The 90° History in Charlotte

Seems like we are watching the 90° count again this year after the 87 days of 90° or better last year. Which by the way was the second most on record. We are lucky to have such a long and well established weather record book here in Charlotte. These records go back to 1878 when the observations were taken in Downtown Charlotte. The airport was build in 1935 and in 1939 the weather observations were moved out there.

So far this year as of this blog post we have hit 90° or better 45 times and today we should barely make it 46. I’m forecasting around 92°. Last year we hit it 87 times and even if we hit 90° or better every single day until the end of August that only gives us 83. So we will be high on the list but not as bad as last yea or 1954 when we hit it 88 times.  WE HOPE!

 

90°					CHARLOTTE, NC			1878-	2010
FIRST OCCURRENCE
EARLIEST			LATEST
17-Mar	1945		8-Jul	2003
23-Mar	1907		26-Jun	1978
25-Mar	1929		25-Jun	1983
28-Mar	1907		24-Jun	1909
3-Apr	1946		23-Jun	1968
LAST OCCURRENCE
EARLIEST			LATEST
2-Aug	1917		13-Oct	1954
4-Aug	1971		11-Oct	1939
5-Aug	1981		9-Oct	2007
8-Aug	1882	1879	8-Oct	1941	1884
10-Aug	1901		7-Oct	1951	1911
Streaks/Days			FROM			TO			YEAR
33			28-Jun			30-Jul			1993
32			31-Jul			31-Aug			2007
31			4-Jul			3-Aug			1986
22			31-Aug			21-Sep			1925
19			4-Jul			22-Jul			1977
19			21-Jul			8-Aug			1955
18			28-Jun			15-Jul			1991
18			30-Jul			16-Aug			1980
18			6-Aug			23-Aug			1900
18			24-Jun			8-Jul			1954
18			13-Jul			30-Jul			2010
18			22-Jun			29-Jun			2010
17			15-Jun			1-Jul			1998
17			21-Jun			7-Jul			1911
MOST						LEAST
TOTAL		YEAR				TOTAL		YEAR
88		1954				8		1967
87		2010				9		2003
85		1925				11		1910
76		2007	1993			12		1982	1971
		1931						1909
75		1956				14		1974