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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — We’re about to experience one of the hottest heat waves central North Carolina has seen in years.
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A “heat dome” of high pressure is ridging in, leading to sinking air and temperatures of 100 degrees or higher across multiple days… which is nothing compared to a heat wave we saw 14 years ago.
From June 28 to July 8, 2012, Raleigh tallied 9 of 10 days at 100 degrees or hotter, including three afternoons at 105 degrees. That span set the all-time mark for consecutive days of 100 degrees or hotter, at six.
The only thing that kept us from seeing 10 straight days was a lone afternoon in the 90s on July 2.
That said, Raleigh has actually been hotter, climbing to 106 degrees on July 5, 2024. Here’s a look at the hottest temperature on record across select spots in North and South Carolina.
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Fayetteville holds the North Carolina record for hottest temperature, coming in at 110 degrees in 1983. But it’s Columbia, South Carolina, that takes the prize for hottest temperature across the Carolinas, hitting a staggering 113 degrees during that extensive 2012 heat wave.
For Raleigh, the most highs of 100 degrees or hotter was set in 1999, with 12 afternoons reaching that high. Every year since 2021, we’ve seen at least one 100-degree day, with 22 at RDU since that year.
This year, we’ve already seen three days of 100-degree-plus heat, with several more to come—already surpassing the two we hit all of last year.
The good news is: the heat looks to back off next week as the high moves and rain chances come back into the mix. Until then, we have some very hot weather to get through.
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