Wadesboro, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wadesboro's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 47.8 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.5°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,214 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWadesboro
- Station IDUSC00318964
- Location34.96°N 80.08°W
- Elevation480 ft (146 m)
- Population4,965
On October 23, the normal high in Wadesboro is 72°F and the normal low 48°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 Wadesboro.
- Jan 53° 32°
- Feb 57° 34°
- Mar 64° 41°
- Apr 74° 49°
- May 81° 58°
- Jun 87° 67°
- Jul 91° 70°
- Aug 89° 69°
- Sep 84° 63°
- Oct 74° 51°
- Nov 64° 41°
- Dec 56° 35°
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 Wadesboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.19 in), the least in February (3.20 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 32°F | 42.3°F | 4.07 | 1.9 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| February | 57°F | 34°F | 45.4°F | 3.20 | 0.9 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 41°F | 52.7°F | 3.81 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 49°F | 61.5°F | 3.37 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 58°F | 69.5°F | 3.29 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 67°F | 76.9°F | 4.36 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 5.19 | 0.0 | 11 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 69°F | 78.9°F | 4.79 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 63°F | 73.1°F | 4.71 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 51°F | 62.5°F | 3.82 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 41°F | 52.3°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 35°F | 45.2°F | 3.58 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 51°F | 61.7°F | 47.78 | 3.2 | 106 | 59 | 58 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 0°C | 5.7°C | 103 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.4°C | 81 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 18°C | 5°C | 11.5°C | 97 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 16.4°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.8°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00318964; 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 Wadesboro?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00318964.
When is the last frost in Wadesboro?
In Wadesboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 27 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 241 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after March 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before November 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 231 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 257 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 10 in half of springs and before November 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wadesboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 28170, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wadesboro's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (24 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 USC00318964; 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 Wadesboro?
In a normal year in Wadesboro, 59 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 58 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 106 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 59a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 58a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 106a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1938) is 107°F, on June 28, 1954; the lowest is −4°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1971, with 66.97 in; the snowiest season is 1999–00, with 19.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00318964; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00318964. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wadesboro?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wadesboro, 4.6 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 | 76% | 2.8 |
| February | 72% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 3.9 |
| November | 79% | 3.0 |
| December | 74% | 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 much heating and cooling does Wadesboro need?
A normal year in Wadesboro brings 2,997 heating degree days, 44% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,835 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 5,140 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 704 | 0 |
| February | 550 | 1 |
| March | 391 | 10 |
| April | 160 | 55 |
| May | 37 | 175 |
| June | 3 | 361 |
| July | 0 | 480 |
| August | 0 | 431 |
| September | 11 | 255 |
| October | 137 | 58 |
| November | 389 | 7 |
| December | 616 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,997 | 1,835 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00318964. 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.
How does Wadesboro's climate compare?
Wadesboro is warmer than 98 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 61.7°F is warmer than 79%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wadesboro 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 Wadesboro share this climate record?
5 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.
- Polkton, NC2,698 people · 7 mi NW
- Ansonville, NC441 people · 10 mi N
- Lilesville, NC392 people · 5 mi E
- Ruby, SC322 people · 16 mi S
- Mount Croghan, SC135 people · 16 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 Wadesboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Wadesboro?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Wadesboro?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Wadesboro?
July, with 5.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.20 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wadesboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wadesboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 28170, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wadesboro's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Wadesboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 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
- Chesterfield, SC16 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Cheraw, SC21 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Pageland, SC22 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Hamlet, NC22 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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