All-time weather records — Waynesville, NC

Record high
2667.0°F
August 31, 1935
Record low
-22.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.25 in
September 27, 2024

Climate change signal in Waynesville

4.6%

of Waynesville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1890s
17
19
1900s
40
25
1910s
46
23
1920s
32
25
1930s
63
34
1940s
24
31
1950s
24
31
1960s
4
46
1970s
13
27
1980s
27
42
1990s
35
32
2000s
20
16
2010s
13
8
2020s
8
7

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 2025. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 29, 1914 -22.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.78 in — Jan 19, 1936
February 79.0°F — Feb 23, 1996 -16.1°F — Feb 18, 1958 3.90 in — Feb 16, 1990
March 89.1°F — Mar 28, 1907 -8.0°F — Mar 15, 1993 4.50 in — Mar 15, 1899
April 89.1°F — Apr 17, 1909 15.1°F — Apr 1, 1987 3.60 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 91.9°F — May 20, 1996 24.1°F — May 4, 1986 3.80 in — May 7, 2003
June 98.1°F — Jun 10, 1936 30.9°F — Jun 2, 1966 4.08 in — Jun 16, 1949
July 98.1°F — Jul 10, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 2, 1988 3.40 in — Jul 19, 2015
August 2667.0°F — Aug 31, 1935 37.9°F — Aug 27, 1935 3.90 in — Aug 27, 1995
September 91.9°F — Sep 5, 1954 27.0°F — Sep 28, 1947 6.25 in — Sep 27, 2024
October 90.0°F — Oct 1, 1933 12.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 3.88 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 84.9°F — Nov 13, 1934 0.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.20 in — Nov 28, 1948
December 78.1°F — Dec 31, 1951 -8.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.82 in — Dec 29, 1901

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