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Weather extremes

How extreme does Matthews's weather get?

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

Based on 27 years of daily weather observations (1999–present), from the Monroe Ap station 15 km away. Updated through May 2026 — 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 Matthews has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
105°F Aug 9, 2007

That is about 16°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Matthews (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Aug 9, 2007
2 105°F Jun 29, 2012
3 105°F Jul 1, 2012
❄️ Coldest night
7°F Jan 7, 2018

About 25°F colder than a normal January night in Matthews (typical low near 32°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 7°F Jan 7, 2018
2 8°F Feb 20, 2015
3 8°F Jan 5, 2018
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.10 in Sep 9, 2023

More rain in a single day than Matthews usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 3.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.10 in Sep 9, 2023recent
2 4.63 in Aug 18, 2015
3 4.06 in Jun 28, 2005

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.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 105°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Matthews's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 105°F is about 16°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, Matthews's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as 7°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. 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 Monroe 2 SE (NOAA GHCN station USC00315771), about 24 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →