All-time weather records — Sparta, NC

Record high
100.0°F
August 10, 2007
Record low
-9.9°F
December 24, 2022
Wettest day
10.23 in
September 27, 2024

Climate change signal in Sparta

29%

of Sparta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (106 of 366 records since 2015).

72.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (264 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
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1950s
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1960s
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1970s
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1980s
·
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1990s
·
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2000s
241
95
2010s
34
12
2020s
91
259

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 2006, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1942-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 8, 2008 -0.9°F — Jan 17, 2009 6.40 in — Jan 15, 1995
February 73.0°F — Feb 10, 2009 3.9°F — Feb 5, 2009 4.02 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 84.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 5.0°F — Mar 3, 2009 4.55 in — Mar 11, 1952
April 87.1°F — Apr 7, 2010 16.0°F — Apr 3, 2021 3.85 in — Apr 21, 1992
May 89.1°F — May 22, 2007 24.1°F — May 11, 2020 4.75 in — May 28, 1973
June 95.0°F — Jun 9, 2007 28.9°F — Jun 9, 2023 6.50 in — Jun 9, 2005
July 93.9°F — Jul 22, 2008 43.0°F — Jul 3, 2008 3.90 in — Jul 11, 1987
August 100.0°F — Aug 10, 2007 43.0°F — Aug 22, 2024 7.10 in — Aug 31, 1964
September 93.0°F — Sep 10, 2007 28.9°F — Sep 23, 2020 10.23 in — Sep 27, 2024
October 88.0°F — Oct 9, 2007 24.1°F — Oct 31, 2007 5.10 in — Oct 26, 2007
November 87.1°F — Nov 7, 2009 8.1°F — Nov 14, 2019 6.85 in — Nov 16, 1989
December 75.0°F — Dec 12, 2007 -9.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.56 in — Dec 26, 2023

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