All-time weather records — Watauga, TN

Record high
105.1°F
July 2, 1898
Record low
-20.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
4.05 in
August 5, 2012

Climate change signal in Watauga

14.8%

of Watauga's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (54 of 366 records since 2015).

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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 #
1890s
129
39
1900s
55
68
1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
31
24
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1980s
24
69
1990s
21
67
2000s
40
44
2010s
37
38
2020s
29
17

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -20.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.85 in — Jan 14, 2013
February 82.0°F — Feb 28, 1944 -17.0°F — Feb 14, 1899 2.50 in — Feb 27, 1902
March 84.0°F — Mar 23, 1907 -2.0°F — Mar 4, 1943 2.70 in — Mar 27, 1994
April 93.0°F — Apr 2, 1998 19.9°F — Apr 5, 1944 3.20 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 97.0°F — May 23, 1943 28.0°F — May 8, 1989 3.40 in — May 20, 1942
June 102.0°F — Jun 3, 1895 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 3.50 in — Jun 19, 1898
July 105.1°F — Jul 2, 1898 46.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.83 in — Jul 30, 1940
August 99.0°F — Aug 7, 1900 43.0°F — Aug 9, 1989 4.05 in — Aug 5, 2012
September 98.1°F — Sep 3, 1898 30.9°F — Sep 30, 1899 3.41 in — Sep 26, 2024
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 22, 1987 2.59 in — Oct 22, 1929
November 87.1°F — Nov 7, 1895 10.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.10 in — Nov 18, 2003
December 80.1°F — Dec 22, 1895 -11.9°F — Dec 21, 1901 2.75 in — Dec 12, 1998

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