Kannapolis climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kannapolis?

Kannapolis 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.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kannapolis?

The hottest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 41.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kannapolis?

The coldest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -19.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kannapolis?

Yes. Kannapolis gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Kannapolis warmed?

Yes: Kannapolis warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kannapolis?

The wettest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kannapolis?

The windiest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kannapolis?

The warmest month in Kannapolis is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kannapolis?

Kannapolis receives on average 1,113 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kannapolis?

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

Kannapolis (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.

Kannapolis averages 52 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Kannapolis 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

KannapolisNorth Carolina

coords: 35.49°, -80.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthOctober

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

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

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

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.6 °C25 June 2025	-9.4 °C15 December 2025	16.5 °C	949 mm	70	52
2024	35.6 °C26 June 2024	-7.4 °C21 January 2024	16.5 °C	1,314 mm	62	39
2023	34.8 °C28 July 2023	-5.6 °C20 December 2023	16.8 °C	1,124 mm	60	29
2022	37.4 °C13 June 2022	-13.5 °C24 December 2022	16.5 °C	1,113 mm	92	47
2021	35.0 °C13 August 2021	-5.4 °C4 February 2021	16.7 °C	1,018 mm	83	38
2020	35.4 °C19 July 2020	-6.8 °C26 December 2020	16.7 °C	1,600 mm	72	30
2019	36.2 °C17 July 2019	-7.0 °C21 January 2019	17.0 °C	1,062 mm	107	30
2018	37.0 °C25 June 2018	-13.2 °C7 January 2018	16.6 °C	1,551 mm	96	47
2017	36.5 °C23 July 2017	-14.3 °C9 January 2017	17.1 °C	1,005 mm	78	32
2016	37.2 °C12 June 2016	-7.4 °C19 January 2016	16.9 °C	1,054 mm	96	46
2015	37.5 °C21 July 2015	-13.9 °C20 February 2015	16.8 °C	1,104 mm	97	48
2014	34.9 °C2 July 2014	-13.9 °C7 January 2014	15.3 °C	965 mm	74	61
2013	34.3 °C13 June 2013	-6.6 °C25 November 2013	15.5 °C	1,234 mm	58	57
2012	40.2 °C29 June 2012	-7.9 °C4 January 2012	16.9 °C	843 mm	81	32
2011	36.9 °C29 July 2011	-7.8 °C14 January 2011	16.6 °C	945 mm	96	44
2010	37.9 °C7 July 2010	-10.0 °C15 December 2010	15.9 °C	983 mm	110	75
2009	36.3 °C10 August 2009	-13.2 °C17 January 2009	15.8 °C	1,161 mm	76	51
2008	38.3 °C8 June 2008	-8.1 °C4 January 2008	15.9 °C	908 mm	79	48
2007	40.1 °C9 August 2007	-7.6 °C6 February 2007	16.9 °C	885 mm	100	43
2006	36.1 °C4 August 2006	-7.8 °C9 December 2006	16.1 °C	1,103 mm	68	40
2005	38.1 °C26 July 2005	-10.5 °C24 January 2005	15.9 °C	1,058 mm	74	51
2004	34.5 °C14 July 2004	-10.5 °C20 December 2004	15.8 °C	947 mm	55	64
2003	33.2 °C27 August 2003	-11.1 °C24 January 2003	15.0 °C	1,395 mm	33	55
2002	36.6 °C23 August 2002	-8.3 °C4 January 2002	16.0 °C	1,159 mm	80	48
