Fort Bragg climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fort Bragg?

Fort Bragg has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,165 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Bragg?

The hottest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 43.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fort Bragg?

The coldest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1973, at -18.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fort Bragg?

Yes. Fort Bragg gets on average 9.9 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Fort Bragg warmed?

Yes: Fort Bragg warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fort Bragg?

The wettest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2024, with 172 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fort Bragg?

The windiest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 64.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fort Bragg?

The warmest month in Fort Bragg is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fort Bragg?

Fort Bragg receives on average 1,165 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fort Bragg?

Fort Bragg gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fort Bragg (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,165 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Fort Bragg averages 48 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.

Fort Bragg has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 9 July 1977) and the coldest -18.5 °C (on 12 February 1973).

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

Fort BraggNorth Carolina

coords: 35.14°, -79.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

16.3°C

Average daily high

22.0°C

Average daily low

11.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,165mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

16.0km/h

Seasonal range

20.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

48 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

76 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

123 d/yr

Annual snowfall

9.9 cm

Average feels-like high

22.0 °C

Average feels-like low

10.0 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

82 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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

43.6 °C

9 July 1977

Coldest day

-18.5 °C

12 February 1973

Wettest day

172 mm

16 September 2024

Windiest day

64.6 km/h

6 September 1996

Strongest gust

160.6 km/h

6 September 1996

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

9 July 1977

Coldest feels-like

-24.7 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

21.1 cm

11 December 1958

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.8 °C27 July 2025	-10.0 °C23 January 2025	16.9 °C	1,134 mm	81	51
2024	36.8 °C26 June 2024	-8.7 °C7 December 2024	17.2 °C	1,332 mm	75	33
2023	38.0 °C15 August 2023	-6.5 °C29 November 2023	17.5 °C	1,126 mm	80	32
2022	39.0 °C17 June 2022	-10.8 °C24 December 2022	17.2 °C	1,093 mm	104	52
2021	34.9 °C23 May 2021	-5.8 °C30 January 2021	17.2 °C	1,114 mm	91	37
2020	36.2 °C20 July 2020	-7.7 °C26 December 2020	17.5 °C	1,517 mm	78	29
2019	37.5 °C3 October 2019	-6.8 °C22 January 2019	17.8 °C	1,023 mm	115	32
2018	37.0 °C11 July 2018	-13.0 °C7 January 2018	17.2 °C	1,662 mm	99	39
2017	36.9 °C23 July 2017	-9.5 °C9 January 2017	17.8 °C	1,066 mm	97	38
2016	37.5 °C8 July 2016	-8.1 °C19 January 2016	17.2 °C	1,335 mm	93	45
2015	39.0 °C16 June 2015	-12.8 °C20 February 2015	17.4 °C	1,317 mm	98	45
2014	36.6 °C8 July 2014	-17.3 °C30 January 2014	16.0 °C	1,082 mm	82	54
2013	37.2 °C10 August 2013	-7.8 °C25 November 2013	16.4 °C	1,167 mm	87	49
2012	41.6 °C29 June 2012	-7.9 °C4 January 2012	17.5 °C	993 mm	80	26
2011	39.0 °C23 July 2011	-8.9 °C23 January 2011	17.4 °C	839 mm	107	47
2010	39.9 °C25 July 2010	-9.3 °C11 January 2010	16.7 °C	962 mm	127	68
2009	36.9 °C10 August 2009	-12.4 °C17 January 2009	16.4 °C	1,146 mm	80	49
2008	39.2 °C9 June 2008	-10.2 °C4 January 2008	16.6 °C	1,185 mm	78	42
2007	40.1 °C8 August 2007	-8.2 °C18 December 2007	17.7 °C	752 mm	117	43
2006	38.4 °C15 July 2006	-9.7 °C9 December 2006	16.8 °C	1,241 mm	72	33
2005	38.8 °C27 July 2005	-10.6 °C19 January 2005	16.6 °C	1,094 mm	99	49
2004	37.2 °C14 July 2004	-9.4 °C11 January 2004	16.3 °C	1,174 mm	58	60
2003	34.0 °C9 July 2003	-9.4 °C24 January 2003	15.8 °C	1,445 mm	51	49
2002	38.2 °C30 July 2002	-7.1 °C5 January 2002	16.7 °C	1,201 mm	81	44
