Source: Abbie Bennett, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/9/18


While 2018 might be off to a frigid start, 2017 was North Carolina’s hottest year on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That record stretches back 123 years to 1895.  The hottest temperature recorded at National Weather Service official climate sites in North Carolina in 2017 was 102 in both Raleigh and Fayetteville on July 23, according to meteorologist James Morrow. 

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