Roanoke Rapids climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Roanoke Rapids?

Roanoke Rapids has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,121 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Roanoke Rapids?

The hottest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1983, reaching 39.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Roanoke Rapids?

The coldest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -21.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Roanoke Rapids?

Yes. Roanoke Rapids gets on average 18.1 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Roanoke Rapids warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Roanoke Rapids?

The wettest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 2010, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Roanoke Rapids?

The windiest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 57.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Roanoke Rapids?

The warmest month in Roanoke Rapids is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Roanoke Rapids?

Roanoke Rapids receives on average 1,121 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Roanoke Rapids?

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

Roanoke Rapids (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,121 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 (4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Roanoke Rapids averages 48 frost days, 63 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.

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

The number of frost days there went from about 53 to 43 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 20 August 1983) and the coldest -21.2 °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

Roanoke RapidsNorth Carolina

coords: 36.46°, -77.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

15.5°C

Average daily high

20.8°C

Average daily low

11.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,121mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

15.6km/h

Seasonal range

21.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

48 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

120 d/yr

Annual snowfall

18.1 cm

Average feels-like high

20.5 °C

Average feels-like low

9.5 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

77 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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

39.6 °C

20 August 1983

Coldest day

-21.2 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

145 mm

30 September 2010

Windiest day

57.6 km/h

6 September 1996

Strongest gust

136.4 km/h

6 September 1996

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-27.6 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

