Concord climate — normals and trends
Concord (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 1,113 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Concord averages 52 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Concord has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 57 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 9 July 1977) 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
ConcordNorth Carolina
- coords
- 35.41°, -80.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
21.1°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,113mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
52 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
9.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
73 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
41.3 °C
9 July 1977
Coldest day
-19.5 °C
21 January 1985
Wettest day
162 mm
16 September 2018
Windiest day
59.3 km/h
22 September 1989
Strongest gust
148.7 km/h
22 September 1989
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
21 August 1983
Coldest feels-like
-25.6 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
31.0 cm
22 January 1987
Sunniest day
14.2 h
18 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 37 mm | -56 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 67 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 20.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 43 mm | -62 mm |
| Apr | 24.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 79 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 150 mm | +63 mm |
| Jun | 31.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 101 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 88 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | -2.6 °C | 198 mm | +88 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 53 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 21.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 51 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 30 mm | -50 mm |
| Dec | 11.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 52 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Concord?
Concord has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 1,113 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Concord?
The hottest day measured in Concord between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Concord?
The coldest day measured in Concord between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -19.5 °C.
Does it snow in Concord?
Yes. Concord gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.
Has the climate of Concord warmed?
Yes: Concord warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Concord?
The wettest day measured in Concord between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Concord?
The windiest day measured in Concord between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Concord?
The warmest month in Concord is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Concord?
Concord receives on average 1,113 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Concord?
Concord 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 Concord?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Concord between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1987, with 31.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Concord?
Yes: Concord has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Concord?
In Concord, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 21 August 1983, and the lowest was -25.6 °C on 21 January 1985.
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