Sandy Creek weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sandy 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 Wilmington Int'l Airport, 24 km from Sandy Creek; records cover 1874–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 60.1 in1528 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.9 in2.3 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 17
- First fall freeze
- Nov 17
- Heating degree days
- 2,325
- Cooling degree days
- 2,134
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 22°−6° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sandy Creek in January
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2024)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 568
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Sandy Creek in February
Highs average 60°16° and lows 38°4°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2023)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 443
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Sandy Creek in March
Highs average 67°19° and lows 44°7°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1907)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 320
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Sandy Creek in April
Highs average 75°24° and lows 53°11°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1967)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1875)
- Heating degree days
- 118
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Sandy Creek in May
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2019)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 210
Sandy Creek in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 69°21°, with 5.7 in144 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1952)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 396
Sandy Creek in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 73°23°, with 6.9 in174 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1879)
- Record low
- 54°12° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 511
Sandy Creek in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 72°22°, with 8.2 in207 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1999)
- Record low
- 55°13° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 465
Sandy Creek in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 67°19°, with 8.7 in221 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1925)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 312
Sandy Creek in OctoberThis month
Highs average 76°24° and lows 56°13°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2019)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 82
- Cooling degree days
- 108
Sandy Creek in November
Highs average 67°20° and lows 45°7°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1974)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 288
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Sandy Creek in December
Highs average 60°16° and lows 39°4°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1998)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 481
- Cooling degree days
- 7