Goldsboro climate — normals and trends
Goldsboro (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,148 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 (6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Goldsboro averages 40 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Goldsboro has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 9 July 1977) and the coldest -18.5 °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
GoldsboroNorth Carolina
- coords
- 35.38°, -77.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
21.7°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,148mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
69 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
89 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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
40.0 °C
9 July 1977
Coldest day
-18.5 °C
21 January 1985
Wettest day
161 mm
8 October 2016
Windiest day
70.9 km/h
6 September 1996
Strongest gust
166.0 km/h
6 September 1996
Hottest feels-like
44.9 °C
9 July 1977
Coldest feels-like
-25.1 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
25.6 cm
26 January 1966
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.7 °C | -2.4 °C | 42 mm | -49 mm |
| Feb | 14.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 76 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 20.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 75 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 25.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 79 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 26.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 210 mm | +119 mm |
| Jun | 31.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 95 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 103 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 28.6 °C | -1.7 °C | 133 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 27.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 41 mm | -67 mm |
| Oct | 21.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 75 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 18.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 38 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 82 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Goldsboro?
Goldsboro has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,148 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Goldsboro?
The hottest day measured in Goldsboro between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Goldsboro?
The coldest day measured in Goldsboro between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -18.5 °C.
Does it snow in Goldsboro?
Yes. Goldsboro gets on average 10.0 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Goldsboro warmed?
Yes: Goldsboro warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Goldsboro?
The wettest day measured in Goldsboro between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2016, with 161 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Goldsboro?
The windiest day measured in Goldsboro between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 70.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Goldsboro?
The warmest month in Goldsboro is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Goldsboro?
Goldsboro receives on average 1,148 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Goldsboro?
Goldsboro 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 Goldsboro?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Goldsboro between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1966, with 25.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Goldsboro?
Yes: Goldsboro has on average 89 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Goldsboro?
In Goldsboro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 9 July 1977, and the lowest was -25.1 °C on 21 January 1985.
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