NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
County Mapping
County Average Temperature
October - December 1961
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North Carolina (Hover over a County)
Temp
Average Temperature
:
50.5°F
Anomaly:
0.3°F
Rank:
64th Coldest
Mean:
50.1°F
*Signifies a tie
**Insufficient variability in the data record renders rank insignificant
County
|
Value | Anomaly | Rank 130 Years | 1901- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance County | 49.7°F | 0.5°F | 75 | 49.2°F |
| Alexander County | 49.7°F | 1.3°F | 89 | 48.4°F |
| Alleghany County | 43.4°F | 0.7°F | 72 | 42.7°F |
| Anson County | 52.7°F | 0.7°F | 76 | 51.9°F |
| Ashe County | 42.4°F | 0.6°F | 71 | 41.8°F |
| Avery County | 42.3°F | 0.8°F | 75 | 41.5°F |
| Beaufort County | 52.5°F | -0.6°F | 37 | 53.2°F |
| Bertie County | 50.3°F | -0.8°F | 37 | 51.1°F |
| Bladen County | 53.7°F | 0.3°F | 65 | 53.3°F |
| Brunswick County | 55.3°F | 0.3°F | 63 | 55.0°F |
| Buncombe County | 46.0°F | 1.1°F | 85 | 45.0°F |
| Burke County | 48.9°F | 0.8°F | 77 | 48.1°F |
| Cabarrus County | 51.8°F | 1.4°F | 92 | 50.4°F |
| Caldwell County | 48.6°F | 1.0°F | 79 | 47.7°F |
| Camden County | 51.2°F | -0.4°F | 41 | 51.6°F |
| Carteret County | 55.2°F | -0.3°F | 48 | 55.5°F |
| Caswell County | 49.2°F | 0.5°F | 71 | 48.7°F |
| Catawba County | 50.5°F | 1.3°F | 91 | 49.2°F |
| Chatham County | 50.4°F | 0.2°F | 61 | 50.2°F |
| Cherokee County | 47.7°F | 0.4°F | 70 | 47.3°F |
| Chowan County | 51.0°F | -0.7°F | 39 | 51.7°F |
| Clay County | 46.3°F | 0.3°F | 60 | 46.0°F |
| Cleveland County | 50.8°F | 1.2°F | 86 | 49.6°F |
| Columbus County | 54.5°F | 0.4°F | 67 | 54.0°F |
| Craven County | 53.1°F | -0.4°F | 42 | 53.6°F |
| Cumberland County | 52.6°F | 0.1°F | 59 | 52.5°F |
| Currituck County | 51.9°F | -0.4°F | 42 | 52.2°F |
| Dare County | 54.3°F | -0.3°F | 45 | 54.6°F |
| Davidson County | 50.3°F | 1.2°F | 86 | 49.0°F |
| Davie County | 49.4°F | 1.1°F | 83 | 48.3°F |
| Duplin County | 52.9°F | 0.1°F | 56 | 52.8°F |
| Durham County | 49.6°F | 0.3°F | 61 | 49.4°F |
| Edgecombe County | 50.7°F | -0.3°F | 47 | 51.0°F |
| Forsyth County | 49.4°F | 1.3°F | 88 | 48.1°F |
| Franklin County | 49.2°F | -0.2°F | 50 | 49.4°F |
| Gaston County | 51.5°F | 1.5°F | 93 | 50.0°F |
| Gates County | 50.0°F | -0.8°F | 37 | 50.7°F |
| Graham County | 46.1°F | 0.6°F | 75 | 45.5°F |
| Granville County | 49.0°F | 0.4°F | 68 | 48.6°F |
| Greene County | 52.0°F | -0.2°F | 47 | 52.1°F |
| Guilford County | 49.6°F | 0.9°F | 80 | 48.7°F |
| Halifax County | 49.9°F | -0.1°F | 50 | 49.9°F |
| Harnett County | 51.7°F | 0.1°F | 57 | 51.6°F |
| Haywood County | 43.2°F | 0.8°F | 75 | 42.4°F |
| Henderson County | 47.4°F | 1.0°F | 82 | 46.4°F |
| Hertford County | 49.9°F | -0.7°F | 37 | 50.6°F |
| Hoke County | 52.4°F | 0.3°F | 64 | 52.0°F |
