Lumberton, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lumberton's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 42.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.5°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,083 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLumberton Regional Airport
- Station IDUSW00013776
- Location34.61°N 79.06°W
- Elevation121 ft (37 m)
- Population18,882
On October 22, the normal high in Lumberton is 74°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lumberton.
- Jan 55° 35°
- Feb 59° 37°
- Mar 66° 43°
- Apr 75° 51°
- May 83° 60°
- Jun 89° 69°
- Jul 91° 72°
- Aug 89° 71°
- Sep 84° 65°
- Oct 76° 53°
- Nov 66° 42°
- Dec 58° 38°
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 Lumberton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.93 in), the least in October (2.29 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 | 55°F | 35°F | 44.9°F | 2.55 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| February | 59°F | 37°F | 48.0°F | 2.77 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 43°F | 54.5°F | 3.26 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 51°F | 62.7°F | 2.85 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 60°F | 71.0°F | 3.41 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 69°F | 78.8°F | 4.92 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 72°F | 81.6°F | 4.61 | 12 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 71°F | 80.0°F | 4.77 | 13 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 65°F | 74.5°F | 4.93 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 53°F | 64.2°F | 2.29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 42°F | 54.1°F | 2.95 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 58°F | 38°F | 47.5°F | 3.31 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 53°F | 63.5°F | 42.62 | 118 | 67 | 51 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 2°C | 7.2°C | 65 mm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 8.9°C | 70 mm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.5°C | 83 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 72 mm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 87 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 125 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.6°C | 117 mm |
| August | 32°C | 22°C | 26.7°C | 121 mm |
| September | 29°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 125 mm |
| October | 24°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 58 mm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 75 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.6°C | 84 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Whiteville (21 miles away), gets 1 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013776; 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 Lumberton?
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 USW00013776.
When is the last frost in Lumberton?
In Lumberton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 10 in half of years and before October 27 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 241 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 101 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 233 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 261 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 6 in half of springs and before November 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lumberton in zone 8b in ZIP code 28359, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lumberton's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (20 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 USW00013776; 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 Lumberton?
In a normal year in Lumberton, 67 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 51 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 51a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
The highest temperature in Lumberton's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1903) is 108°F, on July 21, 1926; the lowest is −1°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 64.77 in; the snowiest season is 1911–12, with 25.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013776; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record LBTthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lumberton?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lumberton, 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 Lumberton need?
A normal year in Lumberton brings 2,609 heating degree days, 51% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,087 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 5,600 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 623 | 2 |
| February | 481 | 5 |
| March | 342 | 15 |
| April | 136 | 67 |
| May | 25 | 211 |
| June | 0 | 413 |
| July | 0 | 516 |
| August | 0 | 465 |
| September | 7 | 292 |
| October | 110 | 85 |
| November | 339 | 14 |
| December | 546 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,609 | 2,087 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013776. 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 Lumberton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.4°F, 0.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 63.5°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.3°F | +0.8°F | 38.50 |
| 2022 | 64.6°F | +1.1°F | 34.55 |
| 2023 | 64.4°F | +0.9°F | 48.01 |
| 2024 | 65.4°F | +1.9°F | 44.00 |
| 2025 | 63.4°F | −0.1°F | 38.61 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013776. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lumberton's climate compare?
Lumberton is warmer than 122 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.5°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lumberton 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 Lumberton 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.
- Pembroke, NC2,864 people · 9 mi NW
- Barker Ten Mile, NC976 people · 7 mi NE
- Rennert, NC288 people · 14 mi N
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 Lumberton's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Lumberton. This page uses Lumberton Regional Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton station USC00315177 | 2 mi NE | 112 ft | 62.5°F | 33°F | 91°F | 50.8 | – | March 24 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Lumberton's climate
What is the coldest month in Lumberton?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Lumberton?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Lumberton's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Whiteville (21 miles away), records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Lumberton?
September, with 4.93 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.29 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lumberton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lumberton in zone 8b in ZIP code 28359, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lumberton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Lumberton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Lumberton in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lumber River State Park, NC16 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Whiteville, NC21 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Laurinburg, NC22 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Dillon, SC22 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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