Concord, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Concord's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 47.9 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.9°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,216 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationConcord
- Station IDUSC00311975
- Location35.41°N 80.58°W
- Elevation700 ft (213 m)
- Population112,395
On October 23, the normal high in Concord is 72°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Concord.
- Jan 53° 29°
- Feb 57° 31°
- Mar 65° 38°
- Apr 74° 47°
- May 81° 56°
- Jun 88° 65°
- Jul 92° 69°
- Aug 90° 67°
- Sep 84° 61°
- Oct 74° 48°
- Nov 64° 37°
- Dec 56° 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 Concord each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.31 in), the least in February (3.12 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. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 29°F | 40.8°F | 3.68 | 1.1 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| February | 57°F | 31°F | 44.1°F | 3.12 | 1.3 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 65°F | 38°F | 51.3°F | 4.10 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 47°F | 60.4°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 56°F | 68.8°F | 3.71 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 65°F | 76.6°F | 4.67 | 0.0 | 11 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 69°F | 80.3°F | 5.31 | 0.0 | 10 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 67°F | 78.5°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 61°F | 72.2°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 48°F | 61.1°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 37°F | 50.5°F | 3.48 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 32°F | 43.6°F | 3.51 | 0.5 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 48°F | 60.7°F | 47.87 | 3.3 | 112 | 61 | 74 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 93 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 14°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 79 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 18°C | 3°C | 10.7°C | 104 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 13°C | 20.4°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.8°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 20°C | 26.8°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 89 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00311975; 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 Concord?
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 USC00311975.
When is the last frost in Concord?
In Concord, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 21 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 11 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 215 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 237 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Concord in zone 8a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8a in 28027, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Concord'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 USC00311975; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Concord ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Concord's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Concord?
In a normal year in Concord, 61 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 74 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 112 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 61a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 74a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 112a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1891) is 107°F, on August 22, 1983; the lowest is −5°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 68.90 in; the snowiest season is 1935–36, with 23.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00311975; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00311975. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Concord?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Concord, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (72%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 243rd (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 72% | 3.3 |
| March | 73% | 4.4 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 80% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 78% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.8 |
| 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 Concord need?
A normal year in Concord brings 3,294 heating degree days, 39% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,755 cooling degree days, 93% 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 4,914 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 749 | 0 |
| February | 587 | 1 |
| March | 433 | 9 |
| April | 185 | 48 |
| May | 49 | 165 |
| June | 4 | 353 |
| July | 0 | 473 |
| August | 0 | 419 |
| September | 16 | 234 |
| October | 168 | 48 |
| November | 438 | 4 |
| December | 664 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,294 | 1,755 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00311975. 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 Concord been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 58.8°F, 1.9°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 60.7°F. 0 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.5°F | −0.2°F | 39.59 | 0.6 |
| 2022 | 58.8°F | −1.9°F | 47.26 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 59.4°F | −1.3°F | 48.16 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 59.7°F | −1.0°F | 51.60 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 58.8°F | −1.9°F | 39.66 | 1.0 |
Over 79 complete years from 1935 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.3°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00311975; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Concord's climate compare?
Concord is warmer than 79 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 38. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.7°F is warmer than 76%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Concord 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 Concord share this climate record?
10 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.
- Kannapolis, NCalso near: Salisbury (17 mi, 59.3°F a year); Charlotte (25 mi, 61.4°F a year)60,521 people · 6 mi NW
- Cornelius, NC34,366 people · 17 mi W
- Harrisburg, NC20,335 people · 8 mi SW
- Davidson, NC16,276 people · 14 mi W
- Locust, NC5,992 people · 13 mi SE
- Midland, NC5,027 people · 12 mi S
- Landis, NC3,838 people · 10 mi N
- Enochville, NC3,392 people · 9 mi NW
- Mount Pleasant, NC1,776 people · 9 mi E
- Stanfield, NC1,709 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 Concord's climate
What is the coldest month in Concord?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Concord?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (1.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Concord?
July, with 5.31 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.12 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Concord in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Concord in zone 8a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8a in 28027, the largest). By the same method at Concord'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 Concord?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Concord in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Salisbury, NC20 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Albemarle, NC22 miles from this station, 60.3°F a year
- Charlotte, NC25 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Monroe, NC27 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
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