Fairfield weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fairfield, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Columbia Ag Gum Neck, 20 km from Fairfield; records cover 2000–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 55.3 in1406 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 25
- First fall freeze
- Nov 10
- Heating degree days
- 3,125
- Cooling degree days
- 1,618
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 18°−8° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fairfield in January
Highs average 53°12° and lows 33°0°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2013)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 691
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fairfield in February
Highs average 55°13° and lows 32°0°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2023)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (2026)
- Heating degree days
- 602
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fairfield in March
Highs average 61°16° and lows 39°4°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2007)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 468
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Fairfield in April
Highs average 70°21° and lows 48°9°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2009)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 218
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Fairfield in May
Highs average 78°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2019)
- Record low
- 38°3° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 147
Fairfield in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 66°19°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2025)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 299
Fairfield in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 70°21°, with 5.8 in147 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2011)
- Record low
- 55°13° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 437
Fairfield in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 69°20°, with 6.6 in168 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2002)
- Record low
- 53°12° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 386
Fairfield in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 63°17°, with 6.2 in157 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2020)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 229
Fairfield in OctoberThis month
Highs average 74°23° and lows 52°11°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2019)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 134
- Cooling degree days
- 65
Fairfield in November
Highs average 64°18° and lows 42°6°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2006)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 367
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Fairfield in December
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2015)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 578
- Cooling degree days
- 3