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Raleigh, NC 35.892°N, 78.782°W · station RDUthr · 140 years of record
100°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Raleigh.
77° MON 7/13 87° TUE 7/14 95° WED 7/15 100° THU 7/16 99° FRI 7/17 97° SAT 7/18 97° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #4 / 139
warmest Jul 16 in 139 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 101°F
set in 1887
Coolest Jul 16 ever 73°F
set in 1930
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Raleigh. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
73 87 101 1887: 101°F 1888: 84°F 1889: 79°F 1890: 91°F 1891: 83°F 1892: 94°F 1893: 98°F 1894: 87°F 1895: 88°F 1896: 94°F 1897: 86°F 1898: 91°F 1899: 95°F 1900: 96°F 1901: 80°F 1902: 93°F 1903: 82°F 1904: 89°F 1905: 92°F 1906: 90°F 1907: 88°F 1908: 91°F 1909: 92°F 1910: 92°F 1911: 87°F 1912: 90°F 1913: 88°F 1914: 89°F 1915: 97°F 1916: 80°F 1917: 91°F 1918: 89°F 1919: 90°F 1920: 89°F 1921: 84°F 1922: 86°F 1923: 85°F 1924: 85°F 1925: 94°F 1926: 83°F 1927: 88°F 1928: 85°F 1929: 80°F 1930: 73°F 1931: 96°F 1932: 98°F 1933: 90°F 1934: 98°F 1935: 83°F 1936: 96°F 1937: 100°F 1938: 95°F 1939: 85°F 1940: 85°F 1941: 82°F 1942: 89°F 1943: 97°F 1944: 86°F 1945: 75°F 1946: 81°F 1947: 85°F 1948: 79°F 1949: 86°F 1950: 89°F 1951: 96°F 1952: 91°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 85°F 1955: 93°F 1956: 89°F 1957: 91°F 1958: 91°F 1959: 84°F 1960: 84°F 1961: 91°F 1962: 95°F 1963: 90°F 1964: 89°F 1965: 88°F 1966: 85°F 1967: 83°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 86°F 1970: 89°F 1971: 87°F 1972: 89°F 1973: 84°F 1974: 87°F 1975: 87°F 1976: 99°F 1977: 96°F 1978: 79°F 1979: 89°F 1980: 89°F 1981: 83°F 1982: 89°F 1983: 98°F 1984: 87°F 1985: 91°F 1986: 93°F 1987: 87°F 1988: 95°F 1989: 81°F 1990: 89°F 1991: 86°F 1992: 92°F 1993: 88°F 1994: 93°F 1995: 94°F 1996: 88°F 1997: 97°F 1998: 92°F 1999: 88°F 2000: 87°F 2001: 92°F 2002: 94°F 2003: 93°F 2004: 88°F 2005: 93°F 2006: 91°F 2007: 92°F 2008: 87°F 2009: 91°F 2010: 97°F 2011: 89°F 2012: 94°F 2013: 94°F 2014: 80°F 2015: 86°F 2016: 95°F 2017: 91°F 2018: 95°F 2019: 96°F 2020: 94°F 2021: 93°F 2022: 90°F 2023: 92°F 2024: 101°F 2025: 94°F 100° forecast 1887 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 100°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 101°F This-date rank #4 of 139
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 106°F (2024) Odds to tie/break 2.0% (daily) Period of record 1887–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Raleigh in each calendar month, and for the whole 1887–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 80°F 2002 -9°F 1985 Feb 85°F 2023 -2°F 1899 Mar 94°F 1907 11°F 1960 Apr 95°F 1896 23°F 1923 May 99°F 1941 29°F 1963 Jun 105°F 2012 38°F 1977 Jul 106°F 2024 48°F 1975 Aug 105°F 1988 46°F 1965 Sep 104°F 1954 37°F 1950 Oct 100°F 2019 19°F 1962 Nov 88°F 1950 11°F 1970 Dec 84°F 2024 0°F 1917 All-time 106°F 2024 -9°F 1985
Records set or tied at Raleigh so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 12 broke
plus 6 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 12 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 24 days
record run, ended Aug 6 1995
So far in 2026 38 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Raleigh's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 91°F · forecast is +9° vs normal .
Jan: 52°F Jan: 32°F Feb: 56°F Feb: 34°F Mar: 63°F Mar: 40°F Apr: 72°F Apr: 48°F May: 80°F May: 57°F Jun: 87°F Jun: 66°F Jul: 90°F Jul: 70°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 68°F Sep: 82°F Sep: 62°F Oct: 73°F Oct: 50°F Nov: 63°F Nov: 40°F Dec: 54°F Dec: 34°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:09 AM Sunset 7:33 PM Solar noon 12:21 PM Daylight 14h 24m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.89°N, 78.78°W Raleigh'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 Raleigh'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 Raleigh, coloured by temperature — 140 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 Raleigh — 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°
38 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 3rd most in 140 years. Normal for this point: 19 . Record: 41 in 2011.
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