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Has the climate in Watauga changed?

Watauga has warmed about 1.2°F since 1995.

About 0.4°F per decade, measured from Watauga's official daily weather records, 1995–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Watauga's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
7 fewer nights
1970s
33 / yr
Recent
26 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+0.9°F
1970s
65.9°F
Recent
66.8°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
7 more days
1970s
88 / yr
Recent
95 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
6 more days
1970s
78 / yr
Recent
84 / yr
Wetter on average

Watauga's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1995 to 2025.

63°65°67°69°1995: 65.3°F1996: 65.5°F1997: 64.3°F1998: 66.2°F1999: 67.8°F2000: 66.4°F2001: 66.6°F2002: 64.1°F2003: 67.3°F2004: 66.0°F2005: 67.6°F2006: 68.7°F2007: 66.0°F2008: 66.5°F2009: 66.1°F2010: 66.3°F2011: 68.5°F2012: 69.0°F2013: 65.9°F2014: 65.7°F2015: 66.9°F2016: 68.0°F2017: 67.6°F2018: 65.5°F2019: 65.2°F2020: 65.9°F2021: 65.9°F2022: 66.6°F2023: 68.0°F2024: 68.2°F2025: 67.2°Flong-term trend19952000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 3 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

-3.5°-3.0°-2.5°-2.0°-1.5°-1.0°-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°January: -1.4°F-1.4JFebruary: -3.4°F-3.4FMarch: +0.9°F+0.9MApril: +0.7°F+0.7AMay: -1.2°F-1.2MJune: -0.3°F-0.3JJuly: -1.1°F-1.1JAugust: -0.8°F-0.8ASeptember: -0.9°F-0.9SOctober: -1.3°F-1.3ONovember: +0.0°F+0.0NDecember: +0.5°F+0.5D

February has cooled the most — about 3.4°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at FT Worth Wsfo (NOAA GHCN station USC00413285), about 5 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →