Aurora, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Aurora's normal year runs from 36°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 51.6 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.4°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,310 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAurora (6 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00310375
- Location35.39°N 76.78°W
- Elevation20 ft (6 m)
- Population451
On October 23, the normal high in Aurora is 71°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Aurora.
- Jan 53° 36°
- Feb 56° 38°
- Mar 62° 44°
- Apr 72° 53°
- May 79° 62°
- Jun 86° 70°
- Jul 89° 74°
- Aug 87° 73°
- Sep 82° 68°
- Oct 73° 57°
- Nov 64° 48°
- Dec 56° 40°
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 Aurora each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in August (5.92 in), the least in November (3.12 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 36°F | 44.8°F | 3.90 | 11 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 38°F | 47.0°F | 3.41 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 44°F | 53.2°F | 3.75 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 53°F | 62.2°F | 3.54 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 62°F | 70.2°F | 3.97 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 70°F | 77.7°F | 5.12 | 10 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 74°F | 81.3°F | 5.24 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 73°F | 79.8°F | 5.92 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 82°F | 68°F | 74.9°F | 5.90 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 57°F | 65.2°F | 4.01 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 48°F | 55.6°F | 3.12 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 40°F | 48.0°F | 3.68 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 55°F | 63.3°F | 51.56 | 115 | 43 | 30 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 2°C | 7.1°C | 99 mm |
| February | 13°C | 3°C | 8.3°C | 87 mm |
| March | 17°C | 7°C | 11.8°C | 95 mm |
| April | 22°C | 12°C | 16.8°C | 90 mm |
| May | 26°C | 17°C | 21.2°C | 101 mm |
| June | 30°C | 21°C | 25.4°C | 130 mm |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.4°C | 133 mm |
| August | 31°C | 23°C | 26.6°C | 150 mm |
| September | 28°C | 20°C | 23.8°C | 150 mm |
| October | 23°C | 14°C | 18.4°C | 102 mm |
| November | 18°C | 9°C | 13.1°C | 79 mm |
| December | 13°C | 4°C | 8.9°C | 93 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00310375; 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 Aurora?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00310375.
When is the last frost in Aurora?
In Aurora, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 8 in half of years and after March 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 5 in half of years and before November 16 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
- March 81 year in 10 after March 28; 9 in 10 after February 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 51 year in 10 before November 16; 9 in 10 before December 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 272 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 303 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 19 in half of springs and before December 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Aurora in zone 8b in ZIP code 27806, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Aurora's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 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 USC00310375; 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 Aurora?
In a normal year in Aurora, 43 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 30 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 115 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 43a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 30a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 115a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1973) is 103°F, on August 2, 1999; the lowest is −1°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 62.47 in; the snowiest season is 2025–26, with 11.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00310375; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00310375. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Aurora?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Aurora, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.6 |
| February | 73% | 3.3 |
| March | 73% | 4.3 |
| April | 78% | 5.5 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 80% | 6.2 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 78% | 2.9 |
| December | 74% | 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 Aurora need?
A normal year in Aurora brings 2,596 heating degree days, 52% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,026 cooling degree days, 2.2 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,534 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 627 | 1 |
| February | 507 | 2 |
| March | 377 | 12 |
| April | 143 | 60 |
| May | 29 | 190 |
| June | 2 | 384 |
| July | 0 | 507 |
| August | 0 | 460 |
| September | 4 | 302 |
| October | 85 | 91 |
| November | 295 | 14 |
| December | 528 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,596 | 2,026 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00310375. 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 Aurora been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.6°F, 2.7°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 63.3°F. 0 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 60.9°F | −2.4°F | 50.42 |
| 2023 | 61.6°F | −1.7°F | 47.53 |
| 2024 | 61.9°F | −1.4°F | 46.66 |
| 2025 | 60.6°F | −2.7°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00310375. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Aurora's climate compare?
Aurora is warmer than 118 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 71. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.3°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Aurora 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 Aurora share this climate record?
3 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.
- Bayview, NC317 people · 4 mi N
- Bath, NC241 people · 6 mi N
- Hobucken, NC6 people · 15 mi SE
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 Aurora's climate
What is the coldest month in Aurora?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow in Aurora?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Aurora?
August, with 5.92 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.12 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Aurora in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Aurora in zone 8b in ZIP code 27806, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Aurora's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Aurora?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 8; in one year in ten it comes after March 28. Waiting until March 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Belhaven, NC17 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Bayboro, NC18 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Reelsboro, NC19 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Washington, NC20 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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