Wake Forest weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wake Forest, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at LOUISBURG, 24 km from Wake Forest; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.3 in1227 mm
- Snow a year
- 1.7 in4.3 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 11
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 3,645
- Cooling degree days
- 1,544
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 13°−11° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wake Forest in January
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1952)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 789
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wake Forest in February
Highs average 55°13° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1930)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 638
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wake Forest in March
Highs average 63°17° and lows 36°2°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1945)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 498
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Wake Forest in April
Highs average 72°22° and lows 44°7°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1896)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Wake Forest in May
Highs average 79°26° and lows 54°12°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1941)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 125
Wake Forest in June
Highs average 87°30° and lows 63°17°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1943)
- Record low
- 35°2° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 304
Wake Forest in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 68°20°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1940)
- Record low
- 41°5° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 439
Wake Forest in August
Highs average 89°31° and lows 66°19°, with 5.5 in140 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1932)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 383
Wake Forest in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 209
Wake Forest in OctoberThis month
Highs average 73°23° and lows 46°8°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1954)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 207
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Wake Forest in November
Highs average 63°17° and lows 35°2°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1950)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 479
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Wake Forest in December
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°−1°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1927)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 697
- Cooling degree days
- 1