Fuquay-Varina climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fuquay-Varina?

Fuquay-Varina has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 1,173 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fuquay-Varina?

The hottest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 43.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fuquay-Varina?

The coldest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -18.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fuquay-Varina?

Yes. Fuquay-Varina gets on average 11.6 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Fuquay-Varina warmed?

Yes: Fuquay-Varina warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fuquay-Varina?

The wettest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2016, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fuquay-Varina?

The windiest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 63.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fuquay-Varina?

The warmest month in Fuquay-Varina is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fuquay-Varina?

Fuquay-Varina receives on average 1,173 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fuquay-Varina?

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

Fuquay-Varina (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 1,173 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Fuquay-Varina averages 48 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.

Fuquay-Varina has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 9 July 1977) and the coldest -18.9 °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

Fuquay-VarinaNorth Carolina

coords: 35.58°, -78.80°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

16.1°C

Average daily high

21.6°C

Average daily low

11.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,173mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

15.6km/h

Seasonal range

20.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

48 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

124 d/yr

Annual snowfall

11.6 cm

Average feels-like high

21.6 °C

Average feels-like low

9.9 °C

Average peak gust

35.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

80 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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

43.4 °C

9 July 1977

Coldest day

-18.9 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

120 mm

8 October 2016

Windiest day

63.8 km/h

6 September 1996

Strongest gust

159.5 km/h

6 September 1996

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

9 July 1977

Coldest feels-like

-25.2 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

25.2 cm

26 January 1966

Sunniest day

14.1 h

17 June 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.5 °C27 July 2025	-10.1 °C23 January 2025	16.7 °C	1,113 mm	81	52
2024	36.9 °C26 June 2024	-8.4 °C7 December 2024	17.0 °C	1,289 mm	73	32
2023	38.8 °C15 August 2023	-6.1 °C29 November 2023	17.4 °C	1,159 mm	81	32
2022	39.1 °C17 June 2022	-11.0 °C24 December 2022	17.0 °C	1,100 mm	102	55
2021	34.4 °C26 May 2021	-6.0 °C30 January 2021	16.9 °C	1,112 mm	81	39
2020	37.0 °C19 July 2020	-7.1 °C26 December 2020	17.3 °C	1,549 mm	74	29
2019	36.8 °C3 October 2019	-6.7 °C22 January 2019	17.5 °C	1,074 mm	110	33
2018	36.5 °C19 June 2018	-13.6 °C7 January 2018	17.0 °C	1,646 mm	100	41
2017	36.3 °C23 July 2017	-9.0 °C8 January 2017	17.4 °C	1,131 mm	82	40
2016	36.2 °C12 June 2016	-7.4 °C19 January 2016	16.9 °C	1,414 mm	85	44
2015	39.3 °C16 June 2015	-12.5 °C20 February 2015	17.1 °C	1,341 mm	94	46
2014	36.7 °C8 July 2014	-12.2 °C30 January 2014	15.9 °C	1,076 mm	79	61
2013	36.7 °C10 August 2013	-7.9 °C25 November 2013	16.1 °C	1,210 mm	81	49
2012	41.4 °C29 June 2012	-7.6 °C4 January 2012	17.2 °C	1,096 mm	70	24
2011	39.6 °C23 July 2011	-8.6 °C23 January 2011	17.2 °C	855 mm	99	46
2010	38.5 °C12 August 2010	-8.8 °C11 January 2010	16.5 °C	1,010 mm	121	68
2009	36.9 °C20 June 2009	-13.0 °C17 January 2009	16.3 °C	1,159 mm	78	50
2008	38.6 °C9 June 2008	-9.6 °C4 January 2008	16.5 °C	1,173 mm	77	42
2007	39.5 °C8 August 2007	-7.9 °C17 February 2007	17.5 °C	726 mm	115	43
2006	38.0 °C4 August 2006	-9.1 °C9 December 2006	16.7 °C	1,179 mm	74	32
2005	38.2 °C27 July 2005	-9.8 °C19 January 2005	16.4 °C	1,099 mm	86	48
2004	36.8 °C14 July 2004	-9.5 °C20 December 2004	16.0 °C	1,203 mm	52	59
2003	34.0 °C9 July 2003	-9.6 °C25 January 2003	15.5 °C	1,436 mm	44	54
