Spruce Pine weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Spruce Pine, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Celo 2 S, 14 km from Spruce Pine; records cover 1948–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 64.3 in1634 mm
- Snow a year
- 13 in32 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 25
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 5,045
- Cooling degree days
- 393
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 8°−13° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Spruce Pine in January
Highs average 45°7° and lows 23°−5°, with 5.9 in149 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2002)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 967
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spruce Pine in February
Highs average 49°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 4.6 in118 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1977)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 774
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spruce Pine in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 32°0°, with 5.3 in134 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2020)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 657
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spruce Pine in April
Highs average 65°18° and lows 40°4°, with 6 in152 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2010)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 384
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Spruce Pine in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 5.9 in150 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2000)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 185
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Spruce Pine in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 56°13°, with 5.8 in147 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1952)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Spruce Pine in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 59°15°, with 5.8 in147 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 144
Spruce Pine in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 58°15°, with 5.6 in143 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1999)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 113
Spruce Pine in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 52°11°, with 6 in152 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1998)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 105
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Spruce Pine in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 41°5°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1951)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 381
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Spruce Pine in November
Highs average 56°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2023)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 654
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Spruce Pine in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1998)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 865
- Cooling degree days
- 0