Hamlet, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hamlet's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 49.5 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.5 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.2°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,257 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHamlet
- Station IDUSC00313784
- Location34.89°N 79.69°W
- Elevation350 ft (107 m)
- Population5,888
On October 22, the normal high in Hamlet is 73°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hamlet.
- Jan 54° 33°
- Feb 59° 35°
- Mar 66° 42°
- Apr 76° 51°
- May 83° 60°
- Jun 89° 68°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 90° 70°
- Sep 84° 64°
- Oct 75° 51°
- Nov 65° 40°
- Dec 57° 35°
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 Hamlet each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.81 in), the least in April (3.17 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 33°F | 43.5°F | 3.71 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| February | 59°F | 35°F | 46.7°F | 3.27 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 66°F | 42°F | 53.9°F | 3.72 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 76°F | 51°F | 63.3°F | 3.17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 60°F | 71.1°F | 3.46 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 68°F | 78.6°F | 4.55 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 81.8°F | 5.81 | 13 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 70°F | 80.1°F | 5.01 | 11 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 64°F | 74.1°F | 5.69 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 51°F | 63.1°F | 3.82 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 40°F | 52.6°F | 3.48 | 9 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 35°F | 46.0°F | 3.81 | 12 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 52°F | 62.9°F | 49.50 | 122 | 70 | 71 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 94 mm |
| February | 15°C | 2°C | 8.2°C | 83 mm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 94 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.4°C | 81 mm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 88 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 116 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.7°C | 148 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 127 mm |
| September | 29°C | 18°C | 23.4°C | 145 mm |
| October | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 97 mm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 88 mm |
| December | 14°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 97 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00313784; 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 Hamlet?
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 (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 USC00313784.
When is the last frost in Hamlet?
In Hamlet, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 30 in half of years and after April 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 22 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 301 year in 10 after April 15; 9 in 10 after March 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 220 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 245 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 18 in half of springs and before November 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hamlet in zone 8a in ZIP code 28345, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hamlet's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (28 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 USC00313784; 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 Hamlet?
In a normal year in Hamlet, 70 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 71 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 122 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 70a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 71a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 122a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 108°F, on August 9, 2007; the lowest is 2°F, on January 22, 1970.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 72.98 in; the snowiest season is 1958–59, with 14.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00313784; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00313784. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hamlet?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hamlet, 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 | 76% | 2.8 |
| February | 73% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 79% | 3.0 |
| December | 74% | 2.4 |
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 Hamlet need?
A normal year in Hamlet brings 2,822 heating degree days, 47% 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 5,489 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 667 | 1 |
| February | 516 | 4 |
| March | 364 | 18 |
| April | 131 | 80 |
| May | 26 | 214 |
| June | 2 | 408 |
| July | 0 | 521 |
| August | 0 | 468 |
| September | 10 | 283 |
| October | 130 | 73 |
| November | 384 | 10 |
| December | 593 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,822 | 2,082 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00313784. 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 Hamlet been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 63.2°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.9°F. 1 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.6°F | −0.3°F | 41.00 |
| 2022 | 62.6°F | −0.3°F | 56.56 |
| 2023 | 63.2°F | +0.3°F | 51.57 |
Over 57 complete years from 1950 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00313784; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hamlet's climate compare?
Hamlet is warmer than 114 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 53. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.9°F is warmer than 82%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hamlet 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 Hamlet share this climate record?
5 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.
- Rockingham, NC8,802 people · 5 mi NW
- Bennettsville, SC7,595 people · 18 mi S
- East Rockingham, NC3,177 people · 4 mi NW
- Dobbins Heights, NC688 people · 1 mi N
- Roberdel, NC227 people · 7 mi NW
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 Hamlet's climate
What is the coldest month in Hamlet?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Hamlet?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.5 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Hamlet?
July, with 5.81 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 3.17 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hamlet in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hamlet in zone 8a in ZIP code 28345, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hamlet's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Hamlet?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 30; in one year in ten it comes after April 15. Waiting until April 15 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
- McColl, SC14 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Cheraw, SC17 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Laurinburg, NC20 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Jackson Springs, NC21 miles from this station, 61.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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