Whiteville, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Whiteville's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 50.9 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.6°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,292 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWhiteville (7 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00319357
- Location34.41°N 78.79°W
- Elevation90 ft (27 m)
- Population4,688
On October 22, the normal high in Whiteville is 73°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 Whiteville.
- Jan 55° 32°
- Feb 58° 34°
- Mar 65° 40°
- Apr 74° 48°
- May 81° 58°
- Jun 87° 66°
- Jul 90° 70°
- Aug 88° 68°
- Sep 84° 63°
- Oct 75° 51°
- Nov 65° 40°
- Dec 58° 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 Whiteville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in September (6.64 in), the least in November (3.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 32°F | 43.4°F | 3.47 | 0.5 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 34°F | 45.8°F | 3.31 | 0.3 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 40°F | 52.8°F | 3.73 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 48°F | 61.1°F | 3.53 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 58°F | 69.1°F | 4.21 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 66°F | 76.4°F | 4.61 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 90°F | 70°F | 79.8°F | 5.27 | 0.0 | 10 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 88°F | 68°F | 78.2°F | 5.91 | 0.0 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 63°F | 73.0°F | 6.64 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 51°F | 62.8°F | 3.51 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 40°F | 52.6°F | 3.22 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 58°F | 35°F | 46.1°F | 3.47 | 0.4 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 50°F | 61.8°F | 50.88 | 1.2 | 109 | 63 | 59 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 88 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 84 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.7°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 150 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 169 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 4°C | 11.4°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.8°C | 88 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00319357; 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 Whiteville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September, October and November. 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 USC00319357.
When is the last frost in Whiteville?
In Whiteville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 29 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 6 in half of years and before October 25 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 291 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after March 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 61 year in 10 before October 25; 9 in 10 before November 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 224 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 250 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 14 in half of springs and before November 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Whiteville in zone 8b in ZIP code 28472, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Whiteville's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (26 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 USC00319357; 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 Whiteville?
In a normal year in Whiteville, 63 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 59 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 109 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 63a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 59a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 109a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1954) is 105°F, on June 27, 1954; the lowest is −2°F, on December 25, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1996, with 65.02 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 19.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00319357; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00319357. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Whiteville?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Whiteville, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.8 |
| February | 73% | 3.4 |
| March | 75% | 4.5 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.7 |
| October | 78% | 3.8 |
| November | 79% | 3.0 |
| December | 75% | 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 Whiteville need?
A normal year in Whiteville brings 2,913 heating degree days, 46% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,763 cooling degree days, 94% 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 5,114 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 672 | 1 |
| February | 539 | 2 |
| March | 388 | 10 |
| April | 164 | 47 |
| May | 36 | 163 |
| June | 2 | 346 |
| July | 0 | 459 |
| August | 0 | 409 |
| September | 10 | 251 |
| October | 134 | 64 |
| November | 381 | 9 |
| December | 588 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,913 | 1,763 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00319357. 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 Whiteville been warmer than normal lately?
Over 51 complete years from 1955 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.8°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Whiteville's climate compare?
Whiteville is warmer than 100 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 65. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.8°F is warmer than 79%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Whiteville 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 Whiteville share this climate record?
7 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.
- Bladenboro, NC1,642 people · 9 mi N
- Chadbourn, NC1,528 people · 6 mi S
- Lake Waccamaw, NC1,227 people · 17 mi E
- Brunswick, NC959 people · 10 mi SE
- Clarkton, NC605 people · 9 mi NE
- Hallsboro, NC145 people · 13 mi SE
- Butters, NC77 people · 11 mi N
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 Whiteville's climate
What is the coldest month in Whiteville?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Whiteville?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Whiteville?
September, with 6.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Whiteville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Whiteville in zone 8b in ZIP code 28472, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Whiteville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Whiteville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 29; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 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
- Lumber River State Park, NC12 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Elizabethtown, NC18 miles from this station, 62.1°F a year
- Lumberton, NC21 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Mullins, SC30 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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