Chapel Hill, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CHAPEL HILL WILLIAMS AP, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Chapel Hill has an annual average temperature of 60.6°F with about 43.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 31.7°F). September is typically the wettest month (4.41 in) and February the driest (2.75 in).
Best time to visit Chapel Hill
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →60 of 366 (16.4%) of Chapel Hill'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.
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 197 | |
| 2010s | 164 |
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 | 51.2°F | 31.7°F | 41.5°F | 3.39 in | — | 10 |
| February | 54.8°F | 33.8°F | 44.3°F | 2.75 in | — | 9 |
| March | 62.7°F | 40.1°F | 51.4°F | 3.94 in | — | 11 |
| April | 72.2°F | 48.1°F | 60.2°F | 3.56 in | — | 10 |
| May | 79.1°F | 57.0°F | 68.1°F | 3.46 in | — | 12 |
| June | 86.3°F | 65.3°F | 75.8°F | 4.36 in | — | 12 |
| July | 89.6°F | 69.3°F | 79.5°F | 4.13 in | — | 13 |
| August | 87.8°F | 67.9°F | 77.9°F | 3.81 in | — | 12 |
| September | 81.9°F | 62.2°F | 72.0°F | 4.41 in | — | 12 |
| October | 72.3°F | 49.6°F | 61.0°F | 3.20 in | — | 11 |
| November | 62.4°F | 39.5°F | 50.9°F | 3.20 in | — | 9 |
| December | 54.2°F | 34.5°F | 44.4°F | 3.35 in | — | 10 |
Climate twins of Chapel Hill
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