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Weather extremes

How extreme does Greensboro's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Greensboro has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Greensboro Wtp station 2 km away. Updated through November 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Greensboro has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Jul 8, 1977

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Greensboro (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jul 8, 1977
2 102°F Jun 29, 2012
3 101°F Jul 7, 1977
❄️ Coldest night
-1°F Jan 16, 1972

About 31°F colder than a normal January night in Greensboro (typical low near 30°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -1°F Jan 16, 1972
2 1°F Jan 17, 1977
3 3°F Jan 17, 1972
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.50 in Sep 8, 1977

More rain in a single day than Greensboro usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 4.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.50 in Sep 8, 1977
2 5.47 in Sep 22, 1979
3 4.90 in Aug 8, 2024
Most snow in one day
10.2 in Feb 18, 1979

The three most extreme on record

1 10.2 in Feb 18, 1979
2 7.0 in Dec 17, 1973
3 7.0 in Feb 12, 2014

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Greensboro's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 14°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

In a normal year, Greensboro's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −1°F. A single day has delivered over 6 inches of rain or close to 10 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at High PT (NOAA GHCN station USC00314063), about 20 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →