Havelock, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Havelock's normal year runs from 36°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 57.4 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.8 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.9°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,458 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
- Station IDUSW00013754
- Location34.90°N 76.88°W
- Elevation29 ft (9 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population17,407
On October 14, the normal high in Havelock is 77°F and the normal low 56°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Havelock.
- Jan 57° 36°
- Feb 60° 38°
- Mar 66° 44°
- Apr 74° 52°
- May 81° 61°
- Jun 87° 69°
- Jul 90° 73°
- Aug 89° 72°
- Sep 84° 68°
- Oct 76° 56°
- Nov 67° 46°
- Dec 60° 40°
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 Havelock each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in September (8.20 in), the least in February (3.40 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. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 36°F | 46.7°F | 4.07 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 10 h |
| February | 60°F | 38°F | 48.9°F | 3.40 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 66°F | 44°F | 54.6°F | 3.56 | 11 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 52°F | 63.0°F | 3.52 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 61°F | 70.8°F | 3.94 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 69°F | 78.2°F | 4.87 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 90°F | 73°F | 81.3°F | 7.38 | 13 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 72°F | 80.2°F | 7.21 | 13 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 68°F | 75.8°F | 8.20 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 56°F | 65.9°F | 3.81 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 46°F | 56.3°F | 3.76 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 60°F | 40°F | 50.0°F | 3.70 | 11 | <1 | 8 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 54°F | 64.3°F | 57.42 | 126 | 38 | 38 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 2°C | 8.2°C | 103 mm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 86 mm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.6°C | 90 mm |
| April | 23°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 89 mm |
| May | 27°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 100 mm |
| June | 31°C | 21°C | 25.7°C | 124 mm |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.4°C | 187 mm |
| August | 31°C | 22°C | 26.8°C | 183 mm |
| September | 29°C | 20°C | 24.3°C | 208 mm |
| October | 24°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 97 mm |
| November | 19°C | 8°C | 13.5°C | 96 mm |
| December | 16°C | 4°C | 10.0°C | 94 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013754; 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 Havelock?
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 (9).
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 USW00013754.
When is the last frost in Havelock?
In Havelock, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 19 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 22 in half of years and before November 5 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 191 year in 10 after April 4; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 221 year in 10 before November 5; 9 in 10 before December 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 249 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 279 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 3 in half of springs and before December 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Havelock in zone 8b in ZIP code 28533. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Havelock's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (25 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 USW00013754; 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 Havelock?
In a normal year in Havelock, 38 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 38 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 126 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 38a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 38a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 126a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1945) is 104°F, on June 27, 1952; the lowest is −2°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1955, with 75.76 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 23.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013754; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013754. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Havelock, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 71°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 72°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (35°F). March is the windiest month (9.8 mph on average), and November has the most clear or nearly clear hours (55%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 66% | 49% | 9.0 mph | 46% | 26% |
| February | 39°F | 67% | 49% | 9.4 mph | 44% | 26% |
| March | 46°F | 67% | 49% | 9.8 mph | 46% | 23% |
| April | 55°F | 70% | 53% | 9.1 mph | 42% | 19% |
| May | 64°F | 74% | 58% | 7.7 mph | 38% | 15% |
| June | 70°F | 76% | 62% | 7.2 mph | 41% | 11% |
| July | 72°F | 79% | 66% | 6.6 mph | 35% | 14% |
| August | 69°F | 77% | 62% | 7.3 mph | 39% | 16% |
| September | 63°F | 78% | 61% | 7.2 mph | 46% | 17% |
| October | 51°F | 74% | 54% | 7.5 mph | 53% | 19% |
| November | 43°F | 72% | 53% | 7.5 mph | 55% | 18% |
| December | 38°F | 71% | 54% | 8.2 mph | 51% | 22% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013754. 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 Havelock?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Havelock, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and January the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 71% | 3.3 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 79% | 5.6 |
| May | 81% | 6.2 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 78% | 3.8 |
| November | 75% | 2.8 |
| December | 71% | 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 Havelock need?
A normal year in Havelock brings 2,348 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,118 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,756 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 570 | 2 |
| February | 457 | 5 |
| March | 337 | 15 |
| April | 125 | 67 |
| May | 22 | 200 |
| June | 1 | 395 |
| July | 0 | 504 |
| August | 0 | 473 |
| September | 3 | 325 |
| October | 79 | 105 |
| November | 283 | 22 |
| December | 473 | 6 |
| Year (annual) | 2,348 | 2,118 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013754. 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 Havelock been warmer than normal lately?
2022 averaged 64.0°F, 0.3°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 64.3°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64.0°F | −0.3°F | 47.21 |
Over 55 complete years from 1946 to 2022, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.5°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013754; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Havelock's climate compare?
Havelock is warmer than 127 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 104. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.3°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Havelock 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 Havelock share this climate record?
3 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.
- Neuse Forest, NC2,406 people · 6 mi NW
- Cherry Branch, NC1,406 people · 5 mi NE
- Minnesott Beach, NC544 people · 7 mi NE
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 Havelock's climate
What is the coldest month in Havelock?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Havelock?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.8 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Havelock?
September, with 8.20 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.40 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Havelock in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Havelock in zone 8b in ZIP code 28533. By the same method at Havelock's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Havelock?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 19; in one year in ten it comes after April 4. Waiting until April 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Havelock in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Newport, NC9 miles from this station, 62.0°F a year
- Morehead City, NC14 miles from this station, 63.2°F a year
- New Bern, NC15 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Perrytown, NC16 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
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