Goldsboro, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Goldsboro's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 52.3 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.4°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,327 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGoldsboro (4 mi SE)
- Station IDUSW00013713
- Location35.34°N 77.96°W
- Elevation109 ft (33 m)
- Population34,629
On October 23, the normal high in Goldsboro is 73°F and the normal low 51°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 Goldsboro.
- Jan 54° 35°
- Feb 58° 36°
- Mar 65° 43°
- Apr 75° 51°
- May 82° 60°
- Jun 88° 69°
- Jul 91° 72°
- Aug 89° 71°
- Sep 83° 66°
- Oct 75° 54°
- Nov 66° 43°
- Dec 57° 37°
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 Goldsboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in September (7.03 in), the least in November (3.17 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 | 54°F | 35°F | 44.4°F | 3.55 | 1.3 | 12 | <1 | 13 | 10 h |
| February | 58°F | 36°F | 47.3°F | 3.24 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 65°F | 43°F | 54.1°F | 4.22 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 51°F | 63.1°F | 3.90 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 60°F | 70.6°F | 3.52 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 69°F | 78.4°F | 4.40 | 0.0 | 10 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 72°F | 81.3°F | 5.42 | 0.0 | 13 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 71°F | 80.0°F | 6.42 | 0.0 | 11 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 66°F | 74.8°F | 7.03 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 54°F | 64.3°F | 3.79 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 43°F | 54.4°F | 3.17 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 37°F | 47.3°F | 3.60 | 0.7 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 53°F | 63.3°F | 52.26 | 2.0 | 121 | 61 | 42 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 1°C | 6.9°C | 90 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 15°C | 2°C | 8.5°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| March | 18°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 138 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 22°C | 26.7°C | 163 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 19°C | 23.8°C | 179 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.5°C | 91 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013713; 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 Goldsboro?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00013713.
When is the last frost in Goldsboro?
In Goldsboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 15 in half of years and after April 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 18 in half of years and before November 2 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 151 year in 10 after April 1; 9 in 10 after February 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 181 year in 10 before November 2; 9 in 10 before December 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 250 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 282 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before December 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goldsboro in zones 8a to 8b across its 3 ZIP code areas (8a in 27530, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00013713; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Goldsboro ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Goldsboro's 3 ZIP code areas run from zone 8a to 8b: 2 in 8a and 1 in 8b. 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 Goldsboro?
In a normal year in Goldsboro, 61 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 42 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 61a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 42a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 108°F, on July 22, 1932; the lowest is 0°F, on January 4, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1999, with 70.96 in; the snowiest season is 1913–14, with 45.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013713; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013713. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Goldsboro, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 70°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 71°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (32°F). March is the windiest month (8.0 mph on average), and November has the most clear or nearly clear hours (58%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 64% | 44% | 7.2 mph | 51% | 24% |
| February | 37°F | 63% | 44% | 7.7 mph | 49% | 26% |
| March | 44°F | 61% | 39% | 8.0 mph | 54% | 21% |
| April | 54°F | 66% | 44% | 7.5 mph | 53% | 18% |
| May | 63°F | 70% | 48% | 6.4 mph | 49% | 16% |
| June | 69°F | 72% | 50% | 6.0 mph | 50% | 10% |
| July | 71°F | 77% | 56% | 5.6 mph | 46% | 12% |
| August | 68°F | 77% | 55% | 6.0 mph | 51% | 15% |
| September | 61°F | 76% | 53% | 5.8 mph | 56% | 17% |
| October | 48°F | 72% | 46% | 5.8 mph | 58% | 19% |
| November | 41°F | 70% | 47% | 6.0 mph | 58% | 18% |
| December | 35°F | 69% | 51% | 6.5 mph | 53% | 22% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013713. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Goldsboro?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Goldsboro, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 73% | 3.3 |
| March | 74% | 4.3 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 78% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.6 |
| 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 Goldsboro need?
A normal year in Goldsboro brings 2,657 heating degree days, 51% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,082 cooling degree days, 2.3 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 5,559 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 641 | 3 |
| February | 499 | 2 |
| March | 354 | 16 |
| April | 132 | 75 |
| May | 31 | 206 |
| June | 1 | 402 |
| July | 0 | 507 |
| August | 0 | 463 |
| September | 7 | 302 |
| October | 107 | 87 |
| November | 332 | 14 |
| December | 553 | 5 |
| Year (annual) | 2,657 | 2,082 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013713. 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 Goldsboro been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 64.4°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.3°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.4°F | +1.1°F | – | – |
Over 77 complete years from 1867 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.8°F per century (+0.04°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013713; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Goldsboro's climate compare?
Goldsboro is warmer than 118 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 77. 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, Goldsboro 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 Goldsboro share this climate record?
8 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.
- Elroy, NC3,507 people · 3 mi E
- La Grange, NC2,922 people · 10 mi E
- Mar-Mac, NC2,802 people · 5 mi W
- Brogden, NC2,712 people · 5 mi SW
- Dudley, NC2,320 people · 7 mi SW
- New Hope, NC1,200 people · 5 mi NE
- Walnut Creek, NC1,103 people · 6 mi SE
- Pikeville, NC729 people · 11 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Goldsboro's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Goldsboro. This page uses Goldsboro (4 mi SE); the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsboro Agricultural (1 mi N) USC00313503 | 6 mi N | 109 ft | 60.7°F | 32°F | 88°F | 52.5 | – | March 28 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Goldsboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Goldsboro?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Goldsboro?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Goldsboro?
September, with 7.03 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.17 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Goldsboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Goldsboro in zones 8a to 8b across its 3 ZIP code areas (8a in 27530, the largest).
How late can frost come in Goldsboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 1. Waiting until April 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Goldsboro in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mount Olive, NC14 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Snow Hill, NC19 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Kinston, NC22 miles from this station, 63.6°F a year
- Warsaw, NC23 miles from this station, 59.2°F a year
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