Mocksville, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Mocksville's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 46.9 inches of precipitation and 5 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.9°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,191 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMocksville (5 mi SE)
- Station IDUSC00315743
- Location35.84°N 80.50°W
- Elevation680 ft (207 m)
- Population6,224
On October 22, the normal high in Mocksville is 69°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mocksville.
- Jan 49° 25°
- Feb 53° 27°
- Mar 61° 33°
- Apr 71° 42°
- May 77° 53°
- Jun 84° 61°
- Jul 88° 66°
- Aug 86° 65°
- Sep 80° 58°
- Oct 71° 44°
- Nov 61° 33°
- Dec 53° 28°
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 Mocksville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in August (4.63 in), the least in February (3.27 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 25°F | 37.1°F | 3.75 | 1.9 | 9 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 27°F | 40.1°F | 3.27 | 0.5 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 33°F | 47.1°F | 4.20 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 42°F | 56.3°F | 4.11 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 13 h |
| May | 77°F | 53°F | 64.8°F | 3.61 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 61°F | 72.8°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 88°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 4.27 | 0.0 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 86°F | 65°F | 75.5°F | 4.63 | 0.0 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 80°F | 58°F | 69.1°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 44°F | 57.7°F | 3.31 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 33°F | 47.3°F | 3.58 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 28°F | 40.4°F | 3.98 | 1.6 | 9 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 45°F | 57.1°F | 46.88 | 4.5 | 111 | 41 | 116 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −4°C | 2.8°C | 95 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 12°C | −3°C | 4.5°C | 83 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 16°C | 1°C | 8.4°C | 107 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 6°C | 13.5°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 11°C | 18.2°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 16°C | 22.7°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 7°C | 14.3°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 1°C | 8.5°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −2°C | 4.7°C | 101 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00315743; 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 Mocksville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00315743.
When is the last frost in Mocksville?
In Mocksville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 12 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
- April 151 year in 10 after May 2; 9 in 10 after March 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 214 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mocksville in zone 7b in ZIP code 27028, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Mocksville's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (19 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 USC00315743; 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 Mocksville?
In a normal year in Mocksville, 41 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 116 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 111 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 41a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 116a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 111a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 103°F, on August 21, 1983; the lowest is −7°F, on February 5, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 70.28 in; the snowiest season is 1941–42, with 25.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00315743; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00315743. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Mocksville?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Mocksville, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) 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% | 4.4 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 80% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 78% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.8 |
| 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 Mocksville need?
A normal year in Mocksville brings 4,083 heating degree days, 24% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,221 cooling degree days, 35% 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 4,014 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 867 | 0 |
| February | 699 | 0 |
| March | 557 | 2 |
| April | 278 | 19 |
| May | 92 | 88 |
| June | 10 | 242 |
| July | 0 | 363 |
| August | 1 | 326 |
| September | 34 | 157 |
| October | 248 | 22 |
| November | 533 | 2 |
| December | 764 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,083 | 1,221 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00315743. 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 Mocksville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 57.8°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.1°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.8°F | +0.7°F | 42.07 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 57.4°F | +0.3°F | 47.35 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 58.3°F | +1.2°F | 44.88 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 59.1°F | +2.0°F | 51.44 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 57.8°F | +0.7°F | 40.51 | 2.6 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00315743. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Mocksville's climate compare?
Mocksville is warmer than 29 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 27. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.1°F is warmer than 67%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Mocksville 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 Mocksville 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.
- Advance, NC1,544 people · 9 mi NE
- Cooleemee, NC987 people · 4 mi SW
- Yadkin College, NC354 people · 7 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.
Questions about Mocksville's climate
What is the coldest month in Mocksville?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Mocksville?
Yes: 5 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Mocksville?
August, with 4.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.27 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mocksville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mocksville in zone 7b in ZIP code 27028, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Mocksville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Mocksville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 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
- Salisbury, NC11 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Lexington, NC13 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Yadkinville, NC20 miles from this station, 56.6°F a year
- Statesville, NC22 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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