Jackson Springs, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Jackson Springs's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 48.1 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.4°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,222 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationJackson Springs (5 mi WNW)
- Station IDUSC00314464
- Location35.18°N 79.68°W
- Elevation730 ft (223 m)
- From the center3 miles
- Population (census place)203
On October 24, the normal high in Jackson Springs is 70°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Jackson Springs.
- Jan 52° 33°
- Feb 55° 35°
- Mar 63° 41°
- Apr 73° 50°
- May 80° 59°
- Jun 87° 67°
- Jul 90° 70°
- Aug 88° 69°
- Sep 83° 63°
- Oct 73° 52°
- Nov 63° 42°
- Dec 55° 36°
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 Jackson Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in September (5.29 in), the least in February (3.30 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 33°F | 42.1°F | 3.94 | 2.3 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 35°F | 45.3°F | 3.30 | 0.6 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 41°F | 52.3°F | 4.08 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 50°F | 61.2°F | 3.47 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 59°F | 69.1°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 67°F | 76.6°F | 4.36 | 0.0 | 11 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 90°F | 70°F | 79.9°F | 4.58 | 0.0 | 11 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 88°F | 69°F | 78.4°F | 4.51 | 0.0 | 11 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 63°F | 72.8°F | 5.29 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 52°F | 62.3°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 42°F | 52.4°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 55°F | 36°F | 45.3°F | 3.85 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 51°F | 61.5°F | 48.10 | 3.3 | 116 | 44 | 58 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 100 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 13°C | 2°C | 7.4°C | 84 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 104 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 11°C | 16.8°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 6°C | 11.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00314464; 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 Jackson Springs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. 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 USC00314464.
When is the last frost in Jackson Springs?
In Jackson Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 25 in half of years and after April 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 14 in half of years and before October 30 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 251 year in 10 after April 10; 9 in 10 after March 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before October 30; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 235 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 263 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 11 in half of springs and before November 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jackson Springs in zone 8a in ZIP code 27281, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Jackson Springs's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°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 USC00314464; 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 Jackson Springs?
In a normal year in Jackson Springs, 44 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 58 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 116 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 44a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 58a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 116a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1952) is 107°F, on August 22, 1983; the lowest is −5°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 74.82 in; the snowiest season is 1999–00, with 19.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00314464; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00314464. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Jackson Springs?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Jackson Springs, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 72% | 3.3 |
| March | 73% | 4.3 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 80% | 6.1 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 78% | 2.9 |
| December | 73% | 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 Jackson Springs need?
A normal year in Jackson Springs brings 3,039 heating degree days, 43% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,779 cooling degree days, 96% more than 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 5,079 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 710 | 0 |
| February | 555 | 2 |
| March | 406 | 10 |
| April | 169 | 53 |
| May | 43 | 171 |
| June | 3 | 350 |
| July | 0 | 462 |
| August | 0 | 414 |
| September | 13 | 248 |
| October | 143 | 60 |
| November | 384 | 8 |
| December | 613 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 3,039 | 1,779 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00314464. 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 Jackson Springs been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.9°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.0°F | +0.5°F | 51.94 | – |
| 2022 | 62.1°F | +0.6°F | 46.63 | – |
| 2023 | 63.0°F | +1.5°F | 43.27 | – |
| 2024 | 63.1°F | +1.6°F | 50.37 | – |
| 2025 | 61.9°F | +0.4°F | 48.65 | – |
Over 64 complete years from 1953 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.2°F per century (+0.29°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00314464; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Jackson Springs's climate compare?
Jackson Springs is warmer than 92 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 39. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.5°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Jackson Springs 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 Jackson Springs share this climate record?
10 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.
- Seven Lakes, NC4,823 people · 8 mi NE
- Troy, NC2,978 people · 17 mi NW
- Biscoe, NC1,895 people · 13 mi NW
- Pinebluff, NC1,540 people · 13 mi SE
- Foxfire, NC1,401 people · 6 mi E
- Ellerbe, NC841 people · 9 mi SW
- Candor, NC823 people · 8 mi N
- Star, NC822 people · 16 mi N
- Hoffman, NC422 people · 13 mi SE
- Norman, NC97 people · 3 mi W
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 Jackson Springs's climate
What is the coldest month in Jackson Springs?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Jackson Springs?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Jackson Springs?
September, with 5.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.30 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Jackson Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Jackson Springs in zone 8a in ZIP code 27281, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Jackson Springs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Jackson Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 25; in one year in ten it comes after April 10. Waiting until April 10 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
- Carthage, NC19 miles from this station, 60.7°F a year
- Hamlet, NC21 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Wadesboro, NC27 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Raeford, NC29 miles from this station, 60.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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