NCDC: Climate of 1998

Daily High Temperature Records

Alabama

**Birmingham**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4	78 degrees	75 degrees, 1961
Dec 5	79 degrees	76 degrees, 1933
Dec 6	78 degrees	77 degrees, 1924

**Huntsville**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 3	75 degrees	tied, 1970 & previous years
Dec 4	79 degrees	74 degrees, 1982 & previous years
Dec 5	79 degrees	72 degrees, 1972
Dec 6	76 degrees	69 degrees, 1989
Dec 7	77 degrees	73 degrees, 1978

**Mobile**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4	78 degrees	77 degrees, 1961
Dec 5	79 degrees	tied, 1977, 1995
Dec 6*	81 degrees	79 degrees, 1961
Dec 7**	81 degrees	78 degrees, 1956
Dec 8	80 degrees	79 degrees, 1922

*Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 12, 1971 & Dec. 28, 1974.

**Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 12, 1971, Dec. 28, 1974 & Dec. 6, 1998.

**Montgomery**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4	82 degrees	78 degrees, 1982
Dec 5	83 degrees	tied, 1977
Dec 8	82 degrees	tied, 1978

Florida

**Orlando**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	84 degrees	tied, 1982

**Pensacola**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	79 degrees	tied, 1958
Dec 6	79 degrees	78 degrees, 1943, 1961
Dec 8	80 degrees	tied, 1978

Georgia

**Athens**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4	75 degrees	tied, 1982
Dec 6	77 degrees	74 degrees, 1980

**Atlanta**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4	76 degrees	72 degrees, 1982
Dec 5	75 degrees	tied, 1977
Dec 6	73 degrees	73 degrees, 1956

**Augusta**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	80 degrees	77 degrees, 1977
Dec 6	82 degrees	77 degrees, 1956
Dec 7	82 degrees	80 degrees, 1951

**Macon**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 1	79 degrees	78 degrees, 1991

**Savannah**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	79 degrees	77 degrees, 1982
Dec 6	80 degrees	78 degrees, 1942
Dec 7	82 degrees	tied, 1978

North Carolina

**Asheville**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	72 degrees	70 degrees, 1994
Dec 6	73 degrees	71 degrees, 1980
Dec 7	75 degrees	72 degrees, 1980
Dec 8	73 degrees	tied, 1980

**Charlotte**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	75 degrees	73 degrees, 1982
Dec 8	76 degrees	74 degrees, 1956

**Greensboro**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 1	72 degrees	71 degrees, 1991
Dec 4	73 degrees	72 degrees, 1956
Dec 5	72 degrees	tied, 1982
Dec 6	76 degrees	74 degrees, 1956
Dec 7*	78 degrees	77 degrees, 1956
Dec 8	76 degrees	74 degrees, 1956

*Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 16, 1971.

**Raleigh/Durham**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	76 degrees	tied, 1982
Dec 6*	80 degrees	75 degrees, 1956
Dec 7**	80 degrees	78 degrees, 1951, 1956
Dec 8	78 degrees	tied, 1978

*New record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Old record was 79 degrees on Dec. 4, 1978.

**Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 6,1998.

**Wilmington**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 3	79 degrees	77 degrees, 1964
Dec 5	80 degrees	77 degrees, 1982
Dec 6*	81 degrees	77 degrees, 1975
Dec 7**	82 degrees	79 degrees, 1951
Dec 8***	82 degrees	80 degrees, 1978

*Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 1, 1982, Dec. 19, 1984, & Dec. 30, 1984.

**New record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Old record was 81 degrees on Dec. 1, 1982, Dec. 19, 1984, Dec. 30, 1984, & Dec. 6, 1998.

***Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 7,1998.

South Carolina

**Beaufort**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 1	82 degrees	79 degrees, 1982
Dec 2	84 degrees	80 degrees, 1970
Dec 3	84 degrees	78 degrees, 1973
Dec 5	83 degrees	76 degrees, 1942
Dec 6	85 degrees	80 degrees, 1965
Dec 7	85 degrees	77 degrees, 1951

**Charleston Airport**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 3	79 degrees	tied, 1982
Dec 5	80 degrees	77 degrees, 1994
Dec 6	81 degrees	76 degrees, 1951
Dec 7	81 degrees	tied, 1951
Dec 8	82 degrees	tied, 1978

**Charleston Downtown**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 3	80 degrees	75 degrees, 1982
Dec 4	80 degrees	77 degrees, 1970
Dec 5	76 degrees	75 degrees, 1973
Dec 6	80 degrees	74 degrees, 1951

**Charolette**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 3	75 degrees	73 degrees, 1970
Dec 6	78 degrees	75 degrees, 1956
Dec 7	76 degrees	75 degrees, 1994

**Columbia**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	81 degrees	77 degrees, 1982
Dec 6	82 degrees	77 degrees, 1912
Dec 7	80 degrees	78 degrees, 1924

**Florence**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 5	82 degrees	79 degrees, 1973
Dec 6	82 degrees	78 degrees, 1994
Dec 7	82 degrees	78 degrees, 1994
Dec 8	84 degrees	78 degrees, 1951
Dec 9	85 degrees	79 degrees, 1951

**Greenville/Spartenburg**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4	73 degrees	tied, 1970
Dec 5	73 degrees	N/A, 1994
Dec 6	76 degrees	75 degrees, 1956

**Myrtle Beach**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 3	75 degrees	73 degrees, 1955
Dec 4	77 degrees	72 degrees, 1955
Dec 5	75 degrees	72 degrees, 1994
Dec 6	79 degrees	74 degrees, 1994
Dec 7*	81 degrees	78 degrees, 1951
Dec 8**	81 degrees	76 degrees, 1951

*New record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Old record unknown.

**Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 7,1998.

Virginia

**Norfolk**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 2	71 degrees	tied, 1991
Dec 6	79 degrees	75 degrees, 1912
Dec 7	79 degrees	78 degrees, 1994
Dec 8	78 degrees	77 degrees, 1978

**Richmond**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4	77 degrees	tied, 1982
Dec 6*	81 degrees	75 degrees, 1956
Dec 7**	81 degrees	78 degrees, 1956

*New record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Old record was 80 degrees on Dec. 16, 1971.

**Tied record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Also occurred on Dec. 6,1998.

**Washington, DC**
Date	New Record	Old Record
Dec 4*	76 degrees	75 degrees, 1982
Dec 5	73 degrees	72 degrees, 1982
Dec 6**	78 degrees	73 degrees, 1912
Dec 7***	79 degrees	73 degrees, 1951

*New record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Old record was 75 degrees on Dec. 28, 1946, Dec. 4, 1982, & Dec. 29, 1984.

**New record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Old record was 76 degrees on Dec. 4, 1998.

***New record Maximum temperature for the month of December. Old record was 78 degrees on Dec. 6, 1998.