Elizabeth City, NC

North Carolina · Records since 1934–2026

🌤️ 91°F Feels like 100°
Currently in Elizabeth City
As of 2:30 PM EDT
🔥 5° below today's record of 96°F

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

96°F

September 11, 1983

+13° from 83° normal

❄ Record Low

48°F

September 11, 1976

-18° from 66° normal
🌞 Normal high: 83°F 🌑 Normal low: 66°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Elizabeth City

🔥
107°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 18, 1942
❄
-2°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
8.52"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 5, 1979
☃
15.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 2, 1980

First & Last Dates — Elizabeth City

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
271 days
Longest growing season
1946
183 days
Shortest growing season
1997
229 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 96°F September 11, 1983
2 93°F September 11, 2007
3 93°F September 11, 1985
4 93°F September 11, 1965
5 92°F September 11, 1934
6 91°F September 11, 2020
7 91°F September 11, 1945
8 90°F September 11, 2002
9 90°F September 11, 1991
10 90°F September 11, 1989

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 48°F September 11, 1976
2 49°F September 11, 1956
3 50°F September 11, 1972
4 52°F September 11, 1973
5 54°F September 11, 2010
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1934–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Elizabeth City

threshold: 94°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
98°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
67
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1934–2026
50
2026 so far
37
Avg/year 1970–2025
41
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
74
Most in a year (1942)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Elizabeth City

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 7, 1986 – Jul 15, 1986 9 99°F (Jul 7) 98°F 74°F
2 Jul 9, 1992 – Jul 16, 1992 8 99°F (Jul 12) 97°F 78°F
3 Jun 11, 1945 – Jun 18, 1945 8 98°F (Jun 16) 96°F 72°F
4 Jul 14, 1995 – Jul 21, 1995 8 98°F (Jul 16) 96°F 76°F
5 Jul 23, 1995 – Jul 30, 1995 8 98°F (Jul 29) 96°F 76°F
6 Aug 6, 1977 – Aug 13, 1977 8 96°F (Aug 8) 95°F 75°F
7 Jul 31, 1980 – Aug 6, 1980 7 103°F (Aug 1) 97°F 77°F
8 Jul 29, 1942 – Aug 4, 1942 7 99°F (Aug 3) 96°F 74°F
9 Sep 4, 1985 – Sep 10, 1985 7 98°F (Sep 8) 96°F 74°F
10 Aug 12, 1997 – Aug 18, 1997 7 97°F (Aug 13) 96°F 73°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

56
2026 total
above-normal nights
44.6
Avg / summer
1970–2020
72
Most in a summer
2020

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1934–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1934, annual totals have trended -0.61" per decade, about -5.6" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Elizabeth City is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

137 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

27.70"
2026 YTD
Normal: 33.98"
-6.28"
1.53"
September so far
September normal: 4.52"
-2.99"
6
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Elizabeth City is 6.28" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Mar 1 – May 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
63.0°F
Average temperature
5th-warmest of 92
+3.1°
vs. average
Normal: 60.0°F (1991–2020)
7.46"
Precipitation
17th-driest of 87
-3.16"
vs. average
Normal: 10.62" · 70% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1934–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.12° per decade (warming since 1934)

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1934–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.10" per decade (drier since 1934)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 65.0°F
2 1945 64.9°F
3 2025 63.4°F
4 1948 63.0°F
5 2026 63.0°F
6 2019 63.0°F
7 1946 62.6°F
8 1985 62.6°F
9 1991 62.2°F
10 1942 62.1°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2005 55.5°F
2 1966 56.7°F
3 1940 56.7°F
4 1969 56.9°F
5 1971 56.9°F
6 1958 57.1°F
7 1950 57.1°F
8 1960 57.3°F
9 1978 57.4°F
10 2013 57.4°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1934 20.59"
2 2003 17.48"
3 1989 17.25"
4 1978 16.68"
5 1973 16.27"
6 2020 15.76"
7 2018 15.45"
8 1984 15.32"
9 1983 15.20"
10 1966 14.92"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1986 3.19"
2 1967 3.56"
3 2013 5.62"
4 1985 6.22"
5 2007 6.31"
6 1981 6.39"
7 1963 6.40"
8 1995 6.42"
9 2008 6.68"
10 2021 6.98"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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