26.8 cm

26 January 1966

Sunniest day

14.1 h

1 July 2019

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.7 °C24 June 2025	-10.2 °C23 January 2025	16.0 °C	1,159 mm	64	51
2024	36.8 °C26 June 2024	-7.1 °C22 January 2024	16.5 °C	1,137 mm	64	39
2023	36.3 °C6 September 2023	-5.7 °C4 February 2023	16.9 °C	1,041 mm	73	25
2022	36.3 °C17 June 2022	-11.5 °C24 December 2022	16.3 °C	1,051 mm	79	52
2021	35.9 °C28 August 2021	-7.9 °C29 January 2021	16.6 °C	1,010 mm	73	37
2020	37.3 °C19 July 2020	-5.1 °C26 December 2020	17.1 °C	1,598 mm	82	28
2019	37.4 °C19 July 2019	-6.9 °C22 January 2019	17.1 °C	1,086 mm	105	34
2018	36.6 °C19 June 2018	-14.3 °C7 January 2018	16.3 °C	1,411 mm	88	47
2017	36.0 °C18 August 2017	-19.3 °C9 January 2017	16.7 °C	1,080 mm	71	37
2016	37.1 °C26 July 2016	-9.5 °C14 February 2016	16.4 °C	1,356 mm	79	42
2015	37.2 °C23 June 2015	-15.9 °C20 February 2015	16.3 °C	1,196 mm	65	45
2014	36.1 °C2 September 2014	-11.9 °C7 January 2014	15.3 °C	1,026 mm	64	56
2013	35.4 °C13 June 2013	-6.8 °C18 February 2013	15.5 °C	1,240 mm	64	48
2012	39.4 °C8 July 2012	-5.8 °C4 January 2012	16.5 °C	1,011 mm	59	21
2011	38.5 °C23 July 2011	-8.2 °C23 January 2011	16.4 °C	1,125 mm	79	42
2010	38.2 °C7 July 2010	-8.6 °C31 January 2010	16.0 °C	1,048 mm	109	66
2009	34.9 °C9 August 2009	-13.4 °C17 January 2009	15.6 °C	1,162 mm	55	46
2008	37.3 °C7 June 2008	-7.1 °C4 January 2008	16.0 °C	1,103 mm	62	36
2007	39.2 °C8 August 2007	-9.9 °C6 February 2007	16.6 °C	722 mm	88	47
2006	36.4 °C3 August 2006	-6.9 °C19 February 2006	16.2 °C	1,210 mm	66	29
2005	38.3 °C27 July 2005	-8.8 °C19 January 2005	15.8 °C	1,041 mm	77	50
2004	35.1 °C18 June 2004	-10.7 °C11 January 2004	15.7 °C	1,098 mm	46	51
2003	34.3 °C9 July 2003	-9.6 °C18 January 2003	15.2 °C	1,598 mm	45	54
2002	37.2 °C23 August 2002	-6.5 °C5 January 2002	16.2 °C	1,109 mm	67	42
2001	35.2 °C9 August 2001	-7.1 °C3 January 2001	16.0 °C	803 mm	39	40
2000	34.0 °C10 July 2000	-13.6 °C28 January 2000	15.1 °C	1,038 mm	44	53
1999	39.0 °C1 August 1999	-8.1 °C6 January 1999	16.1 °C	1,252 mm	52	40
1998	36.8 °C22 July 1998	-6.0 °C1 January 1998	16.6 °C	1,148 mm	82	21
1997	35.7 °C26 June 1997	-12.6 °C19 January 1997	15.0 °C	1,029 mm	43	34
1996	34.6 °C20 May 1996	-20.4 °C5 February 1996	14.8 °C	1,512 mm	40	62
1995	35.8 °C23 July 1995	-9.1 °C6 February 1995	15.5 °C	1,043 mm	60	51
1994	35.0 °C16 June 1994	-15.0 °C19 January 1994	15.8 °C	1,089 mm	63	36
1993	37.5 °C9 July 1993	-6.1 °C19 February 1993	15.7 °C	1,140 mm	83	50
1992	38.6 °C13 July 1992	-7.7 °C25 December 1992	15.1 °C	1,197 mm	51	49
1991	36.9 °C23 July 1991	-8.4 °C16 February 1991	16.5 °C	1,041 mm	78	38
1990	37.4 °C10 July 1990	-7.2 °C26 February 1990	17.1 °C	918 mm	76	23
1989	36.1 °C2 June 1989	-12.2 °C25 December 1989	15.2 °C	1,478 mm	59	57
1988	39.5 °C18 August 1988	-10.5 °C12 January 1988	14.9 °C	1,033 mm	65	59
1987	38.4 °C3 August 1987	-11.7 °C24 January 1987	15.4 °C	1,143 mm	79	50
1986	38.0 °C19 July 1986	-11.0 °C28 January 1986	16.0 °C	939 mm	83	51
1985	35.5 °C10 September 1985	-21.2 °C21 January 1985	15.9 °C	1,087 mm	66	57
1984	35.7 °C14 June 1984	-11.6 °C22 January 1984	15.5 °C	1,121 mm	61	58
1983	39.6 °C20 August 1983	-14.7 °C25 December 1983	15.4 °C	1,236 mm	79	47
1982	34.7 °C31 May 1982	-13.9 °C10 January 1982	15.5 °C	1,227 mm	53	47
1981	37.6 °C5 August 1981	-12.5 °C13 January 1981	14.9 °C	913 mm	66	61
1980	38.6 °C1 August 1980	-14.8 °C3 February 1980	15.3 °C	880 mm	85	55
1979	35.9 °C10 August 1979	-18.6 °C10 February 1979	15.0 °C	1,223 mm	41	61
1978	35.7 °C27 June 1978	-10.7 °C10 January 1978	14.8 °C	1,179 mm	64	73
1977	39.0 °C9 July 1977	-17.3 °C17 January 1977	15.5 °C	1,086 mm	80	69
1976	36.5 °C24 July 1976	-13.0 °C19 January 1976	14.9 °C	1,059 mm	48	62
1975	35.3 °C18 June 1975	-8.1 °C19 December 1975	15.9 °C	1,176 mm	68	44
1974	35.4 °C23 June 1974	-6.8 °C27 November 1974	15.5 °C	1,173 mm	43	41
1973	34.0 °C29 August 1973	-13.2 °C14 January 1973	15.5 °C	1,158 mm	52	48
1972	35.0 °C24 July 1972	-14.4 °C16 January 1972	14.8 °C	1,276 mm	34	46
1971	34.6 °C28 June 1971	-11.2 °C2 February 1971	15.3 °C	1,206 mm	40	58
1970	36.1 °C18 June 1970	-14.2 °C9 January 1970	15.0 °C	927 mm	65	66
1969	35.1 °C18 July 1969	-11.1 °C6 January 1969	14.4 °C	1,093 mm	50	71
1968	36.2 °C25 August 1968	-9.8 °C11 December 1968	14.9 °C	983 mm	52	72
1967	34.8 °C25 June 1967	-11.0 °C25 February 1967	14.8 °C	956 mm	43	53
1966	35.6 °C13 July 1966	-13.6 °C6 February 1966	14.4 °C	1,161 mm	59	64
1965	34.8 °C19 August 1965	-17.0 °C1 February 1965	14.9 °C	852 mm	63	66
1964	37.0 °C10 June 1964	-18.7 °C15 January 1964	15.1 °C	1,261 mm	52	50
1963	36.0 °C10 June 1963	-10.5 °C24 January 1963	14.5 °C	895 mm	55	66
1962	34.5 °C19 May 1962	-13.1 °C11 January 1962	14.6 °C	1,203 mm	46	53
1961	34.4 °C29 July 1961	-9.2 °C28 January 1961	15.0 °C	1,130 mm	68	48
1960	35.6 °C24 June 1960	-10.2 °C14 March 1960	14.6 °C	1,225 mm	58	68
1959	37.0 °C29 June 1959	-11.2 °C18 January 1959	15.7 °C	1,212 mm	59	52
1958	35.0 °C31 July 1958	-13.7 °C17 February 1958	14.3 °C	1,196 mm	59	62
1957	37.5 °C12 August 1957	-15.1 °C18 January 1957	15.9 °C	1,181 mm	82	32
1956	36.5 °C2 July 1956	-6.4 °C28 January 1956	15.6 °C	1,131 mm	72	45
1955	37.2 °C28 July 1955	-9.4 °C13 February 1955	15.3 °C	1,129 mm	60	65
1954	37.7 °C14 July 1954	-11.3 °C8 December 1954	15.7 °C	986 mm	80	47
1953	37.3 °C31 July 1953	-7.8 °C18 December 1953	16.4 °C	972 mm	79	34
1952	38.7 °C29 July 1952	-7.4 °C31 January 1952	15.8 °C	1,123 mm	81	40
1951	37.2 °C2 June 1951	-10.4 °C4 February 1951	15.3 °C	1,107 mm	60	52
1950	35.8 °C27 June 1950	-7.0 °C26 November 1950	15.3 °C	941 mm	40	52
1949	35.5 °C27 July 1949	-5.4 °C16 March 1949	16.1 °C	1,182 mm	48	32
1948	37.2 °C29 August 1948	-16.1 °C27 December 1948	15.4 °C	1,183 mm	58	50
1947	34.4 °C11 June 1947	-9.4 °C10 March 1947	14.9 °C	1,027 mm	43	59
1946	34.2 °C18 June 1946	-6.7 °C28 January 1946	15.8 °C	1,070 mm	24	35
1945	36.6 °C30 June 1945	-5.5 °C1 February 1945	15.7 °C	1,273 mm	47	38
1944	36.8 °C19 June 1944	-11.8 °C10 January 1944	15.7 °C	1,186 mm	60	36
1943	35.5 °C4 June 1943	-6.8 °C15 February 1943	15.5 °C	875 mm	75	42
1942	37.2 °C3 August 1942	-10.1 °C21 December 1942	15.8 °C	1,106 mm	51	40
1941	36.1 °C29 May 1941	-5.1 °C1 March 1941	15.8 °C	1,134 mm	56	45
1940	36.5 °C27 July 1940	-12.7 °C27 January 1940	14.8 °C	1,328 mm	38	44

