Elizabeth City climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Elizabeth City?

Elizabeth City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,215 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elizabeth City?

The hottest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2011, reaching 38.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Elizabeth City?

The coldest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -17.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Elizabeth City?

Yes. Elizabeth City gets on average 11.1 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Elizabeth City warmed?

Yes: Elizabeth City warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Elizabeth City?

The wettest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1981, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Elizabeth City?

The windiest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 2003, with winds reaching 79.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Elizabeth City?

The warmest month in Elizabeth City is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Elizabeth City?

Elizabeth City receives on average 1,215 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Elizabeth City?

Elizabeth City gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Elizabeth City (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,215 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Elizabeth City averages 32 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.

Elizabeth City has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 23 July 2011) and the coldest -17.8 °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

Elizabeth CityNorth Carolina

coords: 36.29°, -76.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

16.0°C

Average daily high

20.3°C

Average daily low

12.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,215mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

19.0km/h

Seasonal range

20.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

32 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

41 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

131 d/yr

Annual snowfall

11.1 cm

Average feels-like high

20.1 °C

Average feels-like low

10.8 °C

Average peak gust

36.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

91 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.15 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.0 °C

23 July 2011

Coldest day

-17.8 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

154 mm

19 August 1981

Windiest day

79.8 km/h

18 September 2003

Strongest gust

162.0 km/h

18 September 2003

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

1 August 1999

Coldest feels-like

-25.4 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

22.0 cm

11 December 1958

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.7 °C25 June 2025	-7.6 °C23 January 2025	16.4 °C	1,252 mm	49	40
2024	35.0 °C15 July 2024	-6.0 °C22 January 2024	16.8 °C	1,077 mm	40	24
2023	35.0 °C15 August 2023	-5.0 °C4 February 2023	17.1 °C	1,157 mm	50	18
2022	35.2 °C17 June 2022	-9.5 °C23 January 2022	16.7 °C	1,027 mm	57	42
2021	34.3 °C28 August 2021	-4.1 °C30 January 2021	16.9 °C	1,249 mm	54	18
2020	35.2 °C21 July 2020	-3.8 °C22 February 2020	17.5 °C	1,514 mm	59	16
2019	35.7 °C21 July 2019	-6.2 °C22 January 2019	17.4 °C	1,242 mm	73	22
2018	35.1 °C19 June 2018	-14.7 °C7 January 2018	16.8 °C	1,493 mm	63	33
2017	33.7 °C23 July 2017	-8.8 °C8 January 2017	17.1 °C	1,264 mm	42	23
2016	34.9 °C26 July 2016	-8.7 °C14 February 2016	16.7 °C	1,504 mm	53	33
2015	36.2 °C16 June 2015	-12.4 °C20 February 2015	16.8 °C	1,431 mm	44	38
2014	34.7 °C18 June 2014	-15.7 °C30 January 2014	15.9 °C	1,336 mm	39	38
2013	34.3 °C13 June 2013	-5.3 °C23 January 2013	16.0 °C	1,333 mm	48	36
2012	37.4 °C8 July 2012	-5.1 °C4 January 2012	16.8 °C	1,365 mm	40	14
2011	38.0 °C23 July 2011	-8.2 °C23 January 2011	16.8 °C	1,063 mm	58	28
2010	36.3 °C24 June 2010	-7.3 °C1 February 2010	16.1 °C	1,004 mm	71	50
2009	33.7 °C20 June 2009	-10.5 °C17 January 2009	16.1 °C	1,450 mm	37	37
2008	35.6 °C10 June 2008	-7.1 °C4 January 2008	16.5 °C	1,088 mm	41	25
2007	36.0 °C8 August 2007	-7.1 °C6 February 2007	16.6 °C	804 mm	47	31
2006	35.2 °C3 August 2006	-5.0 °C27 February 2006	16.5 °C	1,306 mm	40	14
2005	36.2 °C27 July 2005	-8.3 °C24 January 2005	15.8 °C	1,261 mm	44	35
2004	33.7 °C18 June 2004	-7.3 °C11 January 2004	15.9 °C	1,131 mm	35	36
2003	34.2 °C9 July 2003	-8.9 °C24 January 2003	15.7 °C	1,635 mm	32	32
