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Weather extremes
How extreme does Kinston's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kinston 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 Kinston 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 Kinston (typical high near 91°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 64°F colder than a normal January night in Kinston (typical low near 35°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Kinston usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 6.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical February's snow in one day (Kinston averages about 0 in across the month).
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.
Kinston's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°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 Kinston AG Rsch (NOAA GHCN station USC00314689), about 4 km from the city centre.