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Raleigh, NC

35.892°N, 78.782°W · station RDUthr · 140 years of record
71°F
forecast high · Oct 23

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Raleigh.
55°SAT10/1758°SUN10/1861°MON10/1967°TUE10/2067°WED10/2167°THU10/2271°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Raleigh — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.

Ranks

#63 / 139
warmest Oct 23 in 139 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 23 ever

88°F
set in 1941

Coolest Oct 23 ever

45°F
set in 1923
Forecast high 71°F — 63rd warmest Oct 23 of 139 years · record 88°F (1941) · warmest since 2025.
1887: 63°F1888: 61°F1889: 62°F1890: 66°F1891: 58°F1892: 69°F1893: 70°F1894: 70°F1895: 71°F1896: 65°F1897: 64°F1898: 58°F1899: 72°F1900: 81°F1901: 83°F1902: 74°F1903: 74°F1904: 64°F1905: 64°F1906: 66°F1907: 75°F1908: 63°F1909: 80°F1910: 65°F1911: 64°F1912: 68°F1913: 64°F1914: 66°F1915: 73°F1916: 59°F1917: 67°F1918: 68°F1919: 75°F1920: 85°F1921: 79°F1922: 70°F1923: 45°F1924: 55°F1925: 59°F1926: 67°F1927: 84°F1928: 75°F1929: 67°F1930: 56°F1931: 75°F1932: 72°F1933: 76°F1934: 70°F1935: 84°F1936: 83°F1937: 57°F1938: 68°F1939: 76°F1940: 65°F1941: 88°F1942: 79°F1943: 71°F1944: 62°F1945: 75°F1946: 73°F1947: 84°F1948: 57°F1949: 75°F1950: 72°F1951: 76°F1952: 67°F1953: 75°F1954: 74°F1955: 70°F1956: 76°F1957: 76°F1958: 71°F1959: 70°F1960: 61°F1961: 67°F1962: 76°F1963: 63°F1964: 75°F1965: 70°F1966: 79°F1967: 68°F1968: 78°F1969: 52°F1970: 74°F1971: 69°F1972: 68°F1973: 76°F1974: 72°F1975: 80°F1976: 63°F1977: 71°F1978: 84°F1979: 80°F1980: 75°F1981: 74°F1982: 52°F1983: 67°F1984: 79°F1985: 72°F1986: 78°F1987: 65°F1988: 62°F1989: 69°F1990: 77°F1991: 80°F1992: 67°F1993: 65°F1994: 79°F1995: 73°F1996: 80°F1997: 60°F1998: 63°F1999: 59°F2000: 79°F2001: 85°F2002: 71°F2003: 61°F2004: 66°F2005: 68°F2006: 57°F2007: 83°F2008: 60°F2009: 81°F2010: 74°F2011: 69°F2012: 74°F2013: 67°F2014: 70°F2015: 79°F2016: 64°F2017: 76°F2018: 66°F2019: 69°F2020: 81°F2021: 73°F2022: 70°F2023: 69°F2024: 79°F2025: 71°F71° forecast4550556065707580859018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 2371°F
Hottest this date since2025
This-date record88°F
This-date rank#63 of 139
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record106°F (2024)
Odds to tie/break—
Period of record1887–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan80°FJan 30, 2002-9°FJan 21, 1985
Feb85°FFeb 23, 2023-2°FFeb 14, 1899
Mar94°FMar 29, 190711°FMar 6, 1960
Apr95°FApr 18, 189623°FApr 1, 1923
May99°FMay 28, 194129°FMay 2, 1963
Jun105°FJun 29, 201238°FJun 8, 1977
Jul106°FJul 5, 202448°FJul 2, 1975
Aug105°FAug 18, 198846°FAug 30, 1965
Sep104°FSep 6, 195437°FSep 26, 1950
Oct100°FOct 3, 201919°FOct 27, 1962
Nov88°FNov 1, 195011°FNov 25, 1970
Dec81°FDec 10, 20070°FDec 30, 1917
All-time106°FJul 5, 2024-9°FJan 21, 1985

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Raleigh so far this year — through Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

16 broke
plus 7 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 17, 1887

Coldest high ever

10°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 13, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan64°FJan 7, 191317°FJan 16, 1972
Feb66°FFeb 18, 189110°FFeb 13, 1899
Mar69°FMar 29, 202020°FMar 2, 1980
Apr73°FApr 4, 202534°FApr 1, 1887
May74°FMay 28, 191449°FMay 4, 1946
Jun80°FJun 30, 193657°FJun 5, 1926
Jul80°FJul 17, 188763°FJul 5, 1892
Aug79°FAug 3, 193558°FAug 29, 1891
Sep78°FSep 3, 193353°FSep 28, 1984
Oct75°FOct 10, 201742°FOct 31, 1887
Nov68°FNov 19, 190629°FNov 30, 1929
Dec69°FDec 2, 199116°FDec 30, 1917
All-time80°FJul 17, 188710°FFeb 13, 1899

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

24 days
record run, ended Aug 6 1995

So far in 2026

80 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Raleigh's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 70°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Jan: 52°FJan: 32°FFeb: 56°FFeb: 34°FMar: 63°FMar: 40°FApr: 72°FApr: 48°FMay: 80°FMay: 57°FJun: 87°FJun: 66°FJul: 90°FJul: 70°FAug: 88°FAug: 68°FSep: 82°FSep: 62°FOct: 73°FOct: 50°FNov: 63°FNov: 40°FDec: 54°FDec: 34°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise6:22 AM
Sunset5:38 PM
Solar noon12:00 PM
Daylight11h 16m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

35.89°N, 78.78°W

Nearby Stations

Danville, VA56 mi NWFayetteville, NC62 mi SGreensboro, NC66 mi WLumberton, NC90 mi SLynchburg, VA101 mi NNew Bern, NC112 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Raleigh, NC — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

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.
Raleigh, NC — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1887

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.
Raleigh, NC daily high heat map 1887–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Raleigh — counted through Oct 23 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
80 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 5th most in 140 years. Normal for this point: 44. Record: 91 in 2010.

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