2001	35.0 °C10 August 2001	-8.4 °C3 January 2001	15.9 °C	828 mm	53	46
2000	35.9 °C10 July 2000	-12.2 °C27 January 2000	15.2 °C	884 mm	58	59
1999	36.8 °C31 July 1999	-9.0 °C6 January 1999	15.9 °C	985 mm	62	47
1998	36.6 °C27 June 1998	-7.7 °C13 March 1998	16.5 °C	1,199 mm	91	28
1997	36.5 °C4 July 1997	-9.8 °C18 January 1997	14.9 °C	1,051 mm	53	44
1996	36.5 °C23 June 1996	-14.6 °C5 February 1996	14.7 °C	1,310 mm	44	67
1995	36.4 °C13 August 1995	-11.8 °C9 February 1995	15.3 °C	1,339 mm	48	59
1994	34.2 °C21 June 1994	-15.6 °C19 January 1994	15.5 °C	1,190 mm	52	45
1993	37.7 °C10 July 1993	-6.5 °C19 February 1993	15.7 °C	1,044 mm	91	53
1992	36.3 °C13 July 1992	-7.1 °C25 December 1992	15.3 °C	1,343 mm	57	47
1991	36.3 °C23 July 1991	-10.2 °C16 February 1991	16.3 °C	1,027 mm	73	39
1990	37.0 °C30 June 1990	-6.6 °C26 February 1990	16.9 °C	1,146 mm	83	27
1989	34.8 °C10 July 1989	-12.5 °C23 December 1989	15.1 °C	1,479 mm	61	54
1988	40.3 °C18 August 1988	-14.8 °C12 January 1988	15.0 °C	1,000 mm	80	67
1987	38.1 °C21 July 1987	-9.9 °C24 January 1987	15.7 °C	1,107 mm	88	55
1986	38.1 °C18 July 1986	-13.4 °C28 January 1986	16.4 °C	961 mm	102	55
1985	35.8 °C4 June 1985	-19.5 °C21 January 1985	15.6 °C	1,323 mm	56	65
1984	34.0 °C19 June 1984	-11.4 °C22 January 1984	15.2 °C	1,184 mm	46	63
1983	39.7 °C22 July 1983	-15.7 °C25 December 1983	15.0 °C	1,277 mm	75	58
1982	33.9 °C14 May 1982	-15.3 °C11 January 1982	15.2 °C	1,198 mm	50	55
1981	37.8 °C25 June 1981	-13.2 °C31 January 1981	14.9 °C	934 mm	70	66
1980	38.3 °C17 July 1980	-13.4 °C3 March 1980	15.0 °C	1,014 mm	85	61
1979	35.7 °C9 August 1979	-14.1 °C10 February 1979	14.6 °C	1,344 mm	33	68
1978	37.4 °C28 June 1978	-12.7 °C11 January 1978	14.9 °C	1,148 mm	67	68
1977	41.3 °C9 July 1977	-14.0 °C17 January 1977	15.8 °C	917 mm	91	69
1976	34.3 °C30 July 1976	-13.8 °C19 January 1976	14.7 °C	1,090 mm	39	65
1975	34.6 °C4 September 1975	-10.2 °C19 December 1975	15.7 °C	1,313 mm	54	45
1974	33.5 °C22 June 1974	-8.0 °C27 February 1974	15.6 °C	1,173 mm	35	34
1973	33.6 °C22 July 1973	-11.6 °C18 February 1973	15.4 °C	1,234 mm	48	51
1972	35.8 °C24 July 1972	-13.5 °C16 January 1972	15.1 °C	1,158 mm	58	46
1971	32.8 °C6 June 1971	-10.6 °C2 February 1971	15.4 °C	1,374 mm	36	55
1970	36.1 °C4 July 1970	-16.4 °C10 January 1970	15.4 °C	1,113 mm	63	65
1969	35.4 °C28 June 1969	-11.4 °C6 January 1969	14.6 °C	897 mm	55	72
1968	36.2 °C22 August 1968	-8.5 °C22 February 1968	14.9 °C	954 mm	58	77
1967	33.8 °C28 May 1967	-12.2 °C25 February 1967	14.9 °C	986 mm	38	56
1966	37.2 °C14 July 1966	-14.4 °C30 January 1966	14.7 °C	1,044 mm	61	59
1965	34.1 °C18 August 1965	-13.3 °C19 January 1965	15.3 °C	926 mm	49	59
1964	34.8 °C21 June 1964	-9.1 °C19 December 1964	15.1 °C	1,387 mm	44	47
1963	36.1 °C10 June 1963	-11.9 °C25 January 1963	14.8 °C	990 mm	62	72
1962	35.2 °C16 July 1962	-15.4 °C13 December 1962	15.0 °C	1,153 mm	62	52
1961	33.9 °C25 September 1961	-10.4 °C22 January 1961	15.1 °C	1,150 mm	64	52
1960	34.8 °C24 June 1960	-12.2 °C6 March 1960	14.7 °C	1,081 mm	72	76
1959	38.6 °C30 June 1959	-10.3 °C6 January 1959	15.9 °C	1,407 mm	69	48
1958	35.3 °C13 June 1958	-14.6 °C18 February 1958	14.6 °C	1,033 mm	67	63
1957	35.7 °C14 July 1957	-11.4 °C12 December 1957	15.9 °C	1,149 mm	66	40