2001	34.5 °C9 August 2001	-8.3 °C3 January 2001	16.5 °C	914 mm	50	47
2000	34.8 °C3 June 2000	-12.3 °C28 January 2000	15.5 °C	1,209 mm	54	55
1999	39.2 °C1 August 1999	-10.1 °C6 January 1999	16.7 °C	1,239 mm	62	44
1998	38.7 °C27 June 1998	-7.1 °C1 January 1998	17.1 °C	1,298 mm	88	27
1997	36.0 °C4 July 1997	-7.9 °C18 January 1997	15.7 °C	1,066 mm	59	36
1996	36.6 °C23 June 1996	-13.1 °C5 February 1996	15.4 °C	1,443 mm	57	64
1995	35.7 °C8 June 1995	-8.5 °C9 February 1995	16.0 °C	1,344 mm	65	58
1994	34.8 °C16 June 1994	-12.9 °C16 January 1994	16.3 °C	1,171 mm	58	38
1993	38.5 °C4 July 1993	-6.6 °C15 March 1993	16.5 °C	1,245 mm	100	44
1992	38.2 °C11 July 1992	-7.1 °C25 December 1992	16.1 °C	1,387 mm	67	48
1991	38.0 °C24 July 1991	-8.6 °C20 December 1991	17.0 °C	1,273 mm	78	40
1990	39.3 °C10 July 1990	-6.0 °C26 February 1990	18.1 °C	1,086 mm	102	22
1989	37.1 °C10 July 1989	-12.7 °C24 December 1989	16.1 °C	1,421 mm	80	55
1988	40.0 °C18 August 1988	-11.7 °C12 January 1988	15.8 °C	1,053 mm	86	62
1987	38.0 °C22 July 1987	-5.9 °C26 January 1987	16.2 °C	1,168 mm	90	56
1986	38.2 °C19 July 1986	-11.2 °C28 January 1986	17.2 °C	1,079 mm	105	47
1985	36.7 °C10 June 1985	-18.3 °C21 January 1985	16.6 °C	1,258 mm	81	57
1984	35.8 °C19 June 1984	-11.7 °C22 January 1984	16.0 °C	1,381 mm	61	53
1983	39.6 °C23 August 1983	-14.0 °C25 December 1983	15.8 °C	1,405 mm	76	44
1982	35.6 °C25 August 1982	-13.7 °C11 January 1982	16.2 °C	1,209 mm	73	43
1981	37.5 °C28 April 1981	-13.1 °C31 January 1981	15.7 °C	1,051 mm	81	67
1980	38.7 °C1 August 1980	-11.1 °C26 December 1980	15.9 °C	929 mm	102	51
1979	34.9 °C8 August 1979	-15.9 °C10 February 1979	15.3 °C	1,348 mm	45	62
1978	36.8 °C28 June 1978	-11.6 °C23 February 1978	15.4 °C	1,168 mm	79	63
1977	43.6 °C9 July 1977	-13.1 °C17 January 1977	16.5 °C	1,090 mm	101	68
1976	36.1 °C15 July 1976	-13.1 °C19 January 1976	15.8 °C	1,030 mm	67	58
1975	35.9 °C18 June 1975	-9.6 °C19 December 1975	16.8 °C	1,114 mm	88	44
1974	36.0 °C23 June 1974	-7.9 °C27 February 1974	16.3 °C	1,315 mm	45	32
1973	34.0 °C4 July 1973	-18.5 °C12 February 1973	16.2 °C	1,129 mm	58	51
1972	36.5 °C24 July 1972	-12.1 °C16 January 1972	15.7 °C	1,187 mm	60	41
1971	35.2 °C6 June 1971	-9.7 °C2 February 1971	16.1 °C	1,381 mm	60	50
1970	36.9 °C18 June 1970	-12.5 °C9 January 1970	16.1 °C	1,093 mm	81	63
1969	35.7 °C6 July 1969	-12.0 °C6 January 1969	15.3 °C	1,050 mm	67	63
1968	38.2 °C1 July 1968	-8.8 °C12 February 1968	16.2 °C	950 mm	91	69
1967	35.9 °C28 May 1967	-9.9 °C25 February 1967	16.2 °C	934 mm	72	50
1966	38.1 °C29 July 1966	-14.4 °C31 January 1966	15.5 °C	1,146 mm	59	56
1965	33.5 °C4 May 1965	-12.3 °C19 January 1965	15.8 °C	1,043 mm	72	55
1964	35.3 °C20 May 1964	-8.1 °C15 January 1964	15.9 °C	1,449 mm	55	44
1963	36.2 °C13 August 1963	-10.4 °C29 January 1963	15.2 °C	1,069 mm	66	69
1962	37.1 °C16 July 1962	-13.3 °C13 December 1962	15.8 °C	1,133 mm	83	49
1961	36.3 °C3 June 1961	-8.7 °C30 December 1961	16.1 °C	1,234 mm	86	48
1960	34.8 °C18 May 1960	-10.2 °C3 December 1960	15.5 °C	986 mm	76	70
1959	36.8 °C29 June 1959	-9.5 °C18 January 1959	16.4 °C	1,351 mm	60	46
1958	36.2 °C14 June 1958	-16.4 °C16 December 1958	15.1 °C	1,179 mm	76	60
1957	36.9 °C12 August 1957	-9.7 °C12 December 1957	16.6 °C	1,182 mm	90	37
1956	36.6 °C6 August 1956	-5.8 °C22 January 1956	16.3 °C	1,213 mm	81	42
1955	35.3 °C3 July 1955	-10.8 °C21 January 1955	16.1 °C	1,002 mm	70	58
1954	40.3 °C27 June 1954	-7.8 °C8 December 1954	16.4 °C	933 mm	98	57
1953	37.4 °C31 May 1953	-8.8 °C19 December 1953	17.1 °C	1,025 mm	91	32
1952	38.3 °C26 June 1952	-8.5 °C31 January 1952	16.4 °C	1,111 mm	88	42
1951	38.2 °C2 June 1951	-9.8 °C17 December 1951	16.1 °C	1,186 mm	73	53
1950	37.4 °C27 June 1950	-9.2 °C19 December 1950	16.4 °C	829 mm	77	52
1949	36.8 °C28 July 1949	-4.5 °C4 December 1949	16.8 °C	1,204 mm	61	33
1948	36.4 °C29 August 1948	-9.3 °C15 January 1948	16.3 °C	1,257 mm	77	48
1947	34.7 °C17 August 1947	-7.3 °C9 February 1947	15.5 °C	1,019 mm	67	61
1946	33.8 °C8 July 1946	-7.2 °C2 January 1946	16.2 °C	1,171 mm	27	37
1945	35.0 °C30 June 1945	-5.9 °C1 February 1945	16.2 °C	1,405 mm	46	39
1944	37.6 °C18 June 1944	-4.7 °C10 January 1944	16.3 °C	1,167 mm	56	30
1943	36.3 °C5 June 1943	-6.4 °C17 December 1943	15.9 °C	1,159 mm	55	41
1942	36.8 °C20 July 1942	-7.3 °C11 January 1942	16.4 °C	1,109 mm	60	41
1941	34.9 °C29 May 1941	-4.0 °C11 February 1941	16.4 °C	1,072 mm	56	44
1940	36.5 °C27 July 1940	-15.0 °C28 January 1940	15.5 °C	1,094 mm	46	41

