Reidsville, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Reidsville's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 47.8 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.5°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,214 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationReidsville (2 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00317202
- Location36.38°N 79.69°W
- Elevation890 ft (271 m)
- From the center3 miles
- Population14,646
On October 23, the normal high in Reidsville is 68°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Reidsville.
- Jan 48° 29°
- Feb 52° 31°
- Mar 59° 37°
- Apr 69° 46°
- May 76° 55°
- Jun 84° 64°
- Jul 88° 68°
- Aug 86° 66°
- Sep 80° 60°
- Oct 70° 48°
- Nov 60° 38°
- Dec 51° 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 Reidsville 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 September (4.91 in), the least in February (3.15 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. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 29°F | 38.3°F | 3.98 | 2.9 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| February | 52°F | 31°F | 41.1°F | 3.15 | 2.1 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 37°F | 48.2°F | 4.30 | 0.8 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 46°F | 57.6°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 76°F | 55°F | 65.6°F | 3.78 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 64°F | 73.8°F | 4.47 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 88°F | 68°F | 77.5°F | 4.34 | 0.0 | 11 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 86°F | 66°F | 75.8°F | 4.27 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 60°F | 69.7°F | 4.91 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 48°F | 59.1°F | 3.51 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 38°F | 49.0°F | 3.43 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 32°F | 41.5°F | 3.57 | 1.5 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 48°F | 58.1°F | 47.78 | 7.3 | 115 | 33 | 76 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.5°C | 101 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 11°C | −1°C | 5.1°C | 80 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 109 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 21°C | 8°C | 14.2°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 13°C | 18.7°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.2°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 20°C | 25.3°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 24.3°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 9°C | 15.1°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.3°C | 91 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00317202; 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 Reidsville?
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 USC00317202.
When is the last frost in Reidsville?
In Reidsville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 21 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 51 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 213 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 237 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 24 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Reidsville in zone 8a in ZIP code 27320, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Reidsville's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (23 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 USC00317202; 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 Reidsville?
In a normal year in Reidsville, 33 days a year reach 90°F, 76 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 115 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 76a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 115a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 103°F, on August 22, 1983; the lowest is −9°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 69.21 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 34.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00317202; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00317202. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Reidsville?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Reidsville, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.5 |
| February | 71% | 3.2 |
| March | 72% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.4 |
| September | 75% | 4.5 |
| October | 76% | 3.6 |
| November | 77% | 2.8 |
| December | 72% | 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 Reidsville need?
A normal year in Reidsville brings 3,825 heating degree days, 29% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,340 cooling degree days, 48% 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 4,261 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 826 | 0 |
| February | 669 | 0 |
| March | 524 | 3 |
| April | 251 | 28 |
| May | 87 | 107 |
| June | 10 | 272 |
| July | 0 | 388 |
| August | 1 | 336 |
| September | 30 | 171 |
| October | 215 | 32 |
| November | 484 | 2 |
| December | 727 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,825 | 1,340 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00317202. 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 Reidsville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.6°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.1°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.5°F | +1.4°F | 41.82 | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 58.8°F | +0.7°F | 47.59 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 59.8°F | +1.7°F | 39.43 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 60.6°F | +2.5°F | 50.36 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 59.6°F | +1.5°F | 42.56 | 6.1 |
Over 103 complete years from 1905 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.5°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00317202; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Reidsville's climate compare?
Reidsville is warmer than 40 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 35. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.1°F is warmer than 69%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Reidsville 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 Reidsville share this climate record?
Wentworth 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.
- Wentworth, NC2,748 people · 4 mi NW
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 Reidsville's climate
What is the coldest month in Reidsville?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Reidsville?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Reidsville?
September, with 4.91 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.15 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Reidsville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Reidsville in zone 8a in ZIP code 27320, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Reidsville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Reidsville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Reidsville in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Eden, NC7 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Greensboro, NC24 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- Danville, VA24 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Martinsville, VA24 miles from this station, 56.0°F a year
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