2002	35.6 °C30 July 2002	-5.3 °C5 January 2002	16.7 °C	1,274 mm	46	26
2001	33.9 °C8 August 2001	-5.1 °C3 January 2001	16.3 °C	757 mm	22	23
2000	32.8 °C10 July 2000	-11.7 °C28 January 2000	15.6 °C	1,346 mm	26	32
1999	37.9 °C1 August 1999	-6.5 °C6 January 1999	16.4 °C	1,234 mm	41	23
1998	35.1 °C27 June 1998	-4.9 °C1 January 1998	16.8 °C	1,413 mm	45	13
1997	34.3 °C26 June 1997	-10.4 °C19 January 1997	15.5 °C	1,177 mm	28	18
1996	33.4 °C20 May 1996	-12.3 °C5 February 1996	15.3 °C	1,330 mm	23	37
1995	33.6 °C23 July 1995	-7.9 °C6 February 1995	15.8 °C	1,241 mm	35	33
1994	33.0 °C9 July 1994	-12.2 °C19 January 1994	16.4 °C	1,213 mm	39	20
1993	36.0 °C10 July 1993	-5.7 °C2 February 1993	16.0 °C	1,116 mm	55	31
1992	35.5 °C13 July 1992	-5.2 °C20 January 1992	15.5 °C	1,327 mm	27	29
1991	35.5 °C23 July 1991	-6.3 °C16 February 1991	16.8 °C	1,070 mm	49	22
1990	36.1 °C10 July 1990	-5.5 °C26 February 1990	17.3 °C	933 mm	47	11
1989	35.0 °C2 June 1989	-12.7 °C25 December 1989	15.9 °C	1,612 mm	44	38
1988	35.8 °C18 August 1988	-6.5 °C7 February 1988	15.3 °C	982 mm	51	43
1987	35.9 °C21 July 1987	-5.4 °C28 January 1987	15.7 °C	1,027 mm	56	32
1986	35.7 °C19 July 1986	-8.0 °C9 January 1986	16.3 °C	1,039 mm	58	33
1985	34.1 °C10 June 1985	-17.8 °C21 January 1985	16.4 °C	1,144 mm	44	46
1984	34.4 °C11 July 1984	-8.2 °C22 January 1984	16.0 °C	1,173 mm	38	34
1983	36.0 °C16 July 1983	-12.2 °C25 December 1983	15.9 °C	1,396 mm	54	25
1982	33.6 °C9 July 1982	-12.7 °C11 January 1982	15.7 °C	1,306 mm	29	37
1981	35.4 °C22 June 1981	-11.2 °C13 January 1981	15.0 °C	1,224 mm	41	49
1980	37.4 °C1 August 1980	-11.5 °C13 February 1980	15.5 °C	991 mm	60	42
1979	34.5 °C10 August 1979	-10.5 °C10 February 1979	15.6 °C	1,163 mm	28	43
1978	33.9 °C10 July 1978	-8.5 °C7 February 1978	15.1 °C	1,212 mm	45	57
1977	35.9 °C8 July 1977	-14.4 °C17 January 1977	15.7 °C	1,321 mm	55	58
1976	34.5 °C24 July 1976	-8.6 °C19 January 1976	15.3 °C	1,160 mm	26	46
1975	34.2 °C16 August 1975	-5.7 °C19 December 1975	16.5 °C	1,162 mm	46	21
1974	33.9 °C23 June 1974	-4.0 °C26 February 1974	16.1 °C	1,302 mm	27	14
1973	33.5 °C4 July 1973	-15.0 °C13 February 1973	16.1 °C	1,226 mm	30	34
1972	34.9 °C24 July 1972	-11.5 °C16 January 1972	15.4 °C	1,323 mm	26	27
1971	33.2 °C26 June 1971	-10.0 °C2 February 1971	15.7 °C	1,269 mm	27	35
1970	34.2 °C19 June 1970	-12.3 °C10 January 1970	15.3 °C	1,098 mm	34	49
1969	33.5 °C19 July 1969	-7.2 °C6 January 1969	14.7 °C	1,168 mm	33	48
1968	35.2 °C1 July 1968	-8.1 °C12 February 1968	15.1 °C	1,130 mm	44	62
1967	33.2 °C13 July 1967	-7.9 °C25 February 1967	15.0 °C	1,133 mm	21	37
1966	34.5 °C13 July 1966	-11.3 °C31 January 1966	14.8 °C	1,183 mm	33	44
1965	33.6 °C25 July 1965	-14.0 °C1 February 1965	15.1 °C	902 mm	32	42
1964	34.8 °C10 June 1964	-6.3 °C15 January 1964	15.6 °C	1,360 mm	29	30
1963	33.6 °C10 June 1963	-7.4 °C21 December 1963	14.6 °C	1,169 mm	27	54
1962	33.3 °C23 July 1962	-10.2 °C13 December 1962	15.2 °C	1,402 mm	27	33
1961	33.4 °C26 July 1961	-6.9 °C25 January 1961	15.6 °C	1,350 mm	42	34
1960	34.2 °C24 June 1960	-7.9 °C13 December 1960	15.2 °C	1,200 mm	37	53
1959	34.7 °C30 June 1959	-8.5 °C6 January 1959	16.2 °C	1,172 mm	41	29
1958	34.0 °C29 July 1958	-11.8 °C16 December 1958	14.8 °C	1,315 mm	49	52
1957	35.9 °C9 July 1957	-8.5 °C18 January 1957	16.3 °C	1,324 mm	51	22
1956	34.4 °C23 June 1956	-5.8 °C28 January 1956	16.0 °C	1,159 mm	50	28
1955	34.3 °C28 July 1955	-7.4 °C13 February 1955	15.7 °C	1,257 mm	36	45
1954	35.2 °C3 July 1954	-6.8 °C7 December 1954	16.0 °C	1,197 mm	50	33
1953	34.5 °C2 July 1953	-5.9 °C19 December 1953	16.7 °C	1,214 mm	44	15
1952	37.7 °C23 July 1952	-6.7 °C31 January 1952	16.2 °C	1,145 mm	58	20
1951	34.3 °C25 June 1951	-7.0 °C17 December 1951	15.8 °C	1,164 mm	41	33
1950	34.0 °C3 September 1950	-5.1 °C26 November 1950	16.0 °C	1,002 mm	29	31
1949	35.4 °C25 July 1949	-3.1 °C1 March 1949	16.8 °C	1,177 mm	37	14
1948	35.9 °C29 August 1948	-9.7 °C27 December 1948	16.1 °C	1,248 mm	41	33
1947	33.1 °C11 June 1947	-6.9 °C9 February 1947	15.8 °C	1,136 mm	25	26
1946	32.3 °C18 June 1946	-3.3 °C28 January 1946	16.7 °C	1,115 mm	16	15
1945	34.8 °C30 June 1945	-3.9 °C1 February 1945	16.7 °C	1,360 mm	30	27
1944	35.9 °C19 June 1944	-6.3 °C10 January 1944	16.5 °C	1,414 mm	48	14
1943	33.6 °C18 July 1943	-5.2 °C15 February 1943	16.2 °C	1,026 mm	42	25
1942	35.6 °C20 July 1942	-8.4 °C21 December 1942	16.7 °C	1,165 mm	43	28
1941	33.9 °C28 July 1941	-4.6 °C1 March 1941	16.3 °C	1,102 mm	39	22
1940	34.0 °C27 July 1940	-10.1 °C28 January 1940	15.6 °C	1,240 mm	33	28

