Selma, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SMITHFIELD, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Selma has an annual average temperature of 61.6°F with about 49.4 inches of precipitation per year and 0.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 31.4°F). July is typically the wettest month (5.54 in) and October the driest (3.21 in). Snow typically falls from December through December.
Best time to visit Selma
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →43 of 366 (11.7%) of Selma'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 | 1 | |
| 1910s | 31 | |
| 1920s | 37 | |
| 1930s | 54 | |
| 1940s | 40 | |
| 1950s | 64 | |
| 1960s | 11 | |
| 1970s | 26 | |
| 1980s | 25 | |
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 30 | |
| 2020s | 19 |
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 | 53.6°F | 31.4°F | 42.5°F | 3.45 in | 0.1 in | 11 |
| February | 57.0°F | 33.3°F | 45.2°F | 3.31 in | — | 10 |
| March | 64.5°F | 39.3°F | 51.9°F | 4.01 in | — | 11 |
| April | 74.1°F | 47.5°F | 60.8°F | 3.69 in | — | 9 |
| May | 81.0°F | 57.4°F | 69.2°F | 4.20 in | — | 10 |
| June | 88.3°F | 65.9°F | 77.1°F | 4.67 in | — | 10 |
| July | 91.7°F | 70.8°F | 81.2°F | 5.54 in | — | 12 |
| August | 89.3°F | 68.6°F | 78.9°F | 5.28 in | — | 10 |
| September | 83.6°F | 62.9°F | 73.3°F | 5.51 in | — | 9 |
| October | 74.3°F | 50.1°F | 62.2°F | 3.21 in | — | 8 |
| November | 64.4°F | 39.0°F | 51.7°F | 3.25 in | — | 9 |
| December | 56.7°F | 33.8°F | 45.2°F | 3.25 in | 0.7 in | 10 |
Climate twins of Selma
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).