Canton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Canton, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at WAYNESVILLE 1 E, 13 km from Canton; records cover 1894–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 50.2 in1276 mm
- Snow a year
- 11 in28 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 4,791
- Cooling degree days
- 529
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 7°−14° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Canton in January
Highs average 47°8° and lows 24°−5°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1914)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 928
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Canton in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 26°−3°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1996)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 750
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Canton in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 32°0°, with 4.5 in113 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1907)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 643
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Canton in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 40°4°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1909)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 375
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Canton in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 48°9°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1996)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 164
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Canton in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1936)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Canton in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 185
Canton in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1930)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 155
Canton in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 53°12°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1954)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 76
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Canton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 41°5°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1933)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 349
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Canton in November
Highs average 58°14° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1946)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 629
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Canton in December
Highs average 50°10° and lows 26°−3°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1951)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 838
- Cooling degree days
- 0