Laurinburg Maxton, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Laurinburg Maxton's primary NOAA station, LAURINBURG MAXTON AP.
The climate verdict for Laurinburg Maxton
Laurinburg Maxton, 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
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 92/100
- comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
- 40.2"
- precipitation, annual total
- 228 days
- frost-free growing season
Laurinburg Maxton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093782 · Laurinburg Maxton, NC 63°F mean · 40.2" 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 #5,763
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Allendale
- PRCP-MID 40.2"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 92/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093782
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Allendale, SC (+ 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.
- Laurinburg Maxt… (this station) 63°F
- Hot Carlsbad Cavern…, NM 63°F
- Near Allendale, SC 63°F
- Near Bankhead L&d, AL 63°F
- Near Canton, MS 63°F
Climate Living Index · Laurinburg Maxton
Laurinburg Maxton: 86/100 · grade A
Laurinburg Maxton publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Laurinburg Maxton, 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 | 60 calendar days | 89/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.4°F · 4.1° from 67.5°F | 88/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 40.2 in · 5.2 from 35 in | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 228 days/year | 80/100 · B |
Laurinburg Maxton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Laurinburg Maxton is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.5°F and warmest-month mean 82.0°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
- 82.0°F
- Coldest month
- 44.5°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 Laurinburg Maxton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Laurinburg Maxton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 16% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Laurinburg Maxton sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 58th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Laurinburg Maxton is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Laurinburg Maxton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Laurinburg Maxton'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 | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.1" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.6" | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.7" | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 20.5 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| October | 76°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.7" | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.9" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 58°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.9" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Laurinburg Maxton runs from a mild 33°F around January 11 to 93°F at the peak near July 14, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 19 through August 17, covering 60 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 29 to November 2.
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 33°F around January 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 29, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 18 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 123 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Laurinburg Maxton.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.7 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
Laurinburg Maxton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Laurinburg Maxton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.9" and February 2.6". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
How Laurinburg Maxton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 123 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 40.2" between them, or roughly 0.33 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
228 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,656
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,107
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Laurinburg Maxton 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).
- Allendale, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Canton, MS 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Emory, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Jal, NM 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (40.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Angelica, NY 40.2" · 0.0" off
- Lancaster, OH 40.2" · 0.0" off
- Upper Sandusky, OH 40.2" · 0.0" off
- Anamosa, IA 40.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Laurinburg Maxton's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Laurinburg Maxton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.5°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 Laurinburg Maxton's normal, at 2,656 and 2,107 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 228-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.
Laurinburg Maxton's 40.2 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 Laurinburg Maxton'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 Laurinburg Maxton, 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 Laurinburg Maxton's primary station: LAURINBURG MAXTON AP (USW00093782). 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 Laurinburg Maxton; 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 Laurinburg Maxton 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.