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Cape Hatteras, NC 35.232°N, 75.622°W · station HSEthr · 134 years of record
79°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Cape Hatteras.
79° TUE 7/14 79° WED 7/15 81° THU 7/16 82° FRI 7/17 82° SAT 7/18 82° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #132 / 133
coldest Jul 14 in 133 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever 57°F
set in 1978
Mildest Jul 14 ever 80°F
set in 1986
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Cape Hatteras. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
57 68 80 1893: 74°F 1894: 75°F 1895: 72°F 1896: 76°F 1897: 75°F 1898: 73°F 1899: 74°F 1900: 70°F 1901: 72°F 1902: 70°F 1903: 67°F 1904: 71°F 1905: 74°F 1906: 70°F 1907: 70°F 1908: 77°F 1909: 75°F 1910: 73°F 1911: 72°F 1912: 73°F 1913: 77°F 1914: 72°F 1915: 74°F 1916: 78°F 1917: 76°F 1918: 67°F 1919: 74°F 1920: 71°F 1921: 71°F 1922: 68°F 1923: 70°F 1924: 76°F 1925: 72°F 1926: 70°F 1927: 75°F 1928: 70°F 1929: 73°F 1930: 73°F 1931: 75°F 1932: 67°F 1933: 69°F 1934: 78°F 1935: 70°F 1936: 66°F 1937: 75°F 1938: 77°F 1939: 71°F 1940: 68°F 1941: 74°F 1942: 78°F 1943: 75°F 1944: 78°F 1945: 75°F 1946: 78°F 1947: 76°F 1948: 74°F 1949: 75°F 1950: 75°F 1951: 76°F 1952: 74°F 1953: 71°F 1954: 77°F 1955: 71°F 1956: 74°F 1957: 75°F 1958: 77°F 1959: 70°F 1960: 68°F 1961: 76°F 1962: 76°F 1963: 67°F 1964: 77°F 1965: 74°F 1966: 78°F 1967: 73°F 1968: 74°F 1969: 64°F 1970: 65°F 1971: 74°F 1972: 73°F 1973: 72°F 1974: 68°F 1975: 75°F 1976: 73°F 1977: 79°F 1978: 57°F 1979: 77°F 1980: 76°F 1981: 78°F 1982: 71°F 1983: 68°F 1984: 75°F 1985: 73°F 1986: 80°F 1987: 73°F 1988: 77°F 1989: 69°F 1990: 77°F 1991: 78°F 1992: 78°F 1993: 80°F 1994: 77°F 1995: 78°F 1996: 74°F 1997: 65°F 1998: 72°F 1999: 72°F 2000: 72°F 2001: 62°F 2002: 73°F 2003: 69°F 2004: 71°F 2005: 73°F 2006: 78°F 2007: 74°F 2008: 76°F 2009: 71°F 2010: 71°F 2011: 76°F 2012: 76°F 2013: 77°F 2014: 79°F 2015: 74°F 2016: 75°F 2017: 78°F 2018: 68°F 2019: 79°F 2020: 75°F 2021: 78°F 2022: 75°F 2023: 73°F 2024: 76°F 2025: 74°F 79° forecast 1893 2025 1978 Forecast low · Jul 14 79°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 57°F This-date rank #132 of 133
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record 6°F (1985) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Cape Hatteras in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 75°F 1972 6°F 1985 Feb 76°F 1971 11°F 1895 Mar 82°F 1907 19°F 1967 Apr 89°F 1985 26°F 1964 May 91°F 1988 39°F 1895 Jun 97°F 1952 44°F 1966 Jul 96°F 1992 52°F 1895 Aug 94°F 1968 56°F 1979 Sep 93°F 2018 45°F 1970 Oct 92°F 2018 32°F 1979 Nov 81°F 1971 22°F 1967 Dec 78°F 1991 12°F 1983 All-time 97°F 1952 6°F 1985
Records set or tied at Cape Hatteras so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 1 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 18 days
record run, ended Jan 23 1893
So far in 2026 21 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Cape Hatteras's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 75°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 54°F Jan: 40°F Feb: 55°F Feb: 41°F Mar: 60°F Mar: 46°F Apr: 68°F Apr: 54°F May: 75°F May: 62°F Jun: 83°F Jun: 70°F Jul: 86°F Jul: 75°F Aug: 86°F Aug: 74°F Sep: 81°F Sep: 70°F Oct: 74°F Oct: 61°F Nov: 64°F Nov: 51°F Dec: 58°F Dec: 44°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:58 AM Sunset 7:18 PM Solar noon 12:08 PM Daylight 14h 21m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.23°N, 75.62°W Cape Hatteras'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.
Every day this year against Cape Hatteras's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Cape Hatteras, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Cape Hatteras — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
21 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 31st most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 15 . Record: 47 in 1981.
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