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.2 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

51 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1160 mm

+39 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.6 °C	-1.9 °C	43 mm	-46 mm
Feb	12.7 °C	+1.3 °C	108 mm	+24 mm
Mar	19.7 °C	+3.8 °C	101 mm	-1 mm
Apr	23.9 °C	+2.6 °C	94 mm	+11 mm
May	25.3 °C	-0.1 °C	179 mm	+87 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+1.4 °C	111 mm	+21 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+1.3 °C	94 mm	-27 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	-2.3 °C	162 mm	+47 mm
Sep	26.3 °C	-0.5 °C	91 mm	-14 mm
Oct	20.8 °C	-0.9 °C	68 mm	-9 mm
Nov	17.3 °C	+1.0 °C	40 mm	-41 mm
Dec	10.1 °C	-1.1 °C	69 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-10.2 °C

23 Jan 2025

Wettest day

77.5 mm

6 Aug 2025

Windiest day

37.1 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

108.7 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-14.4 °C

23 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

6.4 cm

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Roanoke Rapids?

Roanoke Rapids has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,121 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Roanoke Rapids?

The hottest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1983, reaching 39.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Roanoke Rapids?

The coldest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -21.2 °C.

Does it snow in Roanoke Rapids?

Yes. Roanoke Rapids gets on average 18.1 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.

Has the climate of Roanoke Rapids warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Roanoke Rapids?

The wettest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 2010, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Roanoke Rapids?

The windiest day measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1996, with winds reaching 57.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Roanoke Rapids?

The warmest month in Roanoke Rapids is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Roanoke Rapids?

Roanoke Rapids receives on average 1,121 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Roanoke Rapids?

Roanoke Rapids 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 Roanoke Rapids?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Roanoke Rapids between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1966, with 26.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Roanoke Rapids?

Yes: Roanoke Rapids has on average 77 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Roanoke Rapids?

In Roanoke Rapids, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -27.6 °C on 21 January 1985.

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