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Elizabeth City, NC 36.258°N, 76.172°W · station ECGthr · 93 years of record
97°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 1995
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Elizabeth City.
82° MON 7/13 86° TUE 7/14 93° WED 7/15 97° THU 7/16 94° FRI 7/17 94° SAT 7/18 93° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #3 / 91
warmest Jul 16 in 91 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 98°F
set in 1937
Coolest Jul 16 ever 77°F
set in 1946
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Elizabeth City. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
77 88 98 1934: 96°F 1936: 96°F 1937: 98°F 1938: 91°F 1939: 84°F 1940: 83°F 1941: 85°F 1942: 96°F 1943: 96°F 1944: 86°F 1945: 88°F 1946: 77°F 1947: 85°F 1948: 79°F 1949: 85°F 1950: 85°F 1951: 89°F 1952: 89°F 1953: 93°F 1954: 80°F 1955: 94°F 1956: 86°F 1957: 83°F 1958: 92°F 1959: 85°F 1960: 78°F 1961: 92°F 1962: 87°F 1963: 91°F 1964: 93°F 1965: 84°F 1966: 81°F 1967: 82°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 89°F 1970: 91°F 1971: 84°F 1972: 89°F 1973: 80°F 1974: 86°F 1975: 85°F 1976: 95°F 1977: 90°F 1978: 82°F 1979: 87°F 1980: 88°F 1981: 82°F 1982: 86°F 1983: 97°F 1984: 86°F 1985: 90°F 1986: 90°F 1987: 83°F 1988: 91°F 1989: 82°F 1990: 89°F 1991: 86°F 1992: 97°F 1993: 86°F 1994: 94°F 1995: 98°F 1996: 89°F 1997: 95°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 85°F 2000: 79°F 2001: 88°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 90°F 2004: 89°F 2005: 91°F 2006: 88°F 2007: 89°F 2008: 83°F 2009: 89°F 2010: 92°F 2011: 85°F 2012: 93°F 2013: 94°F 2014: 79°F 2015: 82°F 2016: 93°F 2017: 87°F 2018: 89°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 90°F 2021: 92°F 2022: 87°F 2023: 91°F 2024: 95°F 2025: 90°F 97° forecast 1934 1937 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 97°F Hottest this date since 1995 This-date record 98°F This-date rank #3 of 91
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 107°F (1942) Odds to tie/break 4.0% (daily) Period of record 1934–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Elizabeth City in each calendar month, and for the whole 1934–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 80°F 1937 -2°F 1985 Feb 85°F 2023 5°F 1996 Mar 92°F 1945 11°F 1993 Apr 95°F 1985 26°F 1985 May 101°F 1941 30°F 1997 Jun 102°F 1939 43°F 1997 Jul 107°F 1942 51°F 1978 Aug 103°F 1980 49°F 1965 Sep 98°F 1944 40°F 1943 Oct 96°F 2019 26°F 1962 Nov 90°F 1989 19°F 1937 Dec 81°F 1978 5°F 1989 All-time 107°F 1942 -2°F 1985
Records set or tied at Elizabeth City so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 2 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 3 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 33 days
record run, ended Aug 4 1942
So far in 2026 23 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Elizabeth City's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +8° vs normal .
Jan: 52°F Jan: 33°F Feb: 55°F Feb: 35°F Mar: 62°F Mar: 40°F Apr: 71°F Apr: 49°F May: 78°F May: 58°F Jun: 85°F Jun: 67°F Jul: 89°F Jul: 71°F Aug: 87°F Aug: 70°F Sep: 82°F Sep: 65°F Oct: 74°F Oct: 53°F Nov: 64°F Nov: 43°F Dec: 56°F Dec: 36°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:57 AM Sunset 7:23 PM Solar noon 12:10 PM Daylight 14h 26m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 36.26°N, 76.17°W Elizabeth City'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 Elizabeth City'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 Elizabeth City, coloured by temperature — 93 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 Elizabeth City — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
23 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 16th most in 93 years. Normal for this point: 16 . Record: 38 in 1944.
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