Statesville, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Statesville's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 46.6 inches of precipitation and 5 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.1°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,185 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStatesville (2 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00318292
- Location35.81°N 80.88°W
- Elevation803 ft (245 m)
- Population31,693
On October 23, the normal high in Statesville is 69°F and the normal low 42°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 Statesville.
- Jan 49° 26°
- Feb 53° 28°
- Mar 61° 35°
- Apr 70° 44°
- May 77° 54°
- Jun 84° 63°
- Jul 87° 67°
- Aug 86° 65°
- Sep 80° 59°
- Oct 71° 46°
- Nov 60° 34°
- Dec 52° 29°
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 Statesville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in August (4.91 in), the least in February (3.18 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 | 49°F | 26°F | 37.6°F | 3.71 | 2.4 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 28°F | 40.6°F | 3.18 | 0.8 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 35°F | 47.6°F | 3.99 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 44°F | 56.9°F | 4.05 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 77°F | 54°F | 65.5°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 63°F | 73.3°F | 4.27 | 0.0 | 11 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 87°F | 67°F | 77.0°F | 4.42 | 0.0 | 12 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 86°F | 65°F | 75.4°F | 4.91 | 0.0 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 80°F | 59°F | 69.2°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 46°F | 58.3°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 34°F | 47.1°F | 3.38 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 29°F | 40.2°F | 3.94 | 1.3 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 46°F | 57.4°F | 46.65 | 4.9 | 120 | 33 | 99 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −3°C | 3.1°C | 94 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 12°C | −2°C | 4.8°C | 81 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 8.7°C | 101 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 7°C | 13.8°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.0°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 24.1°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 20.7°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 8°C | 14.6°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 1°C | 8.4°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −2°C | 4.6°C | 100 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00318292; 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 Statesville?
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 USC00318292.
When is the last frost in Statesville?
In Statesville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 16 in half of years and after May 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 13 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 161 year in 10 after May 1; 9 in 10 after April 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 191 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 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Statesville in zone 8a in ZIP code 28677. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Statesville's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (29 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 USC00318292; 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 Statesville?
In a normal year in Statesville, 33 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 99 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 120 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 99a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 120a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 106°F, on August 18, 1988; the lowest is −8°F, on January 31, 1966.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 75.12 in; the snowiest season is 1930–31, with 29.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00318292; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00318292. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Statesville?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Statesville, 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 Statesville need?
A normal year in Statesville brings 3,994 heating degree days, 26% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,257 cooling degree days, 38% 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 4,103 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 850 | 0 |
| February | 682 | 0 |
| March | 541 | 1 |
| April | 263 | 20 |
| May | 83 | 99 |
| June | 7 | 256 |
| July | 0 | 374 |
| August | 1 | 322 |
| September | 31 | 158 |
| October | 232 | 25 |
| November | 537 | 2 |
| December | 768 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,994 | 1,257 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00318292. 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 Statesville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 57.9°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.4°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.2°F | +0.8°F | 39.88 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 57.5°F | +0.1°F | 50.35 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 58.5°F | +1.1°F | 43.99 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 58.9°F | +1.5°F | 52.04 | 1.2 |
| 2025 | 57.9°F | +0.5°F | 36.10 | 1.7 |
Over 102 complete years from 1876 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.1°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00318292; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Statesville's climate compare?
Statesville is warmer than 32 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 25. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.4°F is warmer than 68%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Statesville 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 Statesville 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.
- Mooresville, NCalso near: Catawba (18 mi, 60.1°F a year); Concord (18 mi, 60.7°F a year)52,884 people · 16 mi S
- Troutman, NC4,234 people · 8 mi S
- Harmony, NC613 people · 12 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 Statesville's climate
What is the coldest month in Statesville?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Statesville?
Yes: 5 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Statesville?
August, with 4.91 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Statesville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Statesville in zone 8a in ZIP code 28677. By the same method at Statesville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Statesville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 16; in one year in ten it comes after May 1. Waiting until May 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Statesville in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Taylorsville, NC18 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Catawba, NC18 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Mocksville, NC22 miles from this station, 57.1°F a year
- Salisbury, NC24 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
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