What is the hottest month in Roxboro?

July is the warmest month in Roxboro, with an average high of 89.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Roxboro?

January is the coldest month in Roxboro, with an average low of 26.4°F.

What month does Roxboro get the most rain?

September is typically the wettest month in Roxboro, with about 5.16 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Roxboro in?

Roxboro is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 8a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Roxboro changed recently?

17.2% of Roxboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Roxboro, NC

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ROXBORO 7 ESE, NC US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Roxboro has an annual average temperature of 58.2°F with about 47.3 inches of precipitation per year and 3.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 26.4°F). September is typically the wettest month (5.16 in) and February the driest (2.94 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

39°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

3,588

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,149

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

63 of 366 (17.2%) of Roxboro'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.

1890s		38
1900s		23
1910s		7
1920s		0
1930s		0
1940s		0
1950s		6
1960s		34
1970s		43
1980s		56
1990s		27
2000s		47
2010s		46
2020s		39

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	51.2°F	26.4°F	38.8°F	4.02 in	1.7 in	9
February	55.1°F	27.5°F	41.3°F	2.94 in	0.7 in	8
March	62.7°F	34.3°F	48.5°F	4.29 in	0.3 in	9
April	72.9°F	43.0°F	58.0°F	4.03 in	—	9
May	79.0°F	52.9°F	66.0°F	3.72 in	—	10
June	85.9°F	61.6°F	73.8°F	4.43 in	—	9
July	89.3°F	66.3°F	77.8°F	3.80 in	—	9
August	87.9°F	64.1°F	76.0°F	3.81 in	—	8
September	82.2°F	57.3°F	69.7°F	5.16 in	—	8
October	73.0°F	44.5°F	58.8°F	3.63 in	—	7
November	63.0°F	33.8°F	48.4°F	3.49 in	—	7
December	54.6°F	28.6°F	41.6°F	3.97 in	0.7 in	9