All-time weather records — Walnut Cove, NC

Record high
102.9°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-9.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.99 in
June 21, 1972

Climate change signal in Walnut Cove

12.8%

of Walnut Cove's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (47 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
·
·
1950s
11
26
1960s
51
147
1970s
56
56
1980s
57
48
1990s
36
23
2000s
86
51
2010s
52
12
2020s
17
3

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 1957, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1946-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 31, 2002 -9.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.50 in — Jan 22, 1987
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 2017 -8.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.06 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 87.1°F — Mar 9, 2000 3.0°F — Mar 6, 1960 4.00 in — Mar 20, 2003
April 93.0°F — Apr 26, 1960 19.9°F — Apr 11, 1960 4.27 in — Apr 16, 1987
May 99.0°F — May 28, 2000 26.1°F — May 2, 1963 4.01 in — May 14, 1999
June 100.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.9°F — Jun 2, 2003 6.99 in — Jun 21, 1972
July 102.0°F — Jul 9, 1977 45.0°F — Jul 9, 2005 4.35 in — Jul 2, 1987
August 102.9°F — Aug 21, 1983 42.1°F — Aug 30, 1965 5.27 in — Aug 28, 1995
September 100.0°F — Sep 11, 1983 32.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 6.98 in — Sep 18, 2024
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.80 in — Oct 31, 1970
November 86.0°F — Nov 4, 2000 8.1°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.12 in — Nov 27, 2013
December 80.1°F — Dec 8, 1998 -0.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.54 in — Dec 12, 1961

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