New Bern, NC

North Carolina · Records since 1933–2026

🌤️ 93Β°F Feels like 101Β°
Currently in New Bern
As of 2:30 PM EDT
πŸ”₯ 5° below today's record of 98°F

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

98Β°F

September 11, 1983

+14Β° from 84Β° normal

❄ Record Low

52Β°F

September 11, 1956

-15Β° from 67Β° normal
🌞 Normal high: 84Β°F 🌑 Normal low: 67Β°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records β€” New Bern

🔥
106°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 22, 1952
-4°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 25, 1989
🌧
9.90"
Wettest Day Ever
Sep 19, 1955
13.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 31, 2026

First & Last Dates β€” New Bern

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)
281 days
Longest growing season
2024
181 days
Shortest growing season
1963
238 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs β€” September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 98Β°F September 11, 1983
2 93Β°F September 11, 2007
3 93Β°F September 11, 1933
4 92Β°F September 11, 2016
5 92Β°F September 11, 2002
6 92Β°F September 11, 1965
7 92Β°F September 11, 1962
8 92Β°F September 11, 1957
9 92Β°F September 11, 1946
10 91Β°F September 11, 2023

Top 5 Record Lows β€” September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 52Β°F September 11, 1956
2 54Β°F September 11, 1998
3 54Β°F September 11, 1976
4 55Β°F September 11, 1966
5 56Β°F September 11, 2024
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 1933–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary β€” New Bern

threshold: 94Β°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
98Β°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
71
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights β‰₯ 70Β°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days β‰₯ 90Β°F Per Year

1933–2026
57
2026 so far
47
Avg/year 1970–2025
50
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
90
Most in a year (1933)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year Β· complete decades only


Longest Heat Waves β€” New Bern

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 20, 1940 – Jul 31, 1940 12 100Β°F (Jul 27) 96Β°F 75Β°F
2 Jul 13, 2019 – Jul 22, 2019 10 97Β°F (Jul 21) 95Β°F 76Β°F
3 Jul 9, 1992 – Jul 17, 1992 9 102Β°F (Jul 11) 98Β°F 77Β°F
4 Jul 7, 1993 – Jul 15, 1993 9 99Β°F (Jul 10) 97Β°F 74Β°F
5 Jul 23, 1949 – Jul 30, 1949 8 99Β°F (Jul 27) 96Β°F 75Β°F
6 Aug 19, 1936 – Aug 26, 1936 8 98Β°F (Aug 26) 95Β°F 73Β°F
7 Jun 23, 1952 – Jun 29, 1952 7 105Β°F (Jun 27) 99Β°F 74Β°F
8 Jul 18, 1948 – Jul 24, 1948 7 101Β°F (Jul 23) 96Β°F 75Β°F
9 Jul 19, 2011 – Jul 25, 2011 7 100Β°F (Jul 22) 97Β°F 75Β°F
10 Jun 25, 1934 – Jul 1, 1934 7 99Β°F (Jun 26) 97Β°F 74Β°F

Heat Waves Per Year


Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

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

61
2026 total
above-normal nights
50.0
Avg / summer
1970–2020
70
Most in a summer
1991

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows Β· complete decades only

Precipitation

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

Monthly Precipitation β€” Last 24 Months

Blue = actual Β· dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1933–2026)

Blue = above average Β· tan = below average Β· gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1933, annual totals have trended -0.29" per decade, about -2.6" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (β‰₯ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (β‰₯ 1.0")

This Year β€” 2026

How New Bern is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

143 of 252 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.


Precipitation, Year to Date

33.03"
2026 YTD
Normal: 38.52"
-5.49"
0.56"
September so far
September normal: 6.33"
-5.77"
9
2026 heavy rain days
Days with β‰₯ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · New Bern is 5.49" behind the normal pace

Period Review β€” Sep 1 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 10 days

79.9Β°F
Average temperature
13th-warmest of 91
+3.0Β°
vs. average
Normal: 76.9Β°F (1991–2020)
0.56"
Precipitation
22nd-driest of 90
-1.78"
vs. average
Normal: 2.34" · 24% of normal

Average Temperature by Year β€” Sep 1 – Sep 10

1933–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.07Β° per decade (cooling since 1933)

Precipitation by Year β€” Sep 1 – Sep 10

1933–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.09" per decade (drier since 1933)


Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1941 82.4Β°F
2 1985 82.2Β°F
3 2014 82.1Β°F
4 1983 81.5Β°F
5 1961 81.4Β°F
6 1959 81.3Β°F
7 1947 81.1Β°F
8 1933 80.9Β°F
9 1993 80.8Β°F
10 1957 80.3Β°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1967 68.2Β°F
2 1965 70.8Β°F
3 1994 71.5Β°F
4 2009 71.9Β°F
5 1963 72.1Β°F
6 1972 72.3Β°F
7 2017 72.8Β°F
8 1986 72.9Β°F
9 1982 73.0Β°F
10 2025 73.2Β°F

Wettest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1935 8.58"
2 2004 7.48"
3 1945 7.33"
4 2019 6.27"
5 1955 5.60"
6 1949 5.47"
7 1942 5.42"
8 1972 5.15"
9 2016 4.90"
10 1984 4.49"

Driest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2005 0.00"
2 1939 0.00"
3 1958 0.03"
4 1941 0.03"
5 2025 0.05"
6 1960 0.07"
7 1943 0.14"
8 1969 0.15"
9 1986 0.16"
10 1966 0.16"
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.