Tar Heel weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tar Heel, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at LUMBERTON, 25 km from Tar Heel; records cover 1903–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 50.8 in1291 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 18
- First fall freeze
- Nov 8
- Heating degree days
- 2,817
- Cooling degree days
- 1,937
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 19°−7° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tar Heel in January
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°1°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1909)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 658
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Tar Heel in February
Highs average 58°14° and lows 35°2°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1997)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 523
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Tar Heel in March
Highs average 65°19° and lows 41°5°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1907)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 380
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Tar Heel in April
Highs average 74°24° and lows 49°10°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1925)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 154
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Tar Heel in May
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1914)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 33
- Cooling degree days
- 187
Tar Heel in June
Highs average 88°31° and lows 68°20°, with 5.2 in133 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1933)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 380
Tar Heel in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 71°22°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1926)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 498
Tar Heel in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 70°21°, with 6.2 in156 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2007)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 442
Tar Heel in September
Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 5.2 in132 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1925)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 275
Tar Heel in OctoberThis month
Highs average 75°24° and lows 52°11°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1954)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 123
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Tar Heel in November
Highs average 65°19° and lows 41°5°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1974)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 362
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Tar Heel in December
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1931)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 574
- Cooling degree days
- 3