Morehead City, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MOREHEAD CITY 2 WNW, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Morehead City has an annual average temperature of 63.2°F with about 61.2 inches of precipitation per year and 0.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 36.2°F). September is typically the wettest month (8.77 in) and April the driest (3.58 in). Snow typically falls from January through February.
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All-time records →24 of 366 (6.6%) of Morehead 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.
| 1940s | 8 | |
| 1950s | 56 | |
| 1960s | 33 | |
| 1970s | 44 | |
| 1980s | 80 | |
| 1990s | 78 | |
| 2000s | 17 | |
| 2010s | 41 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
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 | 55.2°F | 36.2°F | 45.7°F | 4.51 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
| February | 56.9°F | 38.4°F | 47.6°F | 3.89 in | 0.2 in | 9 |
| March | 62.4°F | 44.0°F | 53.2°F | 3.72 in | — | 9 |
| April | 69.9°F | 52.4°F | 61.2°F | 3.58 in | — | 8 |
| May | 76.7°F | 61.7°F | 69.2°F | 4.40 in | — | 8 |
| June | 82.8°F | 70.3°F | 76.5°F | 5.04 in | — | 10 |
| July | 85.8°F | 73.5°F | 79.7°F | 5.66 in | — | 11 |
| August | 85.4°F | 72.3°F | 78.8°F | 7.76 in | — | 12 |
| September | 82.2°F | 68.1°F | 75.1°F | 8.77 in | — | 10 |
| October | 74.9°F | 56.5°F | 65.7°F | 4.84 in | — | 7 |
| November | 65.7°F | 46.1°F | 55.9°F | 4.55 in | — | 8 |
| December | 58.8°F | 40.1°F | 49.5°F | 4.44 in | — | 10 |
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