Highlands, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HIGHLANDS, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Highlands has an annual average temperature of 50.9°F with about 88.3 inches of precipitation per year and 10.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 77.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.9°F). December is typically the wettest month (8.65 in) and October the driest (6.47 in). Snow typically falls from December through May.
Best time to visit Highlands
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →5 of 366 (1.4%) of Highlands'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.
| 1870s | 0 | |
| 1880s | 0 | |
| 1890s | 1 | |
| 1900s | 4 | |
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 87 | |
| 1930s | 149 | |
| 1940s | 66 | |
| 1950s | 12 | |
| 1960s | 5 | |
| 1970s | 7 | |
| 1980s | 10 | |
| 1990s | 4 | |
| 2000s | 7 | |
| 2010s | 3 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
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 | 42.3°F | 23.9°F | 33.1°F | 7.99 in | 2.6 in | 14 |
| February | 46.4°F | 26.3°F | 36.3°F | 6.90 in | 2.0 in | 14 |
| March | 53.7°F | 31.7°F | 42.7°F | 7.60 in | 1.8 in | 14 |
| April | 62.1°F | 38.6°F | 50.3°F | 6.98 in | — | 12 |
| May | 69.3°F | 46.8°F | 58.0°F | 6.60 in | 0.2 in | 14 |
| June | 74.8°F | 54.2°F | 64.5°F | 7.16 in | — | 15 |
| July | 77.7°F | 57.7°F | 67.7°F | 7.09 in | — | 17 |
| August | 76.1°F | 56.7°F | 66.4°F | 7.10 in | — | 16 |
| September | 71.4°F | 51.1°F | 61.3°F | 7.98 in | — | 12 |
| October | 62.5°F | 40.8°F | 51.7°F | 6.47 in | — | 10 |
| November | 53.1°F | 31.6°F | 42.4°F | 7.76 in | 0.1 in | 11 |
| December | 45.1°F | 27.1°F | 36.1°F | 8.65 in | 3.5 in | 14 |
Climate twins of Highlands
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).