Mike Moss: According to a collection of state weather extremes maintained by the State Climate Office of North Carolina, the lowest temperature on record for the state was measured near the top of Mount Mitchell in Yancey County on January 21, 1985. The temperature that day reached a minimum of -34 degrees Fahrenheit. Incidentally, that same day brought the lowest reading on record for the Raleigh-Durham airport as well, at -9 degrees. The hottest temperature on record for our state was measured in Fayetteville on August 21, 1983, when the mercury topped out at 110 degrees.
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The gift provided land for a campus as well as a source of endowment, the seeds of financial support for the nascent institution. When USC first opened its doors to 53 students and 10 teachers in 1880, the âcityâ still lacked paved streets, electric lights, telephones and a reliable fire alarm system.