Murfreesboro, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Murfreesboro's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 49.6 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.7°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,261 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMurfreesboro
- Station IDUSC00315996
- Location36.45°N 77.08°W
- Elevation100 ft (31 m)
- Population2,277
On October 22, the normal high in Murfreesboro is 69°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Murfreesboro.
- Jan 50° 29°
- Feb 53° 31°
- Mar 60° 36°
- Apr 70° 46°
- May 77° 55°
- Jun 84° 64°
- Jul 88° 68°
- Aug 86° 66°
- Sep 81° 60°
- Oct 71° 48°
- Nov 61° 38°
- Dec 53° 32°
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 Murfreesboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in August (5.64 in), the least in February (2.81 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 29°F | 39.2°F | 3.72 | 0.6 | 10 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 31°F | 41.9°F | 2.81 | 0.4 | 8 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 36°F | 47.7°F | 3.88 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 46°F | 57.7°F | 3.50 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 55°F | 65.8°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 64°F | 74.0°F | 4.99 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 88°F | 68°F | 77.9°F | 5.52 | 0.0 | 10 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 86°F | 66°F | 75.9°F | 5.64 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 60°F | 70.5°F | 5.11 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 48°F | 59.7°F | 3.82 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 38°F | 49.4°F | 3.20 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 32°F | 42.5°F | 3.47 | 1.6 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 48°F | 58.5°F | 49.63 | 2.6 | 111 | 29 | 83 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 4.0°C | 94 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.5°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 15°C | 2°C | 8.7°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 21°C | 8°C | 14.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 20°C | 25.5°C | 140 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 143 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 16°C | 21.4°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 0°C | 5.8°C | 88 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00315996; 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 Murfreesboro?
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 (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 USC00315996.
When is the last frost in Murfreesboro?
In Murfreesboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 20 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 61 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 208 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 231 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 26 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Murfreesboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 27855, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Murfreesboro's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (18 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 USC00315996; 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 Murfreesboro?
In a normal year in Murfreesboro, 29 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 83 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 111 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 83a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high 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 1973) is 105°F, on July 11, 1993; the lowest is −7°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 73.44 in; the snowiest season is 2004–05, with 13.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00315996; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00315996. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Murfreesboro?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Murfreesboro, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.5 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 72% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 76% | 4.5 |
| October | 75% | 3.5 |
| November | 77% | 2.8 |
| December | 73% | 2.2 |
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 Murfreesboro need?
A normal year in Murfreesboro brings 3,717 heating degree days, 31% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,386 cooling degree days, 53% 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 4,341 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 800 | 0 |
| February | 647 | 1 |
| March | 538 | 3 |
| April | 249 | 30 |
| May | 84 | 108 |
| June | 8 | 279 |
| July | 0 | 400 |
| August | 1 | 338 |
| September | 22 | 186 |
| October | 201 | 37 |
| November | 470 | 3 |
| December | 697 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,717 | 1,386 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00315996. 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 Murfreesboro been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.2°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.4°F | +1.9°F | 46.15 | – |
| 2022 | 59.7°F | +1.2°F | 50.84 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 61.3°F | +2.8°F | 44.79 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 61.5°F | +3.0°F | 44.14 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 60.2°F | +1.7°F | 42.87 | 7.5 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00315996. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Murfreesboro's climate compare?
Murfreesboro is warmer than 45 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 56. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.5°F is warmer than 70%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro share this climate record?
16 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.
- Franklin, VA8,373 people · 18 mi NE
- Ahoskie, NC4,665 people · 13 mi SE
- Courtland, VA1,287 people · 18 mi N
- Conway, NC708 people · 8 mi W
- Sedley, VA597 people · 23 mi N
- Winton, NC597 people · 9 mi SE
- Woodland, NC529 people · 11 mi SW
- Boykins, VA510 people · 11 mi NW
- Newsoms, VA280 people · 12 mi N
- Cofield, NC259 people · 11 mi SE
- Southampton Meadows, VA255 people · 13 mi NE
- Severn, NC177 people · 7 mi NW
- Milwaukee, NC147 people · 9 mi W
- Capron, VA135 people · 19 mi N
- Branchville, VA119 people · 12 mi NW
- Como, NC64 people · 5 mi NE
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 Murfreesboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Murfreesboro?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Murfreesboro?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Murfreesboro?
August, with 5.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.81 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Murfreesboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Murfreesboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 27855, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Murfreesboro's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Murfreesboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 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
- Jackson, NC19 miles from this station, 59.0°F a year
- Lewiston, NC22 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Holland (1 mi E), VA24 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Emporia, VA32 miles from this station, 59.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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