Wake Forest, NC
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FALLS LAKE, NC US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Wake Forest has an annual average temperature of 58.1°F with about 47.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 87.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.3°F). September is typically the wettest month (5.27 in) and February the driest (2.94 in).
Best time to visit Wake Forest
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All-time records →74 of 366 (20.2%) of Wake Forest'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.
| 2000s | 222 | |
| 2010s | 110 | |
| 2020s | 34 |
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 | 48.9°F | 28.3°F | 38.6°F | 3.49 in | — | 9 |
| February | 52.7°F | 30.3°F | 41.5°F | 2.94 in | — | 9 |
| March | 61.5°F | 35.9°F | 48.7°F | 4.19 in | — | 10 |
| April | 71.0°F | 45.1°F | 58.0°F | 3.69 in | — | 9 |
| May | 76.7°F | 54.7°F | 65.7°F | 3.52 in | — | 11 |
| June | 83.9°F | 63.5°F | 73.7°F | 4.12 in | — | 11 |
| July | 87.2°F | 68.1°F | 77.7°F | 4.80 in | — | 11 |
| August | 84.5°F | 66.9°F | 75.7°F | 4.71 in | — | 10 |
| September | 78.9°F | 60.6°F | 69.8°F | 5.27 in | — | 9 |
| October | 68.2°F | 47.5°F | 57.9°F | 3.31 in | — | 8 |
| November | 59.2°F | 36.8°F | 48.0°F | 3.62 in | — | 9 |
| December | 51.9°F | 31.5°F | 41.7°F | 3.86 in | — | 10 |
Climate twins of Wake Forest
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