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

49 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

40 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1252 mm

+37 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.4 °C	-2.6 °C	55 mm	-45 mm
Feb	12.0 °C	+0.7 °C	129 mm	+36 mm
Mar	18.4 °C	+3.5 °C	66 mm	-37 mm
Apr	22.9 °C	+3.0 °C	87 mm	+3 mm
May	25.5 °C	+1.4 °C	139 mm	+41 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+2.3 °C	146 mm	+45 mm
Jul	31.5 °C	+1.7 °C	136 mm	+3 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	-1.7 °C	125 mm	-10 mm
Sep	25.7 °C	-0.6 °C	112 mm	-1 mm
Oct	20.7 °C	-0.8 °C	95 mm	+14 mm
Nov	17.1 °C	+0.6 °C	46 mm	-39 mm
Dec	10.3 °C	-1.6 °C	116 mm	+27 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-7.6 °C

23 Jan 2025

Wettest day

43.7 mm

2 Dec 2025

Windiest day

47.4 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

99.7 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-13.6 °C

14 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

13.1 cm

19 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Elizabeth City?

Elizabeth City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 1,215 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elizabeth City?

The hottest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2011, reaching 38.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Elizabeth City?

The coldest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -17.8 °C.

Does it snow in Elizabeth City?

Yes. Elizabeth City gets on average 11.1 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.

Has the climate of Elizabeth City warmed?

Yes: Elizabeth City warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Elizabeth City?

The wettest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1981, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Elizabeth City?

The windiest day measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 2003, with winds reaching 79.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Elizabeth City?

The warmest month in Elizabeth City is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Elizabeth City?

Elizabeth City receives on average 1,215 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Elizabeth City?

Elizabeth City gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Elizabeth City?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elizabeth City between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1958, with 22.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Elizabeth City?

Yes: Elizabeth City has on average 91 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elizabeth City?

In Elizabeth City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 1 August 1999, and the lowest was -25.4 °C on 21 January 1985.

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