New Bern, NC: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 80.3°F in New Bern, NC, the warmest summer since 2016, tied 7th warmest of 91 (with 1952 and 1933).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 80.3°F; Warmest since 2016; 7th warmest of 91
Precipitation: 22.27 in; Wettest since 2025; 20th wettest of 91

A normal summer in New Bern, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.1°F, between 78.1°F and 80.6°F in eight years of ten and 18.57 in of precipitation, between 10.93 in and 23.26 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in New Bern, NC since 1933: 80.3°F in 2026; the highest is 81.4°F, in 2011.

Normal range, 78.1 to 80.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer in New Bern, NC from 1933 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	80.3	7	89.7	13	70.8	14	22.27	20	0
2025	80	12	88.4	40	71.6	3	22.30	19	0
2024	79.7	20	88.9	27	70.5	21	26.24	9	0
2023	79.5	27	88.9	27	70.1	34	13.67	76	0
2022	79.4	28	88.4	40	70.4	24	18.64	48	0
2021	79.2	37	87.8	53	70.6	18	25.64	10	0
2020	79.3	34	87.7	54	70.8	14	21.90	23	0
2019	79.6	21	89.2	18	70	37	15.37	66	0
2018	78.7	57	87.4	65	70	37	23.31	14	0
2017	79	43	87.7	54	70.3	27	19.13	45	0
2016	80.9	4	90.2	6	71.5	5	20.66	32	0
2015	80.2	10	89.3	17	71.2	8	24.40	12	0
2014	79.4	28	88.5	35	70.4	24	19.14	44	0
2013	79.6	21	87.9	50	71.2	8	18.03	54	0
2012	79	43	88.5	35	69.6	48	20.79	30	0
2011	81.4	1	91.8	1	70.9	12	20.74	31	0
2010	80.9	4	90.4	4	71.4	7	18.10	53	0
2009	78.2	67	87.1	71	69.2	58	14.97	69	0
2008	79.1	39	89.2	18	68.9	62	9.15	90	0
2007	78.1	68	87.9	50	68.4	76	13.47	79	0
2006	78.3	64	87.4	65	69.2	58	24.15	13	0
2005	79.6	21	88.2	44	71	10	15.16	67	0
2004	78	71	86.8	73	69.3	54	17.58	55	0
2003	78.9	48	87.2	69	70.5	21	21.45	26	0
2002	78.9	48	88.6	32	69.3	54	18.57	49	0
2001	77.1	80	86.1	81	68.2	81	20.55	33	0
2000	77.5	77	86.6	75	68.5	73	23.22	15	0
1999	78.6	58	87.6	59	69.7	44	13.29	81	0
1998	79.4	28	88.5	35	70.2	31	8.11	91	1
1994	80	12	89.6	14	70.3	27	10.28	89	0
1993	80	12	90	9	69.9	40	11.36	86	0
1992	78.6	58	87.4	65	69.7	44	21.04	28	0
1991	80.4	6	89.2	18	71.5	5	18.29	51	0
1990	79.8	18	89.4	16	70.1	34	15.44	65	0
1989	79.4	28	87.9	50	70.9	12	21.10	27	0
1988	79.4	28	88.9	27	69.9	40	19.90	37	0
1987	81	3	90.1	7	71.9	1	21.88	24	0
1986	79.4	28	88.4	40	70.3	27	21.97	21	0
1985	79.6	21	89	24	70.2	31	17.34	57	0
1984	80.2	10	88.6	32	71.7	2	15.89	62	0
1983	78.9	48	88.2	44	69.6	48	13.28	82	0
1982	76.6	86	84.5	88	68.7	66	13.97	74	0
1981	78.9	48	86.9	72	71	10	29.32	5	0
1980	79	43	88.5	35	69.5	52	13.11	83	0
1979	76.7	85	85.7	84	67.7	84	17.07	58	2
1978	78	71	87.4	65	68.5	73	13.52	78	0
1977	78.3	64	88.2	44	68.5	73	16.33	60	0
1976	76.8	84	85.3	86	68.3	79	21.95	22	0
1975	78.4	61	87.5	62	69.3	54	19.96	36	0
1974	76.9	83	85.5	85	68.3	79	25.29	11	0
