North Carolina weather, town by town

About North Carolina weather

The map on the Now tab shows every North Carolina town's current temperature from our own server, one dot per town. Tap any dot, or type a town above, for that town's full forecast.

What the weather is usually like

Across the 770 North Carolina towns with station normals, the warmest month is July, when the day usually reaches 89°F, and the coldest is January, when the night usually falls to 31°F. July is the wettest, with rain on about 11 days. July afternoons run from about 67°F in Barnardsville to 92°F in Anderson Creek. January nights run from about 19°F in Barnardsville to 40°F in Avon.

Means of the 1991 to 2020 station normals serving these towns, as published by NOAA; each town's page carries its own.

Where these numbers come from

• Current conditions and forecast: NOAA forecast grids decoded on our own server, corrected against the nearest reporting station and our own radar. Open-Meteo is consulted only as a fallback when our server is silent.
• Records: computed by myweatherrock from NOAA GHCN-Daily station records at the stations serving these towns. Measurements, not estimates.
• Warnings and alerts: the National Weather Service, passed through unchanged.

North Carolina weather records

Measured at the NOAA stations serving these towns, daily records 1870 to 2026. Station extremes, not official state records.

Common questions about North Carolina weather

What is the hottest temperature recorded at a North Carolina station?

109°F at Albemarle on July 28, 1940, in the NOAA daily station records myweatherrock holds (1870 to 2026).

What is the coldest temperature recorded at a North Carolina station?

-34°F at Mt Mitchell on January 21, 1985.

What is the most rain a North Carolina station has measured in one day?

16.55 inches at Rocky Mt 8 Ese on September 16, 1999.

What is the biggest one-day snowfall at a North Carolina station?

26 inches at Edenton on March 1, 1927.

How many North Carolina towns have a weather page here?

774: 453 towns, 223 census-designated places, 77 cities, 21 villages. Each page carries current conditions, the hourly timeline, the ten day outlook, radar, and where a station sits close enough, measured records.

Where does the North Carolina forecast come from?

NOAA forecast grids (the National Weather Service digital forecast, the National Blend of Models, HRRR and GFS) decoded on our own server, corrected against the nearest reporting station and our own radar. Open-Meteo is consulted only as a fallback when our server is silent.