2002	37.4 °C30 July 2002	-7.3 °C5 January 2002	16.4 °C	1,245 mm	74	44
2001	34.1 °C9 August 2001	-8.1 °C3 January 2001	16.3 °C	871 mm	38	44
2000	33.1 °C19 June 2000	-13.1 °C28 January 2000	15.2 °C	1,255 mm	46	56
1999	38.3 °C1 August 1999	-9.8 °C6 January 1999	16.4 °C	1,238 mm	54	46
1998	37.3 °C30 June 1998	-6.5 °C13 March 1998	16.8 °C	1,286 mm	79	29
1997	36.1 °C4 July 1997	-8.2 °C19 January 1997	15.4 °C	1,070 mm	50	37
1996	36.1 °C23 June 1996	-16.8 °C5 February 1996	15.2 °C	1,448 mm	48	66
1995	35.3 °C23 July 1995	-8.7 °C7 February 1995	15.7 °C	1,311 mm	56	58
1994	34.8 °C16 June 1994	-13.1 °C19 January 1994	16.0 °C	1,230 mm	53	37
1993	37.9 °C10 July 1993	-6.3 °C15 March 1993	16.3 °C	1,199 mm	96	44
1992	39.2 °C11 July 1992	-7.2 °C25 December 1992	15.9 °C	1,333 mm	62	47
1991	37.6 °C24 July 1991	-8.4 °C20 December 1991	16.9 °C	1,273 mm	81	39
1990	38.8 °C30 June 1990	-6.3 °C26 February 1990	17.9 °C	1,049 mm	99	23
1989	36.9 °C2 June 1989	-9.6 °C23 December 1989	15.8 °C	1,445 mm	79	54
1988	40.3 °C18 August 1988	-11.2 °C12 January 1988	15.6 °C	1,044 mm	82	60
1987	37.8 °C22 July 1987	-7.5 °C20 February 1987	16.0 °C	1,155 mm	88	56
1986	38.1 °C18 July 1986	-10.7 °C9 January 1986	16.9 °C	1,062 mm	98	47
1985	36.5 °C10 July 1985	-18.9 °C21 January 1985	16.4 °C	1,251 mm	78	57
1984	35.0 °C19 June 1984	-11.9 °C22 January 1984	15.7 °C	1,388 mm	56	57
1983	39.6 °C23 August 1983	-14.1 °C25 December 1983	15.6 °C	1,395 mm	77	44
1982	35.4 °C25 August 1982	-14.0 °C11 January 1982	16.0 °C	1,196 mm	70	46
1981	37.2 °C16 June 1981	-13.1 °C31 January 1981	15.5 °C	1,006 mm	78	69
1980	37.4 °C1 August 1980	-11.2 °C26 December 1980	15.6 °C	940 mm	92	53
1979	34.3 °C8 August 1979	-15.2 °C10 February 1979	15.1 °C	1,337 mm	41	62
1978	36.0 °C28 June 1978	-10.6 °C23 February 1978	15.1 °C	1,221 mm	72	68
1977	43.4 °C9 July 1977	-14.0 °C17 January 1977	16.2 °C	1,050 mm	92	69
1976	36.2 °C24 July 1976	-13.1 °C19 January 1976	15.5 °C	1,062 mm	56	60
1975	35.5 °C3 July 1975	-9.0 °C19 December 1975	16.5 °C	1,188 mm	78	48
1974	37.4 °C23 June 1974	-7.8 °C27 February 1974	16.0 °C	1,317 mm	42	38
1973	34.0 °C4 July 1973	-17.2 °C12 February 1973	15.9 °C	1,113 mm	49	48
1972	35.8 °C24 July 1972	-12.7 °C16 January 1972	15.4 °C	1,255 mm	53	42
1971	35.3 °C6 June 1971	-10.6 °C2 February 1971	15.9 °C	1,397 mm	57	51
1970	36.8 °C18 June 1970	-12.4 °C22 January 1970	15.8 °C	1,063 mm	77	61
1969	35.8 °C6 July 1969	-12.3 °C6 January 1969	15.1 °C	1,020 mm	65	62
1968	37.2 °C1 July 1968	-8.9 °C12 February 1968	15.9 °C	923 mm	82	69
1967	35.5 °C28 May 1967	-10.3 °C25 February 1967	15.9 °C	969 mm	62	49
1966	36.5 °C11 July 1966	-14.2 °C31 January 1966	15.2 °C	1,119 mm	59	54
1965	33.3 °C4 May 1965	-11.0 °C19 January 1965	15.5 °C	982 mm	64	59
1964	34.8 °C20 May 1964	-7.9 °C15 January 1964	15.6 °C	1,440 mm	50	48
1963	35.4 °C13 August 1963	-10.5 °C27 February 1963	14.9 °C	1,054 mm	63	69
1962	35.9 °C16 July 1962	-13.3 °C13 December 1962	15.4 °C	1,162 mm	58	51
1961	35.1 °C3 June 1961	-8.4 °C22 January 1961	15.8 °C	1,243 mm	80	46
1960	34.9 °C24 June 1960	-8.1 °C14 December 1960	15.2 °C	1,035 mm	72	67
1959	36.9 °C29 June 1959	-10.4 °C18 January 1959	16.1 °C	1,380 mm	53	48
1958	35.9 °C14 June 1958	-16.2 °C16 December 1958	14.8 °C	1,259 mm	69	60
1957	36.5 °C12 August 1957	-10.0 °C19 January 1957	16.3 °C	1,168 mm	79	35
1956	36.4 °C6 August 1956	-5.7 °C28 January 1956	16.0 °C	1,207 mm	76	41
1955	35.2 °C3 July 1955	-11.1 °C21 January 1955	15.8 °C	1,034 mm	67	61
1954	39.1 °C27 June 1954	-7.3 °C13 January 1954	16.1 °C	951 mm	87	56
1953	36.9 °C31 July 1953	-8.5 °C19 December 1953	16.8 °C	1,035 mm	88	30
1952	38.9 °C29 July 1952	-8.9 °C31 January 1952	16.2 °C	1,067 mm	84	41
1951	37.6 °C2 June 1951	-10.1 °C17 December 1951	15.8 °C	1,175 mm	68	56
1950	36.7 °C27 June 1950	-8.9 °C19 December 1950	16.0 °C	850 mm	60	49
1949	36.3 °C28 July 1949	-4.5 °C4 December 1949	16.6 °C	1,184 mm	57	35
1948	36.9 °C29 August 1948	-9.3 °C15 January 1948	16.0 °C	1,270 mm	70	50
1947	34.5 °C17 August 1947	-7.6 °C9 February 1947	15.2 °C	1,081 mm	57	60
1946	33.3 °C8 July 1946	-6.6 °C2 January 1946	16.0 °C	1,176 mm	23	36
1945	34.8 °C30 June 1945	-6.0 °C18 December 1945	15.9 °C	1,449 mm	44	43
1944	37.6 °C18 June 1944	-4.8 °C10 January 1944	16.1 °C	1,194 mm	55	32
1943	35.9 °C5 June 1943	-6.3 °C17 December 1943	15.7 °C	1,123 mm	52	42
1942	36.6 °C20 July 1942	-7.3 °C11 January 1942	16.1 °C	1,170 mm	56	42
1941	34.5 °C29 May 1941	-3.9 °C11 February 1941	16.1 °C	1,102 mm	49	44
1940	35.9 °C27 July 1940	-13.1 °C28 January 1940	15.2 °C	1,194 mm	39	43

