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10 official all-time records
The official all-time extremes for North Carolina, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 110°F at Fayetteville to -34°F at Mount Mitchell.
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 110°F | August 21, 1983 | Fayetteville | 93740 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| -34°F | January 21, 1985 | Mount Mitchell | 315923 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 22.22 inches | July 15, 1916 to July 16, 1916 | Altapass | 310160 | E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
Maximum Annual Precipitation Total
| Record | Date | Where | Station | Status |
|---|
| 36 inches | March 13, 1993 | Mt. Mitchell | 315923 | N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values. |
In May 2016, the SCEC considered a reported 41-inch snowfall event observed in January 2016 at Mt. Mitchell (GHCN-D identifier USC00315923). The value was determined to be invalid, and the existing record of 36 inches set in March 1993 was thereby upheld.