Elizabeth City, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ELIZABETH CITY, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Elizabeth City has an annual average temperature of 62.3°F with about 51.3 inches of precipitation per year and 0.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 33.6°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.93 in) and February the driest (3.29 in).
Best time to visit Elizabeth City
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →22 of 366 (6%) of Elizabeth 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.
| 1910s | 38 | |
| 1920s | 38 | |
| 1930s | 74 | |
| 1940s | 67 | |
| 1950s | 26 | |
| 1960s | 6 | |
| 1970s | 19 | |
| 1980s | 37 | |
| 1990s | 25 | |
| 2000s | 12 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 7 |
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 | 53.2°F | 33.6°F | 43.4°F | 3.64 in | 0.1 in | 12 |
| February | 56.2°F | 34.7°F | 45.4°F | 3.29 in | 0.1 in | 10 |
| March | 63.2°F | 41.1°F | 52.1°F | 4.17 in | — | 11 |
| April | 72.2°F | 50.4°F | 61.3°F | 3.47 in | — | 10 |
| May | 78.9°F | 58.9°F | 68.9°F | 4.07 in | — | 11 |
| June | 85.8°F | 68.4°F | 77.1°F | 4.49 in | — | 9 |
| July | 88.9°F | 72.5°F | 80.7°F | 5.93 in | — | 11 |
| August | 87.3°F | 70.9°F | 79.1°F | 5.91 in | — | 10 |
| September | 82.2°F | 66.0°F | 74.1°F | 5.32 in | — | 10 |
| October | 74.1°F | 54.7°F | 64.4°F | 3.70 in | — | 8 |
| November | 64.0°F | 43.7°F | 53.8°F | 3.39 in | — | 9 |
| December | 56.4°F | 37.6°F | 47.0°F | 3.88 in | — | 11 |
Climate twins of Elizabeth City
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