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.6 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

51 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1134 mm

-31 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.3 °C	-1.9 °C	37 mm	-52 mm
Feb	15.2 °C	+2.1 °C	60 mm	-27 mm
Mar	21.6 °C	+4.2 °C	70 mm	-31 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	+2.9 °C	79 mm	-4 mm
May	26.6 °C	-0.2 °C	175 mm	+85 mm
Jun	31.3 °C	+1.0 °C	136 mm	+31 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	+1.2 °C	147 mm	+10 mm
Aug	28.3 °C	-2.2 °C	165 mm	+34 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	+0.4 °C	62 mm	-50 mm
Oct	21.4 °C	-1.2 °C	92 mm	+19 mm
Nov	18.9 °C	+1.4 °C	58 mm	-16 mm
Dec	12.3 °C	-0.4 °C	54 mm	-30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.8 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-10.0 °C

23 Jan 2025

Wettest day

50.0 mm

6 Jul 2025

Windiest day

36.5 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

92.9 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-14.5 °C

23 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

3.0 cm

19 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fort Bragg?

Fort Bragg has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,165 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fort Bragg?

The hottest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 43.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fort Bragg?

The coldest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1973, at -18.5 °C.

Does it snow in Fort Bragg?

Yes. Fort Bragg gets on average 9.9 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Has the climate of Fort Bragg warmed?

Yes: Fort Bragg warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fort Bragg?

The wettest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2024, with 172 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fort Bragg?

The windiest day measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 64.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fort Bragg?

The warmest month in Fort Bragg is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Fort Bragg?

Fort Bragg receives on average 1,165 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fort Bragg?

Fort Bragg 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 Fort Bragg?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fort Bragg between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1958, with 21.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fort Bragg?

Yes: Fort Bragg has on average 82 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fort Bragg?

In Fort Bragg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 9 July 1977, and the lowest was -24.7 °C on 21 January 1985.

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