Bessemer City, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GASTONIA, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Bessemer City has an annual average temperature of 61.8°F with about 44 inches of precipitation per year and 1.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 31.4°F). August is typically the wettest month (4.55 in) and November the driest (3.02 in). Snow typically falls from December through January.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →48 of 366 (13.1%) of Bessemer City's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1930s | 54 | |
| 1940s | 56 | |
| 1950s | 50 | |
| 1960s | 28 | |
| 1970s | 27 | |
| 1980s | 38 | |
| 1990s | 23 | |
| 2000s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 40 | |
| 2020s | 19 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52.7°F | 31.4°F | 42.1°F | 3.84 in | 0.9 in | 9 |
| February | 57.0°F | 34.1°F | 45.6°F | 3.27 in | — | 8 |
| March | 64.7°F | 40.4°F | 52.6°F | 3.55 in | — | 9 |
| April | 73.8°F | 49.7°F | 61.8°F | 3.51 in | — | 8 |
| May | 80.5°F | 58.3°F | 69.4°F | 3.54 in | — | 9 |
| June | 87.3°F | 66.7°F | 77.0°F | 4.29 in | — | 9 |
| July | 90.7°F | 70.2°F | 80.5°F | 3.55 in | — | 10 |
| August | 89.2°F | 69.1°F | 79.2°F | 4.55 in | — | 9 |
| September | 84.0°F | 63.3°F | 73.6°F | 3.69 in | — | 7 |
| October | 74.3°F | 51.0°F | 62.7°F | 3.39 in | — | 6 |
| November | 63.8°F | 40.0°F | 51.9°F | 3.02 in | — | 7 |
| December | 55.6°F | 34.5°F | 45.0°F | 3.75 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
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