Taylorsville, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Taylorsville's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 52.6 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.6°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,335 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTaylorsville
- Station IDUSC00318519
- Location35.92°N 81.17°W
- Elevation1,320 ft (402 m)
- Population2,294
On October 23, the normal high in Taylorsville is 68°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Taylorsville.
- Jan 49° 29°
- Feb 53° 32°
- Mar 60° 39°
- Apr 70° 46°
- May 77° 54°
- Jun 84° 63°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 86° 66°
- Sep 80° 59°
- 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 Taylorsville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in August (5.42 in), the least in February (3.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 29°F | 39.0°F | 4.36 | 1.7 | 8 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 32°F | 42.2°F | 3.57 | 0.4 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 39°F | 49.3°F | 4.26 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 46°F | 57.9°F | 4.73 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 77°F | 54°F | 65.7°F | 4.56 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 63°F | 73.4°F | 5.07 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 4.33 | 0.0 | 11 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 86°F | 66°F | 75.5°F | 5.42 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 80°F | 59°F | 69.6°F | 4.47 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 48°F | 59.1°F | 3.77 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 38°F | 49.1°F | 3.75 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 32°F | 41.6°F | 4.27 | 1.5 | 8 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 48°F | 58.3°F | 52.56 | 3.8 | 101 | 29 | 67 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 111 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 12°C | 0°C | 5.7°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 16°C | 4°C | 9.6°C | 108 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.7°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 23.0°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 24.2°C | 138 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 9°C | 15.1°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.5°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.3°C | 108 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00318519; 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 Taylorsville?
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 USC00318519.
When is the last frost in Taylorsville?
In Taylorsville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 2 in half of years and after April 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 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 21 year in 10 after April 19; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 217 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 241 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Taylorsville in zone 8a in ZIP code 28681, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00318519; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Taylorsville?
In a normal year in Taylorsville, 29 days a year reach 90°F, 67 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 101 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 67a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 101a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00318519.
How sunny is Taylorsville?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Taylorsville, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (80%) 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% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 76% | 6.0 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 77% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.8 |
| November | 78% | 3.0 |
| December | 72% | 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 Taylorsville need?
A normal year in Taylorsville brings 3,694 heating degree days, 31% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,265 cooling degree days, 39% 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 4,221 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 808 | 0 |
| February | 640 | 0 |
| March | 489 | 4 |
| April | 236 | 24 |
| May | 75 | 97 |
| June | 8 | 260 |
| July | 1 | 363 |
| August | 0 | 326 |
| September | 27 | 164 |
| October | 209 | 26 |
| November | 477 | 1 |
| December | 726 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,694 | 1,265 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00318519. 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 Taylorsville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 58.5°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.1°F | +0.8°F | 42.96 | 2.8 |
| 2022 | 58.6°F | +0.3°F | 57.42 | 6.0 |
| 2023 | 59.3°F | +1.0°F | 50.31 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 59.9°F | +1.6°F | 63.40 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 58.5°F | +0.2°F | 41.38 | 2.7 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00318519. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Taylorsville's climate compare?
Taylorsville is warmer than 43 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 79. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.3°F is warmer than 70%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Taylorsville 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 Taylorsville 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.
- Stony Point, NC1,301 people · 8 mi SE
- Hiddenite, NC237 people · 5 mi E
- Love Valley, NC175 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 Taylorsville's climate
What is the coldest month in Taylorsville?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Taylorsville?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Taylorsville?
August, with 5.42 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Taylorsville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Taylorsville in zone 8a in ZIP code 28681, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Taylorsville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 2; in one year in ten it comes after April 19. Waiting until April 19 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
- West Kerr Scott Resv, NC15 miles from this station, 57.8°F a year
- North Wilkesboro, NC17 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Hickory, NC17 miles from this station, 59.0°F a year
- Statesville, NC18 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
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