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Charlotte, NC 35.222°N, 80.954°W · station CLTthr · 149 years of record
95°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Charlotte.
77° MON 7/13 83° TUE 7/14 90° WED 7/15 94° THU 7/16 95° FRI 7/17 94° SAT 7/18 93° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #23 / 147
warmest Jul 17 in 147 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 100°F
set in 1887
Coolest Jul 17 ever 74°F
set in 1989
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Charlotte. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
74 87 100 1879: 97°F 1880: 90°F 1881: 96°F 1882: 86°F 1883: 94°F 1884: 88°F 1885: 90°F 1886: 85°F 1887: 100°F 1888: 86°F 1889: 88°F 1890: 94°F 1891: 86°F 1892: 89°F 1893: 95°F 1894: 85°F 1895: 92°F 1896: 89°F 1897: 81°F 1898: 95°F 1899: 97°F 1900: 92°F 1901: 88°F 1902: 95°F 1903: 86°F 1904: 91°F 1905: 89°F 1906: 85°F 1907: 87°F 1908: 83°F 1909: 88°F 1910: 86°F 1911: 84°F 1912: 89°F 1913: 93°F 1914: 83°F 1915: 95°F 1916: 79°F 1917: 83°F 1918: 90°F 1919: 83°F 1920: 85°F 1921: 84°F 1922: 90°F 1923: 84°F 1924: 90°F 1925: 91°F 1926: 85°F 1927: 90°F 1928: 90°F 1929: 85°F 1930: 78°F 1931: 98°F 1932: 96°F 1933: 75°F 1934: 94°F 1935: 82°F 1936: 89°F 1937: 97°F 1938: 95°F 1939: 91°F 1940: 89°F 1941: 89°F 1942: 96°F 1943: 96°F 1944: 91°F 1945: 80°F 1946: 80°F 1947: 87°F 1948: 90°F 1949: 85°F 1950: 89°F 1951: 94°F 1952: 90°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 84°F 1955: 97°F 1956: 90°F 1957: 94°F 1958: 92°F 1959: 82°F 1960: 89°F 1961: 89°F 1962: 91°F 1963: 88°F 1964: 89°F 1965: 90°F 1966: 86°F 1967: 83°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 92°F 1970: 88°F 1971: 88°F 1972: 88°F 1973: 81°F 1974: 87°F 1975: 79°F 1976: 92°F 1977: 97°F 1978: 89°F 1979: 90°F 1980: 99°F 1981: 88°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 94°F 1984: 86°F 1985: 88°F 1986: 100°F 1987: 87°F 1988: 99°F 1989: 74°F 1990: 90°F 1991: 87°F 1992: 89°F 1993: 95°F 1994: 91°F 1995: 92°F 1996: 87°F 1997: 91°F 1998: 91°F 1999: 86°F 2000: 88°F 2001: 89°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 88°F 2004: 84°F 2005: 90°F 2006: 92°F 2007: 91°F 2008: 88°F 2009: 93°F 2010: 93°F 2011: 86°F 2012: 94°F 2013: 90°F 2014: 84°F 2015: 94°F 2016: 87°F 2017: 89°F 2018: 90°F 2019: 97°F 2020: 91°F 2021: 94°F 2022: 92°F 2023: 89°F 2024: 97°F 2025: 94°F 95° forecast 1879 1887 2025 Forecast high · Jul 17 95°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 100°F This-date rank #23 of 147
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 104°F (1954) Odds to tie/break 8.0% (daily) Period of record 1878–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Charlotte in each calendar month, and for the whole 1878–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 79°F 1944 -5°F 1985 Feb 83°F 2026 -5°F 1899 Mar 91°F 1907 4°F 1980 Apr 96°F 1925 21°F 2007 May 98°F 1941 32°F 1963 Jun 104°F 2012 45°F 1889 Jul 104°F 2012 53°F 1961 Aug 104°F 2007 50°F 2004 Sep 104°F 1954 38°F 1888 Oct 99°F 2019 24°F 1962 Nov 85°F 1961 11°F 1950 Dec 80°F 2007 -5°F 1880 All-time 104°F 1954 -5°F 1880
Records set or tied at Charlotte so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 6 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Feb (83°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 33 days
record run, ended Jul 30 1993
So far in 2026 29 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Charlotte's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 90°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 52°F Jan: 32°F Feb: 56°F Feb: 35°F Mar: 64°F Mar: 41°F Apr: 73°F Apr: 49°F May: 80°F May: 58°F Jun: 87°F Jun: 66°F Jul: 90°F Jul: 70°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 69°F Sep: 83°F Sep: 63°F Oct: 73°F Oct: 50°F Nov: 63°F Nov: 40°F Dec: 55°F Dec: 34°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:19 AM Sunset 7:40 PM Solar noon 12:29 PM Daylight 14h 20m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.22°N, 80.95°W Charlotte's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Charlotte's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Charlotte, coloured by temperature — 149 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Charlotte — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
29 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 18th most in 149 years. Normal for this point: 18 . Record: 39 in 1925.
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