Cove Creek weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cove Creek, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Banner Elk, 16 km from Cove Creek; records cover 1907–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 53.8 in1366 mm
- Snow a year
- 31 in80 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 13
- Heating degree days
- 5,689
- Cooling degree days
- 267
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 84°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cove Creek in January
Highs average 40°5° and lows 22°−5°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1930)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1048
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cove Creek in February
Highs average 44°6° and lows 24°−4°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1932)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 871
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cove Creek in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1929)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 763
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cove Creek in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 39°4°, with 4.8 in123 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1925)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 466
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cove Creek in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 47°9°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1932)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Cove Creek in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 56°13°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1948)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 59
- Cooling degree days
- 52
Cove Creek in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 59°15°, with 5.7 in144 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1926)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 103
Cove Creek in August
Highs average 76°25° and lows 57°14°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1925)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 80
Cove Creek in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 52°11°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1925)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 130
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Cove Creek in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 40°5°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1941)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 434
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Cove Creek in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1994)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 703
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cove Creek in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 26°−4°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1924)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 939
- Cooling degree days
- 0