 in — Dec 23, 2006

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