All-time weather records — Wrightsville Beach, NC

Record high
100.9°F
May 30, 2019
Record low
12.0°F
January 7, 2018
Wettest day
10.05 in
September 15, 2018

Climate change signal in Wrightsville Beach

56.8%

of Wrightsville Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (208 of 366 records since 2015).

49.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (182 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
33
55
2010s
243
216
2020s
90
95

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 2008, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2008-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 13, 2013 12.0°F — Jan 7, 2018 2.60 in — Jan 23, 2023
February 82.0°F — Feb 24, 2022 12.9°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.65 in — Feb 12, 2023
March 89.1°F — Mar 30, 2012 19.9°F — Mar 4, 2009 3.02 in — Mar 23, 2024
April 91.0°F — Apr 20, 2016 30.9°F — Apr 3, 2021 3.95 in — Apr 19, 2014
May 100.9°F — May 30, 2019 41.0°F — May 1, 2018 4.42 in — May 29, 2018
June 100.9°F — Jun 21, 2011 46.0°F — Jun 2, 2023 4.39 in — Jun 16, 2008
July 100.9°F — Jul 28, 2016 61.0°F — Jul 4, 2010 6.86 in — Jul 21, 2018
August 100.0°F — Aug 8, 2008 60.1°F — Aug 6, 2021 7.38 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 2012 46.9°F — Sep 23, 2021 10.05 in — Sep 15, 2018
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 2019 34.0°F — Oct 26, 2013 7.88 in — Oct 5, 2015
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 2009 23.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.71 in — Nov 20, 2015
December 81.0°F — Dec 8, 2022 18.0°F — Dec 15, 2025 3.32 in — Dec 3, 2009

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