Fayetteville Rgnl, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fayetteville Rgnl's primary NOAA station, FAYETTEVILLE RGNL AP.
The climate verdict for Fayetteville Rgnl
Fayetteville Rgnl, North Carolina has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 63°F. It scores 92/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 92% of them.
- 63°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 92/100
- comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 236 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Fayetteville Rgnl: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093740 · Fayetteville Rgnl, NC 63°F mean · 44.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,695
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Athens Ben Epps
- PRCP-MID 44.6"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 92/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093740
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Athens Ben Epps, GA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NC station list.
- Fayetteville Rg… (this station) 63°F
- Hot Clarksville, TX 63°F
- Near Athens Ben Epps, GA 63°F
- Near Batesburg, SC 63°F
- Near Clanton, AL 63°F
Climate Living Index · Fayetteville Rgnl
Fayetteville Rgnl: 72/100 · grade B
Fayetteville Rgnl publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fayetteville Rgnl, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 92/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 50 calendar days | 91/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.0°F · 4.5° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 236 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 44.6 in · 9.6 from 35 in | 66/100 · C |
| Summer moisture balance | 68.9°F mean dew point | 18/100 · F |
Fayetteville Rgnl · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fayetteville Rgnl is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.0°F and warmest-month mean 81.7°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 81.7°F
- Coldest month
- 44.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Fayetteville Rgnl sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fayetteville Rgnl's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 17% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fayetteville Rgnl sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Fayetteville Rgnl is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fayetteville Rgnl compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fayetteville Rgnl's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
92 Top 8% score exceeds 92% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.1" | 14.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.8" | 10.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.1" | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.1" | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| June | 89°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 16.3 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 21.7 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 17.8 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 7.5 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.2" | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.0" | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.0" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Fayetteville Rgnl runs from a mild 34°F around January 9 to 92°F at the peak near July 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 23 through August 11, covering 50 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 31 to October 30.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 34°F around January 9.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 31, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 25 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 118 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fayetteville Rgnl.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.4 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
Fayetteville Rgnl spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Fayetteville Rgnl has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 5.4" and February 2.8". The three wettest months together take 34% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Fayetteville Rgnl, it arrives in quantity
44.6" of precipitation falls across only about 118 wet days here, averaging 0.38 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 118 a year, 32% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.38 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 8
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
236 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,734
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,050
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60% | 7.9 | 61% | 22% |
| February | 59% | 8.3 | 58% | 21% |
| March | 59% | 8.8 | 56% | 21% |
| April | 64% | 8.2 | 54% | 16% |
| May | 67% | 6.9 | 50% | 13% |
| June | 71% | 6.5 | 53% | 7% |
| July | 73% | 6.2 | 51% | 10% |
| August | 74% | 6.3 | 53% | 14% |
| September | 73% | 6.5 | 60% | 15% |
| October | 69% | 6.6 | 62% | 18% |
| November | 67% | 6.8 | 62% | 16% |
| December | 66% | 7.1 | 61% | 21% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Fayetteville Rgnl on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (63°F here).
- Clanton, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarksville, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Dermott, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Elliott, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Franklinville, NY 44.6" · 0.0" off
- Richlands, VA 44.6" · 0.0" off
- Gallipolis, OH 44.5" · 0.0" off
- Wills Point, TX 44.6" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fayetteville Rgnl's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Fayetteville Rgnl's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.7°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Fayetteville Rgnl's normal, at 2,734 and 2,050 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 236-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Fayetteville Rgnl's 44.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fayetteville Rgnl's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Fayetteville Rgnl, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Fayetteville Rgnl's primary station: FAYETTEVILLE RGNL AP (USW00093740). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Fayetteville Rgnl; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Fayetteville Rgnl comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.