1973	77.7	75	86.5	77	68.8	64	15.97	61	0
1972	77.1	80	86.8	73	67.3	86	14.55	71	0
1971	77.9	73	86.1	81	69.6	48	20.91	29	0
1970	77.3	78	86.5	77	68.2	81	19.80	39	0
1969	78.5	60	87.7	54	69.3	54	18.28	52	0
1968	78.3	64	88.3	43	68.4	76	13.63	77	0
1967	74.9	91	83.5	91	66.3	91	21.66	25	0
1966	75.6	89	84.5	88	66.7	87	19.84	38	0
1965	75.5	90	84.3	90	66.7	87	15.03	68	0
1964	77.2	79	85.8	83	68.6	69	22.88	16	0
1963	75.8	88	85.2	87	66.4	90	19.52	41	0
1962	77.8	74	86.5	77	69.1	61	29.65	3	0
1961	79.6	21	88.6	32	70.6	18	19.63	40	0
1960	79.1	39	87.7	54	70.5	21	15.83	63	4
1959	79.1	39	88.5	35	69.7	44	19.20	43	0
1958	79.3	34	88.7	31	69.9	40	14.53	72	0
1957	78.8	54	89	24	68.7	66	11.66	85	0
1956	78.8	54	88.2	44	69.4	53	13.78	75	1
1955	78.1	68	87.6	59	68.6	69	32.37	1	0
1954	79.6	21	90.5	3	68.8	64	11.02	87	0
1953	78.1	68	87.7	54	68.6	69	16.60	59	0
1952	80.3	7	90	9	70.7	17	13.01	84	0
1951	78.4	61	88	48	68.9	62	19.51	42	0
1950	77.1	80	86.3	80	67.9	83	26.99	8	0
1949	79	43	87.6	59	70.4	24	22.76	17	0
1948	79.2	37	90.1	7	68.4	76	18.43	50	0
1947	77.6	76	87.5	62	67.6	85	20.54	34	1
1946	76.5	87	86.6	75	66.5	89	28.21	7	3
1945	78.4	61	87.2	69	69.7	44	29.56	4	1
1944	79.1	39	89	24	69.2	58	13.38	80	2
1943	79.8	18	89.1	22	70.6	18	18.66	47	0
1942	79.9	17	89.5	15	70.3	27	14.71	70	1
1941	78.8	54	87.5	62	70.2	31	20.16	35	0
1940	79	43	88	48	70.1	34	18.79	46	0
1939	78.9	48	89.2	18	68.6	69	30.25	2	0
1938	78.9	48	89.1	22	68.7	66	14.02	73	0
1937	80	12	90	9	70	37	22.63	18	1
1936	80	12	90.4	4	69.6	48	15.82	64	0
1935	79.3	34	88.8	30	69.8	43	28.26	6	0
1934	81.3	2	91.1	2	71.6	3	11.01	88	1
1933	80.3	7	89.8	12	70.8	14	17.53	56	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2011	81.4
1934	81.3
1987	81
2016	80.9
2010	80.9
1991	80.4
2026	80.3
1952	80.3
1933	80.3
2015	80.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	74.9
1965	75.5
1966	75.6
1963	75.8
1946	76.5
1982	76.6
1979	76.7
1976	76.8
1974	76.9
2001	77.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1955	32.37
1939	30.25
1962	29.65
1945	29.56
1981	29.32
1935	28.26
1946	28.21
1950	26.99
2024	26.24
2021	25.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	8.11
2008	9.15
1994	10.28
1934	11.01
1954	11.02
1993	11.36
1957	11.66
1952	13.01
1980	13.11
1983	13.28

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 12 June 2026
Coldest night: 53°F; 4 June 2026
Wettest day: 2.38 in; 8 July 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 22.27 in of precipitation in New Bern, NC, the wettest summer since 2025, 20th wettest of 91.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in New Bern, NC: 99°F on Friday 12 June 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in New Bern, NC: a low of 53°F on Thursday 4 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in New Bern, NC: 2.38 in on Wednesday 8 July 2026.