North Carolina · THREADEX · 1887–2026
Raleigh, NC
35.892°N, 78.782°W · station RDUthr · 140 years of record
66°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2018
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Raleigh.
This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks
#18 / 139
coldest Jul 14 in 139 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever
57°F
set in 1933
Mildest Jul 14 ever
77°F
set in 1992
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Raleigh. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 14 | 66°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2018 |
| This-date record | 57°F |
| This-date rank | #18 of 139 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -9°F (1985) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (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°F2002 | -9°F1985 |
| Feb | 85°F2023 | -2°F1899 |
| Mar | 94°F1907 | 11°F1960 |
| Apr | 95°F1896 | 23°F1923 |
| May | 99°F1941 | 29°F1963 |
| Jun | 105°F2012 | 38°F1977 |
| Jul | 106°F2024 | 48°F1975 |
| Aug | 105°F1988 | 46°F1965 |
| Sep | 104°F1954 | 37°F1950 |
| Oct | 100°F2019 | 19°F1962 |
| Nov | 88°F1950 | 11°F1970 |
| Dec | 84°F2024 | 0°F1917 |
| All-time | 106°F2024 | -9°F1985 |
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
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
46 days
record run, ended Feb 12 1977
So far in 2026
38 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Raleigh's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 70°F · forecast is -4° vs normal.
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
Raleigh'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 Raleigh'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 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 low at Raleigh — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
38 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 80th most in 140 years. Normal for this point: 40. Record: 67 in 1968.
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