All-time weather records — Spruce Pine, NC

Record high
95.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-9.0°F
November 22, 2008
Wettest day
5.60 in
October 9, 2017

Climate change signal in Spruce Pine

33.1%

of Spruce Pine's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (121 of 366 records since 2015).

23.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (85 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 #
2000s
153
155
2010s
184
187
2020s
29
24

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 2004, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 2004-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 2, 2022 -5.1°F — Jan 7, 2014 2.38 in — Jan 31, 2013
February 75.0°F — Feb 16, 2018 -4.0°F — Feb 19, 2015 1.85 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 82.0°F — Mar 29, 2020 5.0°F — Mar 4, 2009 2.84 in — Mar 31, 2017
April 87.1°F — Apr 7, 2010 16.0°F — Apr 7, 2007 4.01 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 87.1°F — May 26, 2019 28.0°F — May 10, 2020 4.00 in — May 6, 2013
June 95.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 1, 2005 4.30 in — Jun 9, 2019
July 95.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 2, 2008 4.00 in — Jul 4, 2013
August 91.9°F — Aug 12, 2007 42.1°F — Aug 9, 2013 4.35 in — Aug 18, 2021
September 89.1°F — Sep 3, 2011 33.1°F — Sep 16, 2015 5.20 in — Sep 17, 2004
October 86.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 26, 2013 5.60 in — Oct 9, 2017
November 77.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 -9.0°F — Nov 22, 2008 3.38 in — Nov 19, 2015
December 73.0°F — Dec 13, 2006 3.0°F — Dec 21, 2004 3.00 in — Dec 22, 2006

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