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Fayetteville, NC

34.989°N, 78.880°W · station FAYthr · 117 years of record
67°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Fayetteville.
74°WED9/275°THU9/375°FRI9/474°SAT9/571°SUN9/668°MON9/767°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#56 / 114
coldest Sep 8 in 114 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

48°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 8 ever

75°F
set in 1990
Forecast low 67°F — 56th coldest Sep 8 of 114 years · record 48°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1910: 70°F1911: 69°F1912: 69°F1913: 68°F1914: 69°F1915: 71°F1916: 70°F1917: 72°F1918: 61°F1919: 64°F1920: 67°F1921: 69°F1922: 65°F1923: 71°F1924: 48°F1925: 74°F1926: 68°F1927: 67°F1928: 60°F1929: 70°F1930: 70°F1931: 61°F1932: 66°F1933: 70°F1934: 65°F1935: 72°F1936: 61°F1937: 70°F1938: 71°F1939: 63°F1940: 60°F1941: 64°F1942: 72°F1943: 69°F1944: 70°F1945: 69°F1947: 68°F1948: 68°F1949: 63°F1950: 63°F1951: 55°F1952: 54°F1953: 55°F1954: 67°F1955: 66°F1956: 69°F1957: 65°F1958: 64°F1959: 70°F1960: 67°F1961: 70°F1962: 61°F1963: 59°F1964: 60°F1965: 50°F1966: 57°F1967: 56°F1968: 65°F1969: 68°F1970: 60°F1971: 64°F1972: 56°F1973: 73°F1974: 64°F1975: 68°F1976: 58°F1977: 71°F1978: 64°F1979: 65°F1980: 67°F1981: 66°F1982: 54°F1983: 73°F1984: 54°F1985: 72°F1986: 60°F1987: 73°F1988: 53°F1989: 64°F1990: 75°F1991: 63°F1992: 70°F1993: 69°F1994: 59°F1995: 67°F1997: 59°F1998: 61°F1999: 71°F2000: 61°F2001: 62°F2002: 64°F2003: 66°F2004: 72°F2005: 64°F2006: 69°F2007: 63°F2008: 72°F2009: 67°F2010: 70°F2011: 66°F2012: 72°F2013: 65°F2014: 70°F2015: 70°F2016: 71°F2017: 55°F2018: 71°F2019: 73°F2020: 60°F2021: 72°F2022: 67°F2023: 68°F2024: 68°F2025: 61°F67° forecast45505560657075191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 867°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record48°F
This-date rank#56 of 114
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-1°F (1985)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1910–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Fayetteville in each calendar month, and for the whole 1910–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan81°FJan 27, 1950-1°FJan 21, 1985
Feb85°FFeb 25, 19301°FFeb 1, 1936
Mar91°FMar 17, 194514°FMar 3, 1980
Apr96°FApr 12, 193022°FApr 10, 1996
May102°FMay 23, 194134°FMay 11, 1966
Jun106°FJun 29, 201244°FJun 16, 1933
Jul107°FJul 22, 193251°FJul 5, 1933
Aug107°FAug 9, 200746°FAug 30, 1965
Sep106°FSep 18, 193140°FSep 25, 1950
Oct101°FOct 7, 195421°FOct 27, 1962
Nov89°FNov 21, 199115°FNov 26, 1950
Dec86°FDec 20, 19312°FDec 30, 1917
All-time107°FJul 22, 1932-1°FJan 21, 1985

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Fayetteville so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 3 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

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 21, 1928

Coldest high ever

18°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 30, 1917
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan66°FJan 15, 193719°FJan 20, 1994
Feb66°FFeb 11, 201821°FFeb 5, 1996
Mar68°FMar 20, 194322°FMar 3, 1980
Apr73°FApr 28, 201736°FApr 3, 1915
May79°FMay 28, 194350°FMay 5, 1957
Jun84°FJun 21, 192857°FJun 2, 1967
Jul82°FJul 22, 201768°FJul 9, 1950
Aug82°FAug 5, 193564°FAug 27, 1927
Sep77°FSep 12, 192558°FSep 24, 1995
Oct76°FOct 9, 201747°FOct 14, 1977
Nov73°FNov 22, 199136°FNov 23, 1929
Dec69°FDec 3, 199118°FDec 30, 1917
All-time84°FJun 21, 192818°FDec 30, 1917

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

46 days
record run, ended Feb 15 1981

So far in 2026

39 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Fayetteville's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 66°F · forecast is +1° vs normal.
Jan: 54°FJan: 33°FFeb: 58°FFeb: 36°FMar: 66°FMar: 42°FApr: 75°FApr: 50°FMay: 82°FMay: 59°FJun: 89°FJun: 68°FJul: 92°FJul: 72°FAug: 90°FAug: 70°FSep: 84°FSep: 64°FOct: 75°FOct: 52°FNov: 65°FNov: 42°FDec: 57°FDec: 36°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:48 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Solar noon12:15 PM
Daylight12h 55m · losing 14 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.99°N, 78.88°W

Nearby Stations

Lumberton, NC28 mi SWRaleigh, NC62 mi NWilmington, NC74 mi SEMyrtle Beach, SC81 mi SGreensboro, NC97 mi NWNew Bern, NC103 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

Fayetteville's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Fayetteville, NC — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Fayetteville's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Fayetteville, NC — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1910

Each cell is one day's low at Fayetteville, coloured by temperature — 117 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Fayetteville, NC daily low heat map 1910–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Fayetteville — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
39 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 50th most in 117 years. Normal for this point: 38. Record: 72 in 1981.

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