Carolina Beach, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SOUTHPORT 5 N, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Carolina Beach has an annual average temperature of 65°F with about 54.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 91.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 35.5°F). September is typically the wettest month (8.16 in) and April the driest (3.08 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →21 of 366 (5.7%) of Carolina Beach'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.
| 1890s | 11 | |
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 16 | |
| 1920s | 14 | |
| 1930s | 18 | |
| 1940s | 8 | |
| 1950s | 9 | |
| 1960s | 7 | |
| 1970s | 47 | |
| 1980s | 55 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 76 | |
| 2010s | 48 |
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 | 60.0°F | 35.5°F | 47.8°F | 3.70 in | — | 8 |
| February | 62.5°F | 37.6°F | 50.1°F | 3.32 in | — | 9 |
| March | 68.2°F | 42.7°F | 55.5°F | 4.03 in | — | 8 |
| April | 75.8°F | 50.9°F | 63.3°F | 3.08 in | — | 6 |
| May | 82.5°F | 60.0°F | 71.2°F | 3.44 in | — | 8 |
| June | 88.4°F | 69.0°F | 78.7°F | 4.02 in | — | 9 |
| July | 91.6°F | 72.8°F | 82.2°F | 5.55 in | — | 10 |
| August | 90.4°F | 71.2°F | 80.8°F | 6.77 in | — | 11 |
| September | 86.5°F | 66.0°F | 76.3°F | 8.16 in | — | 10 |
| October | 78.9°F | 54.4°F | 66.6°F | 5.41 in | — | 7 |
| November | 69.9°F | 44.3°F | 57.1°F | 3.42 in | — | 7 |
| December | 62.9°F | 38.0°F | 50.5°F | 3.74 in | — | 9 |
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