Asheboro climate — normals and trends
Asheboro (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,081 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Asheboro averages 49 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Asheboro has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 54 to 44 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 18 August 1988) and the coldest -19.5 °C (on 21 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AsheboroNorth Carolina
- coords
- 35.71°, -79.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
20.9°C
Average daily low
10.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,081mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
49 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
62 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.4 °C
18 August 1988
Coldest day
-19.5 °C
21 January 1985
Wettest day
116 mm
8 October 2016
Windiest day
47.6 km/h
6 September 1996
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
22 September 1989
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
23 August 1983
Coldest feels-like
-26.0 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
30.0 cm
22 January 1987
Sunniest day
14.2 h
26 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.0 °C | -1.8 °C | 34 mm | -56 mm |
| Feb | 13.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 79 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 20.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 45 mm | -57 mm |
| Apr | 24.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 84 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 25.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 169 mm | +81 mm |
| Jun | 30.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 93 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 147 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | -2.7 °C | 146 mm | +43 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 77 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 20.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 60 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 31 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 11.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 47 mm | -34 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Asheboro?
Asheboro has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,081 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Asheboro?
The hottest day measured in Asheboro between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1988, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Asheboro?
The coldest day measured in Asheboro between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -19.5 °C.
Does it snow in Asheboro?
Yes. Asheboro gets on average 17.0 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.
Has the climate of Asheboro warmed?
Yes: Asheboro warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Asheboro?
The wettest day measured in Asheboro between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2016, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Asheboro?
The windiest day measured in Asheboro between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Asheboro?
The warmest month in Asheboro is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Asheboro?
Asheboro receives on average 1,081 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Asheboro?
Asheboro gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Asheboro?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Asheboro between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1987, with 30.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Asheboro?
Yes: Asheboro has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Asheboro?
In Asheboro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 23 August 1983, and the lowest was -26.0 °C on 21 January 1985.
Compare Asheboro with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Asheboro