Sparta, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SPARTA 3.5 SSW, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Sparta has an annual average temperature of 52.6°F with about 57.1 inches of precipitation per year and 18.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.48 in) and February the driest (3.15 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
Best time to visit Sparta
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All-time records →106 of 366 (29%) of Sparta'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 | 0 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 0 | |
| 1970s | 0 | |
| 1980s | 0 | |
| 1990s | 0 | |
| 2000s | 241 | |
| 2010s | 34 | |
| 2020s | 91 |
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 | 44.5°F | 22.3°F | 33.4°F | 4.46 in | 5.3 in | 6 |
| February | 46.4°F | 24.4°F | 35.4°F | 3.15 in | 4.2 in | 7 |
| March | 52.8°F | 31.3°F | 42.1°F | 4.91 in | 3.1 in | 8 |
| April | 63.4°F | 39.8°F | 51.6°F | 5.36 in | 1.0 in | 8 |
| May | 70.6°F | 49.2°F | 59.9°F | 5.48 in | — | 10 |
| June | 79.8°F | 57.1°F | 68.5°F | 4.87 in | — | 11 |
| July | 83.6°F | 61.7°F | 72.7°F | 5.23 in | — | 11 |
| August | 82.1°F | 59.6°F | 70.9°F | 4.93 in | — | 11 |
| September | 75.0°F | 52.7°F | 63.9°F | 5.13 in | — | 8 |
| October | 65.8°F | 41.2°F | 53.5°F | 4.52 in | — | 7 |
| November | 54.8°F | 31.9°F | 43.4°F | 4.54 in | 0.3 in | 7 |
| December | 46.2°F | 25.8°F | 36.0°F | 4.51 in | 4.7 in | 7 |
Climate twins of Sparta
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).