Carolina Shores, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LONGWOOD, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Carolina Shores has an annual average temperature of 62.6°F with about 57 inches of precipitation per year and 0.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 34.4°F). September is typically the wettest month (7.53 in) and April the driest (3.36 in). Snow typically falls from January through February.
Best time to visit Carolina Shores
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →29 of 366 (7.9%) of Carolina Shores'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.
| 1970s | 78 | |
| 1980s | 124 | |
| 1990s | 74 | |
| 2000s | 43 | |
| 2010s | 35 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
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 | 55.8°F | 34.4°F | 45.1°F | 3.70 in | 0.2 in | 11 |
| February | 58.5°F | 36.3°F | 47.4°F | 3.64 in | 0.3 in | 10 |
| March | 65.1°F | 41.8°F | 53.5°F | 3.78 in | — | 9 |
| April | 73.0°F | 49.8°F | 61.4°F | 3.36 in | — | 8 |
| May | 79.6°F | 59.1°F | 69.4°F | 3.98 in | — | 10 |
| June | 85.2°F | 67.9°F | 76.6°F | 5.17 in | — | 12 |
| July | 88.2°F | 72.0°F | 80.1°F | 5.91 in | — | 13 |
| August | 86.8°F | 70.6°F | 78.7°F | 7.36 in | — | 14 |
| September | 82.4°F | 65.3°F | 73.8°F | 7.53 in | — | 12 |
| October | 74.4°F | 53.1°F | 63.8°F | 5.05 in | — | 8 |
| November | 65.5°F | 42.5°F | 54.0°F | 3.69 in | — | 8 |
| December | 58.6°F | 37.0°F | 47.8°F | 3.85 in | — | 11 |
Climate twins of Carolina Shores
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).