Laurinburg, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Laurinburg's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 40.2 inches of precipitation 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, 1,021 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLaurinburg Maxton Airport
- Station IDUSW00093782
- Location34.79°N 79.37°W
- Elevation220 ft (67 m)
- From the center7 miles
- Population15,130
On October 23, the normal high in Laurinburg is 74°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Laurinburg.
- Jan 55° 34°
- Feb 59° 36°
- Mar 67° 42°
- Apr 76° 50°
- May 83° 59°
- Jun 89° 68°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 90° 70°
- Sep 85° 64°
- Oct 76° 52°
- Nov 66° 41°
- Dec 58° 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 Laurinburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.92 in), the least in February (2.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 34°F | 44.5°F | 3.11 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| February | 59°F | 36°F | 47.8°F | 2.57 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 67°F | 42°F | 54.4°F | 3.25 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 76°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 2.69 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 59°F | 71.1°F | 3.31 | 11 | 5 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 68°F | 78.7°F | 4.17 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 82.0°F | 3.86 | 12 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 70°F | 80.2°F | 3.79 | 12 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 64°F | 74.5°F | 4.92 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 52°F | 63.9°F | 2.69 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 41°F | 53.6°F | 2.94 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 58°F | 36°F | 47.1°F | 2.88 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 52°F | 63.4°F | 40.18 | 123 | 67 | 58 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 1°C | 6.9°C | 79 mm |
| February | 15°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 65 mm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 83 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 68 mm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 84 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 106 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 98 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 96 mm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 125 mm |
| October | 24°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 68 mm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 12.0°C | 75 mm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.4°C | 73 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Laurinburg's own co-op station Laurinburg station does: 1 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093782; 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 Laurinburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April 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 USW00093782.
When is the last frost in Laurinburg?
In Laurinburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 25 in half of years and after April 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 8 in half of years and before October 26 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 11; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 81 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 228 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 256 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 11 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laurinburg in zone 8a in ZIP code 28352. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Laurinburg's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (20 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00093782; 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 Laurinburg?
In a normal year in Laurinburg, 67 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 58 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 123 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 58a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 123a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 108°F, on August 10, 2007; the lowest is 2°F, on January 5, 2018.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 56.68 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093782; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093782. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Laurinburg?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Laurinburg, 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 Laurinburg need?
A normal year in Laurinburg brings 2,656 heating degree days, 51% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,107 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 5,596 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 637 | 2 |
| February | 487 | 5 |
| March | 345 | 16 |
| April | 133 | 71 |
| May | 24 | 214 |
| June | 0 | 411 |
| July | 0 | 528 |
| August | 0 | 471 |
| September | 7 | 291 |
| October | 115 | 82 |
| November | 352 | 12 |
| December | 557 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,656 | 2,107 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093782. 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 Laurinburg been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 64.6°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.4°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64.9°F | +1.5°F | 33.17 |
| 2023 | 64.6°F | +1.2°F | 46.13 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093782. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Laurinburg's climate compare?
Laurinburg is warmer than 120 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 1. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.4°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Laurinburg 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 Laurinburg 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.
- Red Springs, NC3,181 people · 11 mi E
- Prospect, NC850 people · 9 mi SE
- Wagram, NC614 people · 7 mi N
- Clio, SC574 people · 18 mi SW
- Wakulla, NC175 people · 6 mi E
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 Laurinburg's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Laurinburg. This page uses Laurinburg Maxton Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurinburg station USC00314860 | 1 mi SE | 210 ft | 63.7°F | 33°F | 93°F | 46.6 | 1 | March 21 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Laurinburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Laurinburg?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Laurinburg?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Laurinburg's NOAA station; Laurinburg's own co-op station Laurinburg station records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Laurinburg?
September, with 4.92 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Laurinburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Laurinburg in zone 8a in ZIP code 28352. By the same method at Laurinburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Laurinburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 25; in one year in ten it comes after April 11. Waiting until April 11 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, SC13 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Raeford, NC16 miles from this station, 60.4°F a year
- Hamlet, NC20 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Lumberton, NC22 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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