Rocky Mount weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Rocky Mount, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at ROCKY MOUNT 8 ESE, 14 km from Rocky Mount; records cover 1954–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.6 in1233 mm
- Snow a year
- 2.8 in7.1 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 28
- First fall freeze
- Nov 4
- Heating degree days
- 3,380
- Cooling degree days
- 1,549
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 16°−9° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Rocky Mount in January
Highs average 50°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1970)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 761
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rocky Mount in February
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2023)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 626
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rocky Mount in March
Highs average 61°16° and lows 38°3°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1985)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 489
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Rocky Mount in April
Highs average 71°22° and lows 47°8°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1990)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 208
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Rocky Mount in May
Highs average 78°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1988)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 138
Rocky Mount in June
Highs average 85°30° and lows 65°19°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 314
Rocky Mount in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 69°21°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1989)
- Record low
- 51°11° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 429
Rocky Mount in August
Highs average 85°30° and lows 67°20°, with 5.3 in134 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1983)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 352
Rocky Mount in September
Highs average 81°27° and lows 62°17°, with 6.2 in156 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1954)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 217
Rocky Mount in OctoberThis month
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1954)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 172
- Cooling degree days
- 46
Rocky Mount in November
Highs average 65°18° and lows 39°4°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1961)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 405
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Rocky Mount in December
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1978)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 641
- Cooling degree days
- 1