1956	35.7 °C24 June 1956	-6.1 °C25 November 1956	15.8 °C	1,101 mm	79	51
1955	34.9 °C28 July 1955	-11.7 °C13 February 1955	15.5 °C	955 mm	70	63
1954	39.2 °C27 June 1954	-7.4 °C13 January 1954	15.7 °C	925 mm	98	59
1953	37.0 °C31 July 1953	-9.2 °C19 December 1953	16.5 °C	991 mm	88	37
1952	38.5 °C29 July 1952	-7.8 °C31 January 1952	15.8 °C	1,033 mm	76	45
1951	36.8 °C9 August 1951	-9.5 °C17 December 1951	15.6 °C	911 mm	69	55
1950	35.5 °C27 June 1950	-10.3 °C25 November 1950	15.5 °C	932 mm	47	58
1949	35.6 °C28 July 1949	-6.5 °C17 December 1949	16.2 °C	1,222 mm	55	34
1948	36.7 °C29 August 1948	-10.8 °C15 January 1948	15.6 °C	1,352 mm	58	50
1947	35.3 °C31 July 1947	-8.6 °C9 February 1947	14.6 °C	1,059 mm	66	74
1946	33.2 °C8 July 1946	-7.4 °C2 January 1946	15.4 °C	1,145 mm	21	41
1945	36.7 °C29 June 1945	-9.0 °C17 December 1945	15.2 °C	1,326 mm	38	46
1944	35.9 °C23 June 1944	-5.4 °C10 January 1944	15.3 °C	1,197 mm	51	42
1943	35.0 °C27 August 1943	-6.4 °C15 February 1943	15.0 °C	1,068 mm	52	49
1942	35.6 °C2 August 1942	-7.0 °C11 January 1942	15.3 °C	1,049 mm	42	51
1941	34.3 °C29 May 1941	-4.5 °C1 March 1941	15.4 °C	1,040 mm	40	49
1940	35.8 °C28 July 1940	-16.6 °C28 January 1940	14.4 °C	1,092 mm	31	53

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.1 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

52 d/yr

Annual rainfall

949 mm

-164 mm

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

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.6 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-9.4 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

66.7 mm

5 Aug 2025

Windiest day

30.8 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

108.0 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-14.2 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

3.2 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

22 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kannapolis?

Kannapolis 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 Kannapolis?

The hottest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1977, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kannapolis?

The coldest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -19.5 °C.

Does it snow in Kannapolis?

Yes. Kannapolis gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.

Has the climate of Kannapolis warmed?

Yes: Kannapolis warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kannapolis?

The wettest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kannapolis?

The windiest day measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kannapolis?

The warmest month in Kannapolis is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kannapolis?

Kannapolis receives on average 1,113 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kannapolis?

Kannapolis 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 Kannapolis?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kannapolis between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1987, with 31.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kannapolis?

Yes: Kannapolis has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kannapolis?

In Kannapolis, 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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