Greensboro, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GREENSBORO WTP, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Greensboro has an annual average temperature of 59.8°F with about 45.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 29.8°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.80 in) and February the driest (2.55 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →82 of 366 (22.4%) of Greensboro'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.
| 1940s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 110 | |
| 1960s | 52 | |
| 1970s | 72 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 2 | |
| 2010s | 86 | |
| 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 | 50.0°F | 29.8°F | 39.9°F | 3.21 in | — | 9 |
| February | 54.2°F | 32.7°F | 43.5°F | 2.55 in | — | 9 |
| March | 61.9°F | 39.3°F | 50.6°F | 3.72 in | — | 10 |
| April | 71.4°F | 48.2°F | 59.8°F | 3.63 in | — | 9 |
| May | 79.0°F | 57.5°F | 68.3°F | 3.30 in | — | 10 |
| June | 85.1°F | 65.0°F | 75.1°F | 5.12 in | — | 10 |
| July | 88.6°F | 70.5°F | 79.5°F | 5.80 in | — | 9 |
| August | 86.5°F | 68.2°F | 77.4°F | 4.53 in | — | 11 |
| September | 80.6°F | 61.2°F | 70.9°F | 4.37 in | — | 8 |
| October | 71.4°F | 49.1°F | 60.3°F | 3.18 in | — | 7 |
| November | 60.5°F | 38.8°F | 49.7°F | 3.05 in | — | 8 |
| December | 52.5°F | 32.8°F | 42.6°F | 3.43 in | — | 9 |
Climate twins of Greensboro
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