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Weather extremes
How extreme does New Bern's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days New Bern has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days New Bern has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 12°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in New Bern (typical high near 90°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 41°F colder than a normal December night in New Bern (typical low near 37°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than New Bern usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 6.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
New Bern's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 102°F is about 12°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at New Bern - Asos (NOAA GHCN station USW00093719), about 4 km from the city centre.