New River McAf, North Carolina climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
New River McAf's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 56.5 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.6 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.6°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,435 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNew River McAf
- Station IDUSW00093727
- Location34.70°N 77.38°W
- Elevation26 ft (8 m)
On October 22, the normal high in New River McAf is 73°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for New River McAf.
- Jan 56° 35°
- Feb 59° 38°
- Mar 66° 43°
- Apr 74° 52°
- May 80° 61°
- Jun 87° 69°
- Jul 89° 73°
- Aug 88° 71°
- Sep 83° 67°
- Oct 75° 55°
- Nov 66° 44°
- Dec 59° 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 at New River McAf each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in August (7.48 in), the least in April (3.35 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 | 56°F | 35°F | 45.6°F | 3.96 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| February | 59°F | 38°F | 48.4°F | 3.50 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 43°F | 54.5°F | 3.79 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 52°F | 62.9°F | 3.35 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 61°F | 70.4°F | 4.20 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 69°F | 77.5°F | 5.24 | 12 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 73°F | 80.9°F | 6.18 | 13 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 88°F | 71°F | 79.6°F | 7.48 | 14 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 67°F | 74.9°F | 7.45 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 55°F | 64.9°F | 4.13 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 44°F | 55.1°F | 3.55 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 59°F | 38°F | 48.7°F | 3.68 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 54°F | 63.6°F | 56.51 | 128 | 44 | 43 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 2°C | 7.6°C | 101 mm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 89 mm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.5°C | 96 mm |
| April | 23°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 85 mm |
| May | 27°C | 16°C | 21.3°C | 107 mm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 25.3°C | 133 mm |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.2°C | 157 mm |
| August | 31°C | 22°C | 26.4°C | 190 mm |
| September | 29°C | 19°C | 23.8°C | 189 mm |
| October | 24°C | 13°C | 18.3°C | 105 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 12.8°C | 90 mm |
| December | 15°C | 4°C | 9.3°C | 93 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093727; 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.
Which months are mildest at New River McAf?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September, 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 USW00093727.
When is the last frost at New River McAf?
In New River McAf, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 23 in half of years and after April 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 16 in half of years and before November 1 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 231 year in 10 after April 7; 9 in 10 after March 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 161 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 240 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 271 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 8 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New River McAf in zone 8b in ZIP code 28543, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (26 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 USW00093727; 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 at New River McAf?
In a normal year in New River McAf, 44 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 43 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 128 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 44a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 43a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 128a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1955) is 102°F, on July 12, 1993; the lowest is −5°F, on December 25, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 84.17 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 26.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093727; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093727. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is it at New River McAf, and how clear are the skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 71°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 72°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (34°F). March is the windiest month (8.7 mph on average), and November has the most clear or nearly clear hours (57%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 65% | 46% | 7.9 mph | 48% | 26% |
| February | 39°F | 65% | 46% | 8.3 mph | 47% | 25% |
| March | 46°F | 64% | 44% | 8.7 mph | 48% | 23% |
| April | 55°F | 70% | 50% | 8.2 mph | 45% | 19% |
| May | 65°F | 74% | 57% | 7.0 mph | 44% | 17% |
| June | 70°F | 76% | 60% | 6.3 mph | 45% | 13% |
| July | 72°F | 79% | 65% | 5.8 mph | 41% | 16% |
| August | 69°F | 78% | 62% | 6.6 mph | 44% | 16% |
| September | 62°F | 77% | 58% | 6.5 mph | 49% | 18% |
| October | 50°F | 74% | 51% | 6.6 mph | 55% | 20% |
| November | 42°F | 71% | 50% | 6.7 mph | 57% | 18% |
| December | 37°F | 70% | 51% | 7.1 mph | 53% | 23% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00093727. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is it at New River McAf?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at New River McAf, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and December the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.7 |
| February | 74% | 3.4 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 81% | 5.8 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 77% | 4.7 |
| October | 79% | 3.9 |
| November | 78% | 3.0 |
| December | 73% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does New River McAf record?
A normal year at New River McAf brings 2,497 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,022 cooling degree days, 2.2 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 5,591 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 603 | 2 |
| February | 470 | 5 |
| March | 343 | 16 |
| April | 131 | 68 |
| May | 24 | 193 |
| June | 1 | 376 |
| July | 0 | 493 |
| August | 0 | 453 |
| September | 4 | 301 |
| October | 96 | 93 |
| November | 314 | 17 |
| December | 511 | 6 |
| Year (annual) | 2,497 | 2,022 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093727. 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.
Have recent years at New River McAf been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 63.9°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.6°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.9°F | +0.3°F | 44.10 |
| 2023 | 63.9°F | +0.3°F | – |
Over 53 complete years from 1963 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.7°F per century (+0.31°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093727; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does New River McAf's climate compare?
New River McAf is warmer than 123 of the 131 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 98. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.6°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, New River McAf 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 New River McAf share this climate record?
Sneads Ferry has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Sneads Ferry, NC2,556 people · 10 mi S
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 New River McAf's climate
What is the coldest month at New River McAf?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at New River McAf?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.6 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at New River McAf?
August, with 7.48 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 3.35 in.
What plant hardiness zone is New River McAf in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts New River McAf in zone 8b in ZIP code 28543, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at New River McAf?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 23; in one year in ten it comes after April 7. Waiting until April 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Jacksonville, NC7 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Hofmann Forest, NC11 miles from this station, 60.4°F a year
- Richlands, NC17 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
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