Edenton, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Edenton's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 51.0 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.7°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,295 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEdenton
- Station IDUSC00312635
- Location36.02°N 76.55°W
- Elevation10 ft (3 m)
- Population4,492
On October 22, the normal high in Edenton is 71°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Edenton.
- Jan 52° 34°
- Feb 56° 36°
- Mar 63° 42°
- Apr 72° 51°
- May 79° 59°
- Jun 86° 68°
- Jul 89° 72°
- Aug 87° 71°
- Sep 82° 65°
- Oct 73° 54°
- Nov 63° 44°
- Dec 55° 38°
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 Edenton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in August (6.16 in), the least in February (3.24 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 34°F | 43.4°F | 3.50 | 0.9 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 36°F | 45.9°F | 3.24 | 0.6 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 42°F | 52.3°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 51°F | 61.4°F | 3.27 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 59°F | 69.4°F | 3.72 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 68°F | 77.0°F | 4.92 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 89°F | 72°F | 80.5°F | 6.04 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 71°F | 78.7°F | 6.16 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 82°F | 65°F | 73.3°F | 5.62 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 54°F | 63.4°F | 3.75 | 0.0 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 44°F | 53.4°F | 3.24 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 55°F | 38°F | 46.5°F | 3.49 | 0.8 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 53°F | 62.1°F | 50.98 | 2.3 | 99 | 37 | 47 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | 1°C | 6.3°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 13°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 82 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 22°C | 10°C | 16.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 15°C | 20.8°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 25.0°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 153 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 21°C | 25.9°C | 156 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 18°C | 22.9°C | 143 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 12°C | 17.4°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 7°C | 11.9°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 3°C | 8.1°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00312635; 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 Edenton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00312635.
When is the last frost in Edenton?
In Edenton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 14 in half of years and before November 1 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 241 year in 10 after April 8; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 9 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Edenton in zone 8a in ZIP code 27932, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Edenton's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 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 USC00312635; 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 Edenton?
In a normal year in Edenton, 37 days a year reach 90°F, 47 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 99 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 37a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 47a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 99a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1896) is 105°F, on July 18, 1942; the lowest is −4°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2016, with 76.34 in; the snowiest season is 1935–36, with 28.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00312635; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00312635. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Edenton?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Edenton, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.5 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 77% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 76% | 3.5 |
| November | 77% | 2.8 |
| December | 73% | 2.2 |
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 Edenton need?
A normal year in Edenton brings 2,868 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,840 cooling degree days, 2.0 times 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 5,184 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 670 | 0 |
| February | 535 | 1 |
| March | 403 | 8 |
| April | 163 | 55 |
| May | 39 | 174 |
| June | 2 | 362 |
| July | 0 | 480 |
| August | 0 | 425 |
| September | 8 | 257 |
| October | 120 | 69 |
| November | 354 | 8 |
| December | 573 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,868 | 1,840 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00312635. 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 Edenton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.7°F, 0.4°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 62.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.7°F | +0.6°F | 51.23 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 62.3°F | +0.2°F | 46.34 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 62.8°F | +0.6°F | 48.00 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 62.9°F | +0.8°F | 44.37 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 61.7°F | −0.4°F | 42.15 | 9.2 |
Over 85 complete years from 1898 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00312635; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Edenton's climate compare?
Edenton is warmer than 105 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 68. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.1°F is warmer than 80%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Edenton 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 Edenton share this climate record?
7 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.
- Hertford, NC1,992 people · 12 mi NE
- Arrowhead Beach, NC1,277 people · 17 mi NW
- Winfall, NC571 people · 14 mi N
- Cape Colony, NC470 people · 2 mi W
- Chowan Beach, NC407 people · 16 mi NW
- Colerain, NC203 people · 18 mi NW
- Creswell, NC203 people · 13 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 Edenton's climate
What is the coldest month in Edenton?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Edenton?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Edenton?
August, with 6.16 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.24 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Edenton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Edenton in zone 8a in ZIP code 27932, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Edenton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Edenton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 8. Waiting until April 8 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
- Plymouth, NC12 miles from this station, 62.1°F a year
- Elizabeth City, NC27 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Williamston, NC29 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Belhaven, NC30 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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