Perrytown, North Carolina climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Perrytown's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 57.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.2°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,452 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPerrytown
- Station IDUSC00316676
- Location35.06°N 77.09°W
- Elevation28 ft (9 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Perrytown 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 Perrytown.
- Jan 56° 35°
- Feb 59° 37°
- Mar 65° 42°
- Apr 74° 51°
- May 79° 59°
- Jun 86° 67°
- Jul 88° 72°
- Aug 87° 70°
- Sep 82° 66°
- Oct 75° 54°
- Nov 66° 44°
- Dec 59° 39°
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 Perrytown each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in August (7.54 in), the least in March (3.38 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 35°F | 45.6°F | 4.02 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| February | 59°F | 37°F | 47.9°F | 3.51 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 65°F | 42°F | 53.5°F | 3.38 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 51°F | 62.1°F | 3.71 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 59°F | 69.3°F | 4.35 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 67°F | 76.6°F | 5.60 | 12 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 88°F | 72°F | 80.0°F | 6.18 | 14 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 70°F | 78.5°F | 7.54 | 15 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 82°F | 66°F | 73.9°F | 7.27 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 54°F | 64.3°F | 4.04 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 44°F | 55.2°F | 3.50 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 59°F | 39°F | 48.8°F | 4.06 | 13 | <1 | 10 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 53°F | 63.0°F | 57.16 | 137 | 38 | 44 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 2°C | 7.6°C | 102 mm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 8.8°C | 89 mm |
| March | 18°C | 5°C | 11.9°C | 86 mm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 16.7°C | 94 mm |
| May | 26°C | 15°C | 20.7°C | 110 mm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 24.8°C | 142 mm |
| July | 31°C | 22°C | 26.7°C | 157 mm |
| August | 30°C | 21°C | 25.8°C | 192 mm |
| September | 28°C | 19°C | 23.3°C | 185 mm |
| October | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 103 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 89 mm |
| December | 15°C | 4°C | 9.3°C | 103 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Havelock (16 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 USC00316676; 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 Perrytown?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USC00316676.
When is the last frost at Perrytown?
In Perrytown, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 20 in half of years and after April 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 20 in half of years and before November 5 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 201 year in 10 after April 5; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 201 year in 10 before November 5; 9 in 10 before December 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 246 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 280 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 4 in half of springs and before December 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Perrytown in zone 8b in ZIP code 28562, 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 17°F (15 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 USC00316676; 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 Perrytown?
In a normal year in Perrytown, 38 days a year reach 90°F, 44 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 137 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 38a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 44a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 137a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00316676.
How sunny is it at Perrytown?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Perrytown, 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 | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 73% | 3.3 |
| March | 74% | 4.3 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 78% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.6 |
| October | 77% | 3.7 |
| November | 78% | 2.9 |
| December | 74% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Perrytown record?
A normal year at Perrytown brings 2,560 heating degree days, 52% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,851 cooling degree days, 2.0 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 5,364 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 601 | 1 |
| February | 483 | 4 |
| March | 370 | 14 |
| April | 144 | 57 |
| May | 34 | 167 |
| June | 1 | 348 |
| July | 0 | 465 |
| August | 0 | 420 |
| September | 5 | 272 |
| October | 104 | 84 |
| November | 310 | 14 |
| December | 508 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,560 | 1,851 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00316676. 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 Perrytown been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 61.8°F, 1.2°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 63.0°F. 1 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.6°F | −0.4°F | 61.98 |
| 2022 | 62.4°F | −0.6°F | 54.18 |
| 2023 | 62.6°F | −0.4°F | 62.71 |
| 2024 | 63.1°F | +0.1°F | 54.14 |
| 2025 | 61.8°F | −1.2°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00316676. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Perrytown's climate compare?
Perrytown is warmer than 115 of the 131 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 102. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.0°F is warmer than 83%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Perrytown 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 Perrytown share this climate record?
4 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.
- Trent Woods, NC4,047 people · 2 mi N
- Brices Creek, NC3,592 people · 1 mi S
- River Bend, NC2,882 people · 4 mi W
- Pollocksville, NC271 people · 8 mi SW
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 Perrytown's climate
What is the coldest month at Perrytown?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow at Perrytown?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Havelock (16 miles away), records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Perrytown?
August, with 7.54 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is March with 3.38 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Perrytown in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Perrytown in zone 8b in ZIP code 28562, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Perrytown?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 20; in one year in ten it comes after April 5. Waiting until April 5 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
- New Bern, NC2 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Reelsboro, NC11 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Havelock, NC16 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Bayboro, NC16 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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