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.3 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

52 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1113 mm

-60 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	8.6 °C	-2.0 °C	35 mm	-56 mm
Feb	14.2 °C	+1.6 °C	71 mm	-15 mm
Mar	20.9 °C	+4.0 °C	85 mm	-18 mm
Apr	25.5 °C	+3.1 °C	79 mm	-6 mm
May	26.6 °C	+0.2 °C	165 mm	+72 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	+1.7 °C	112 mm	+9 mm
Jul	33.0 °C	+1.7 °C	129 mm	-7 mm
Aug	28.1 °C	-2.1 °C	178 mm	+48 mm
Sep	27.7 °C	+0.4 °C	59 mm	-51 mm
Oct	21.2 °C	-1.0 °C	84 mm	+9 mm
Nov	18.4 °C	+1.4 °C	60 mm	-17 mm
Dec	11.6 °C	-0.6 °C	58 mm	-26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.5 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-10.1 °C

23 Jan 2025

Wettest day

45.5 mm

6 Jul 2025

Windiest day

35.1 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

98.3 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-14.5 °C

23 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

5.9 cm

19 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fuquay-Varina?

Fuquay-Varina has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 1,173 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fuquay-Varina?

The hottest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 43.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fuquay-Varina?

The coldest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -18.9 °C.

Does it snow in Fuquay-Varina?

Yes. Fuquay-Varina gets on average 11.6 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Has the climate of Fuquay-Varina warmed?

Yes: Fuquay-Varina warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fuquay-Varina?

The wettest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2016, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fuquay-Varina?

The windiest day measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 63.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fuquay-Varina?

The warmest month in Fuquay-Varina is July (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Fuquay-Varina?

Fuquay-Varina receives on average 1,173 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fuquay-Varina?

Fuquay-Varina 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 Fuquay-Varina?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fuquay-Varina between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1966, with 25.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fuquay-Varina?

Yes: Fuquay-Varina has on average 80 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fuquay-Varina?

In Fuquay-Varina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.0 °C on 9 July 1977, and the lowest was -25.2 °C on 21 January 1985.

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