Asheboro, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Asheboro's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 46.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.0°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,184 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAsheboro (2 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00310286
- Location35.71°N 79.84°W
- Elevation870 ft (265 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population27,928
On October 23, the normal high in Asheboro is 69°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Asheboro.
- Jan 50° 29°
- Feb 54° 32°
- Mar 62° 39°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 78° 55°
- Jun 85° 63°
- Jul 88° 67°
- Aug 87° 66°
- Sep 81° 60°
- Oct 71° 48°
- Nov 61° 38°
- Dec 53° 32°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Asheboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.84 in), the least in February (3.22 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 29°F | 39.7°F | 3.95 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 32°F | 43.2°F | 3.22 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 39°F | 50.3°F | 4.09 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.1°F | 3.94 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 78°F | 55°F | 66.6°F | 3.76 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 85°F | 63°F | 74.0°F | 4.08 | 11 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 88°F | 67°F | 77.7°F | 4.18 | 12 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 66°F | 76.2°F | 3.87 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 81°F | 60°F | 70.1°F | 4.84 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 48°F | 59.5°F | 3.50 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 38°F | 49.4°F | 3.55 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 32°F | 42.6°F | 3.64 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 48°F | 59.0°F | 46.62 | 125 | 33 | 65 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −1°C | 4.3°C | 100 mm |
| February | 12°C | 0°C | 6.2°C | 82 mm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.2°C | 104 mm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 15.1°C | 100 mm |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 96 mm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 104 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 106 mm |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 98 mm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 21.2°C | 123 mm |
| October | 22°C | 9°C | 15.3°C | 89 mm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 90 mm |
| December | 12°C | 0°C | 5.9°C | 92 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Randleman (8 miles away), gets 5 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00310286; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Asheboro?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (9).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00310286.
When is the last frost in Asheboro?
In Asheboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 18 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 51 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 207 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 232 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 24 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Asheboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 27203. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Asheboro's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00310286; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Asheboro?
In a normal year in Asheboro, 33 days a year reach 90°F, 65 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 65a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 125a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1926) is 105°F, on August 18, 1988; the lowest is −8°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 74.67 in; the snowiest season is 1926–27, with 31.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00310286; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00310286. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Asheboro?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Asheboro, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 72% | 3.3 |
| March | 73% | 4.3 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 80% | 6.1 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 78% | 2.9 |
| December | 73% | 2.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Asheboro need?
A normal year in Asheboro brings 3,539 heating degree days, 34% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,388 cooling degree days, 53% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,434 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 784 | 0 |
| February | 612 | 0 |
| March | 462 | 6 |
| April | 212 | 35 |
| May | 65 | 115 |
| June | 6 | 276 |
| July | 0 | 392 |
| August | 1 | 348 |
| September | 25 | 178 |
| October | 204 | 33 |
| November | 472 | 3 |
| December | 695 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,539 | 1,388 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00310286. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Asheboro been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 60.9°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.0°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.8°F | +0.8°F | 49.25 |
| 2022 | 59.7°F | +0.7°F | 44.78 |
| 2023 | 60.2°F | +1.2°F | 45.10 |
| 2024 | 60.9°F | +1.9°F | 51.32 |
Over 81 complete years from 1928 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.6°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00310286; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Asheboro's climate compare?
Asheboro is warmer than 51 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 21. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.0°F is warmer than 72%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Asheboro is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Asheboro share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Denton, NC1,580 people · 16 mi W
- Seagrove, NC239 people · 12 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Asheboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Asheboro?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Asheboro?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Asheboro's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Randleman (8 miles away), records 5 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Asheboro?
September, with 4.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Asheboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Asheboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 27203. By the same method at Asheboro's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Asheboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Asheboro in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Randleman, NC8 miles from this station, 58.7°F a year
- High Point, NC19 miles from this station, 61.0°F a year
- Siler City, NC21 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Lexington, NC25 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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