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Cape Hatteras, NC

35.232°N, 75.622°W · station HSEthr · 134 years of record
75°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Cape Hatteras.
78°WED9/279°THU9/378°FRI9/478°SAT9/576°SUN9/675°MON9/775°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#93 / 132
coldest Sep 7 in 132 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

56°F
set in 1967

Mildest Sep 7 ever

81°F
set in 2023
Forecast low 75°F — 93rd coldest Sep 7 of 132 years · record 56°F (1967) · coldest since 2025.
1893: 76°F1894: 75°F1895: 77°F1896: 75°F1897: 71°F1898: 75°F1899: 79°F1900: 76°F1901: 75°F1902: 74°F1903: 70°F1904: 68°F1905: 70°F1906: 71°F1907: 70°F1908: 73°F1909: 69°F1910: 75°F1911: 74°F1912: 76°F1913: 72°F1914: 74°F1915: 75°F1916: 73°F1917: 76°F1918: 70°F1919: 70°F1920: 71°F1921: 73°F1922: 71°F1923: 73°F1924: 61°F1925: 72°F1926: 74°F1927: 69°F1928: 71°F1929: 76°F1930: 75°F1931: 72°F1932: 75°F1933: 73°F1934: 73°F1935: 72°F1936: 71°F1937: 75°F1938: 75°F1939: 71°F1940: 65°F1941: 77°F1942: 74°F1943: 78°F1944: 76°F1945: 74°F1946: 73°F1947: 76°F1948: 74°F1949: 73°F1950: 71°F1951: 74°F1952: 71°F1953: 71°F1954: 77°F1955: 73°F1956: 75°F1957: 73°F1958: 65°F1959: 72°F1960: 70°F1961: 74°F1962: 68°F1963: 68°F1964: 72°F1965: 66°F1966: 62°F1967: 56°F1968: 72°F1969: 74°F1970: 70°F1971: 68°F1972: 69°F1973: 77°F1974: 75°F1975: 74°F1976: 65°F1977: 76°F1978: 61°F1979: 75°F1980: 68°F1981: 69°F1982: 65°F1983: 80°F1984: 68°F1985: 73°F1986: 71°F1987: 77°F1988: 65°F1989: 72°F1990: 76°F1991: 72°F1992: 71°F1993: 74°F1994: 68°F1995: 73°F1996: 78°F1997: 69°F1998: 77°F1999: 75°F2000: 69°F2001: 70°F2002: 73°F2003: 73°F2004: 73°F2005: 71°F2006: 69°F2007: 71°F2008: 80°F2009: 70°F2010: 69°F2011: 80°F2012: 74°F2013: 62°F2014: 72°F2015: 75°F2016: 72°F2017: 64°F2018: 75°F2020: 76°F2021: 75°F2022: 74°F2023: 81°F2024: 71°F2025: 70°F75° forecast556065707580851900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 775°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record56°F
This-date rank#93 of 132
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record6°F (1985)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan75°FJan 4, 19726°FJan 21, 1985
Feb76°FFeb 22, 197111°FFeb 8, 1895
Mar82°FMar 23, 190719°FMar 2, 1967
Apr89°FApr 23, 198526°FApr 2, 1964
May91°FMay 31, 198839°FMay 14, 1895
Jun97°FJun 27, 195244°FJun 3, 1966
Jul96°FJul 10, 199252°FJul 5, 1895
Aug94°FAug 7, 196856°FAug 18, 1979
Sep93°FSep 10, 201845°FSep 30, 1970
Oct92°FOct 5, 201832°FOct 28, 1979
Nov81°FNov 1, 197122°FNov 17, 1967
Dec78°FDec 1, 199112°FDec 25, 1983
All-time97°FJun 27, 19526°FJan 21, 1985

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

2 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

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

83°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 1, 1999

Coldest high ever

17°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 25, 1983
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan68°FJan 1, 202221°FJan 21, 1985
Feb65°FFeb 15, 198924°FFeb 20, 2015
Mar68°FMar 17, 199033°FMar 9, 1996
Apr73°FApr 29, 201739°FApr 1, 1923
May78°FMay 31, 201151°FMay 30, 1895
Jun82°FJun 27, 195258°FJun 1, 1967
Jul83°FJul 18, 202069°FJul 4, 1933
Aug83°FAug 1, 199971°FAug 26, 1921
Sep82°FSep 3, 202061°FSep 25, 1950
Oct79°FOct 9, 201850°FOct 21, 1974
Nov73°FNov 6, 200334°FNov 27, 1903
Dec71°FDec 24, 201517°FDec 25, 1983
All-time83°FAug 1, 199917°FDec 25, 1983

Cold Streaks

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Cape Hatteras's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 72°F · forecast is +3° vs normal.
Jan: 54°FJan: 40°FFeb: 55°FFeb: 41°FMar: 60°FMar: 46°FApr: 68°FApr: 54°FMay: 75°FMay: 62°FJun: 83°FJun: 70°FJul: 86°FJul: 75°FAug: 86°FAug: 74°FSep: 81°FSep: 70°FOct: 74°FOct: 61°FNov: 64°FNov: 51°FDec: 58°FDec: 44°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:35 AM
Sunset6:30 PM
Solar noon12:02 PM
Daylight12h 55m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

35.23°N, 75.62°W

Nearby Stations

Elizabeth City, NC77 mi NWNew Bern, NC81 mi WNorfolk, VA119 mi NWilmington, NC145 mi SWRaleigh, NC183 mi WRichmond, VA183 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Cape Hatteras, NC — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Cape Hatteras, NC — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

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.
Cape Hatteras, NC daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Cape Hatteras — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
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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