| Hyde County | 53.8°F | -0.7°F | 35 | 54.5°F |
| Iredell County | 49.7°F | 1.0°F | 82 | 48.7°F |
| Jackson County | 44.4°F | 0.5°F | 68 | 43.9°F |
| Johnston County | 51.7°F | 0.2°F | 58 | 51.5°F |
| Jones County | 52.7°F | -0.4°F | 44 | 53.1°F |
| Lee County | 51.0°F | 0.1°F | 58 | 50.9°F |
| Lenoir County | 52.3°F | -0.2°F | 46 | 52.5°F |
| Lincoln County | 50.9°F | 1.5°F | 93 | 49.4°F |
| McDowell County | 48.2°F | 1.0°F | 86 | 47.2°F |
| Macon County | 45.5°F | 0.5°F | 63 | 45.0°F |
| Madison County | 46.0°F | 0.5°F | 71 | 45.4°F |
| Martin County | 50.9°F | -0.7°F | 39 | 51.5°F |
| Mecklenburg County | 52.0°F | 1.5°F | 94 | 50.5°F |
| Mitchell County | 43.5°F | 0.8°F | 77 | 42.7°F |
| Montgomery County | 52.0°F | 1.0°F | 80 | 51.0°F |
| Moore County | 51.6°F | 0.4°F | 67 | 51.2°F |
| Nash County | 49.7°F | -0.3°F | 44 | 50.1°F |
| New Hanover County | 55.1°F | 0.0°F | 56 | 55.1°F |
| Northampton County | 50.0°F | 0.1°F | 56 | 49.9°F |
| Onslow County | 53.7°F | -0.3°F | 46 | 54.0°F |
| Orange County | 49.5°F | 0.4°F | 65 | 49.1°F |
| Pamlico County | 54.2°F | -0.4°F | 44 | 54.6°F |
| Pasquotank County | 51.2°F | -0.4°F | 41 | 51.7°F |
| Pender County | 54.0°F | 0.0°F | 58 | 53.9°F |
| Perquimans County | 51.0°F | -0.6°F | 41 | 51.6°F |
| Person County | 48.8°F | 0.6°F | 71 | 48.2°F |
| Pitt County | 52.0°F | -0.2°F | 46 | 52.2°F |
| Polk County | 50.9°F | 1.3°F | 89 | 49.6°F |
| Randolph County | 50.7°F | 0.8°F | 82 | 49.9°F |
| Richmond County | 52.4°F | 0.4°F | 65 | 52.0°F |
| Robeson County | 53.7°F | 0.6°F | 75 | 53.1°F |
| Rockingham County | 49.1°F | 0.7°F | 77 | 48.4°F |
| Rowan County | 50.4°F | 1.1°F | 86 | 49.3°F |
| Rutherford County | 50.4°F | 1.1°F | 83 | 49.4°F |
| Sampson County | 52.6°F | 0.1°F | 58 | 52.5°F |
| Scotland County | 52.6°F | 0.3°F | 60 | 52.3°F |
| Stanly County | 52.3°F | 1.3°F | 89 | 51.0°F |
| Stokes County | 48.7°F | 1.1°F | 85 | 47.5°F |
| Surry County | 47.5°F | 0.9°F | 81 | 46.6°F |
| Swain County | 44.3°F | 0.7°F | 72 | 43.7°F |
| Transylvania County | 45.9°F | 0.7°F | 73 | 45.2°F |
| Tyrrell County | 52.7°F | -0.6°F | 37 | 53.3°F |
| Union County | 52.5°F | 1.2°F | 89 | 51.3°F |
| Vance County | 48.9°F | 0.2°F | 59 | 48.7°F |
| Wake County | 50.6°F | 0.1°F | 59 | 50.4°F |
| Warren County | 48.9°F | 0.0°F | 49 | 49.0°F |
| Washington County | 51.3°F | -1.0°F | 37 | 52.3°F |
| Watauga County | 42.9°F | 0.7°F | 75 | 42.2°F |
| Wayne County | 52.2°F | 0.1°F | 56 | 52.1°F |
| Wilkes County | 48.2°F | 1.2°F | 84 | 47.0°F |
| Wilson County | 51.1°F | -0.2°F | 49 | 51.3°F |
| Yadkin County | 48.8°F | 1.1°F | 84 | 47.7°F |
| Yancey County | 43.3°F | 0.8°F | 79 | 42.5°F |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: County Mapping, published July 2025, retrieved on August 2, 2025 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping
