Catawba weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Catawba, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at STATESVILLE 2 NNE, 21 km from Catawba; records cover 1901–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46.7 in1185 mm
- Snow a year
- 5 in12 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 24
- Heating degree days
- 3,995
- Cooling degree days
- 1,257
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 12°−11° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Catawba in January
Highs average 49°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1944)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 850
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Catawba in February
Highs average 53°12° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1944)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 682
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Catawba in March
Highs average 61°16° and lows 35°2°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1907)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 541
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Catawba in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 44°7°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1915)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 263
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Catawba in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1941)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 83
- Cooling degree days
- 99
Catawba in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 63°17°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 256
Catawba in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 67°19°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 374
Catawba in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 65°18°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 322
Catawba in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1939)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 31
- Cooling degree days
- 158
Catawba in OctoberThis month
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1941)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 232
- Cooling degree days
- 25
Catawba in November
Highs average 60°16° and lows 34°1°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1946)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 537
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Catawba in December
Highs average 52°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1931)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 768
- Cooling degree days
- 0