Elizabethtown, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ELIZABETHTOWN, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Elizabethtown has an annual average temperature of 62.1°F with about 53.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 91.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 31.6°F). September is typically the wettest month (6.89 in) and December the driest (3.38 in).
Best time to visit Elizabethtown
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →49 of 366 (13.4%) of Elizabethtown'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 | 0 | |
| 1920s | 0 | |
| 1930s | 0 | |
| 1940s | 0 | |
| 1950s | 18 | |
| 1960s | 51 | |
| 1970s | 75 | |
| 1980s | 53 | |
| 1990s | 21 | |
| 2000s | 59 | |
| 2010s | 61 | |
| 2020s | 28 |
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 | 54.4°F | 31.6°F | 43.0°F | 3.73 in | — | — |
| February | 58.7°F | 33.7°F | 46.2°F | 3.48 in | — | — |
| March | 66.2°F | 40.2°F | 53.2°F | 3.91 in | — | — |
| April | 74.6°F | 48.8°F | 61.7°F | 3.55 in | — | — |
| May | 81.5°F | 57.8°F | 69.7°F | 4.05 in | — | — |
| June | 87.4°F | 66.3°F | 76.8°F | 5.08 in | — | — |
| July | 91.0°F | 70.5°F | 80.8°F | 5.33 in | — | — |
| August | 88.5°F | 69.0°F | 78.8°F | 6.56 in | — | — |
| September | 83.6°F | 63.6°F | 73.6°F | 6.89 in | — | — |
| October | 74.8°F | 51.5°F | 63.1°F | 3.70 in | — | — |
| November | 64.7°F | 40.3°F | 52.5°F | 3.62 in | — | — |
| December | 57.7°F | 35.0°F | 46.3°F | 3.38 in | — | — |
Climate twins of Elizabethtown
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