Salisbury climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Salisbury?

Salisbury has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,089 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1988, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Salisbury?

The coldest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -19.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Salisbury?

Yes. Salisbury gets on average 18.6 cm of snow per year and has around 56 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Salisbury warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Salisbury?

The wettest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Salisbury?

The windiest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Salisbury?

The warmest month in Salisbury is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Salisbury?

Salisbury receives on average 1,089 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Salisbury?

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

Salisbury (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,089 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Salisbury averages 56 frost days, 63 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Salisbury has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 63 to 49 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 18 August 1988) and the coldest -19.9 °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

SalisburyNorth Carolina

coords: 35.67°, -80.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

15.2°C

Average daily high

20.8°C

Average daily low

10.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,089mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

21.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

56 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

18.6 cm

Average feels-like high

20.6 °C

Average feels-like low

9.1 °C

Average peak gust

33.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

69 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 = 0.35 · 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

40.7 °C

18 August 1988

Coldest day

-19.9 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

148 mm

16 September 2018

Windiest day

56.0 km/h

22 September 1989

Strongest gust

148.3 km/h

22 September 1989

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

21 August 1983

Coldest feels-like

-26.1 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

32.9 cm

22 January 1987

Sunniest day

14.3 h

26 June 2012

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.3 °C25 June 2025	-10.6 °C15 December 2025	16.2 °C	931 mm	71	55
2024	35.9 °C26 June 2024	-7.5 °C21 January 2024	16.3 °C	1,264 mm	60	44
2023	35.3 °C28 July 2023	-5.6 °C29 November 2023	16.6 °C	1,069 mm	61	31
2022	37.3 °C22 June 2022	-14.2 °C24 December 2022	16.2 °C	1,050 mm	89	54
2021	35.3 °C28 August 2021	-4.7 °C4 February 2021	16.4 °C	941 mm	82	40
2020	35.8 °C19 July 2020	-6.6 °C26 December 2020	16.4 °C	1,601 mm	66	32
2019	36.9 °C17 July 2019	-8.0 °C21 January 2019	16.7 °C	1,053 mm	107	34
2018	36.7 °C19 June 2018	-13.4 °C7 January 2018	16.3 °C	1,517 mm	92	51
2017	36.9 °C22 July 2017	-15.6 °C9 January 2017	16.8 °C	994 mm	77	36
2016	37.1 °C12 June 2016	-7.8 °C19 January 2016	16.6 °C	966 mm	94	50
2015	36.6 °C23 June 2015	-13.6 °C20 February 2015	16.5 °C	1,062 mm	97	52
2014	35.6 °C2 July 2014	-14.2 °C7 January 2014	15.0 °C	928 mm	70	64
2013	34.2 °C13 June 2013	-6.7 °C2 February 2013	15.1 °C	1,200 mm	54	61
2012	40.1 °C29 June 2012	-7.8 °C4 January 2012	16.6 °C	814 mm	76	32
2011	36.9 °C29 July 2011	-7.4 °C9 January 2011	16.3 °C	960 mm	95	45
2010	37.7 °C7 July 2010	-10.2 °C1 February 2010	15.6 °C	1,023 mm	102	76
2009	35.5 °C10 August 2009	-14.0 °C17 January 2009	15.4 °C	1,159 mm	69	53
2008	37.9 °C8 June 2008	-8.4 °C21 January 2008	15.6 °C	888 mm	79	47
2007	40.1 °C9 August 2007	-7.4 °C6 February 2007	16.6 °C	851 mm	104	47
2006	36.3 °C4 August 2006	-8.2 °C9 December 2006	15.9 °C	1,049 mm	68	40
2005	38.3 °C26 July 2005	-11.2 °C24 January 2005	15.6 °C	1,020 mm	67	56
2004	33.9 °C9 July 2004	-11.7 °C20 December 2004	15.4 °C	924 mm	52	65
2003	33.1 °C27 August 2003	-11.8 °C18 January 2003	14.6 °C	1,426 mm	31	61
2002	37.1 °C23 August 2002	-7.9 °C4 January 2002	15.8 °C	1,108 mm	84	53
2001	35.3 °C10 August 2001	-8.4 °C3 January 2001	15.7 °C	832 mm	49	47
2000	36.2 °C10 July 2000	-10.9 °C27 January 2000	15.0 °C	832 mm	61	62
1999	37.0 °C31 July 1999	-9.3 °C5 January 1999	15.6 °C	968 mm	63	51
1998	36.3 °C21 July 1998	-7.4 °C13 March 1998	16.2 °C	1,152 mm	86	30
1997	36.1 °C4 July 1997	-10.8 °C18 January 1997	14.6 °C	1,059 mm	49	50
1996	36.2 °C23 June 1996	-15.1 °C5 February 1996	14.3 °C	1,301 mm	45	72
1995	36.6 °C14 August 1995	-11.9 °C9 February 1995	15.0 °C	1,297 mm	49	61
1994	33.6 °C21 June 1994	-16.7 °C19 January 1994	15.1 °C	1,183 mm	44	49
1993	37.1 °C29 July 1993	-10.2 °C15 March 1993	15.4 °C	1,019 mm	90	56
1992	37.0 °C13 July 1992	-7.7 °C25 December 1992	15.0 °C	1,277 mm	58	50
1991	35.8 °C23 July 1991	-10.7 °C16 February 1991	16.0 °C	968 mm	67	45
1990	37.3 °C30 June 1990	-7.2 °C26 February 1990	16.5 °C	1,169 mm	75	29
1989	34.4 °C2 June 1989	-13.4 °C23 December 1989	14.7 °C	1,475 mm	53	62
1988	40.7 °C18 August 1988	-14.9 °C12 January 1988	14.7 °C	961 mm	80	71
1987	38.0 °C21 July 1987	-11.2 °C24 January 1987	15.4 °C	1,073 mm	86	56
1986	38.1 °C19 July 1986	-13.9 °C28 January 1986	15.9 °C	942 mm	94	55
1985	34.6 °C10 June 1985	-19.9 °C21 January 1985	15.2 °C	1,338 mm	50	66
1984	33.9 °C14 June 1984	-11.3 °C22 January 1984	14.9 °C	1,113 mm	42	63
1983	39.8 °C22 July 1983	-16.2 °C25 December 1983	14.7 °C	1,265 mm	73	58
1982	33.9 °C14 May 1982	-15.6 °C11 January 1982	14.9 °C	1,159 mm	49	57
1981	38.0 °C25 June 1981	-14.3 °C31 January 1981	14.6 °C	908 mm	66	70
1980	37.0 °C17 July 1980	-13.2 °C3 March 1980	14.8 °C	998 mm	84	62
1979	35.4 °C9 August 1979	-15.6 °C10 February 1979	14.3 °C	1,311 mm	31	71
1978	37.1 °C28 June 1978	-12.9 °C11 January 1978	14.7 °C	1,129 mm	73	72
1977	40.1 °C9 July 1977	-14.8 °C17 January 1977	15.5 °C	979 mm	85	69
1976	34.5 °C24 July 1976	-13.7 °C19 January 1976	14.4 °C	1,099 mm	37	68
1975	35.0 °C4 September 1975	-10.8 °C19 December 1975	15.4 °C	1,286 mm	54	48
1974	33.1 °C29 August 1974	-8.1 °C27 February 1974	15.2 °C	1,135 mm	31	41
1973	34.3 °C10 July 1973	-12.8 °C9 January 1973	15.2 °C	1,176 mm	47	54
1972	36.4 °C23 July 1972	-15.2 °C16 January 1972	14.8 °C	1,112 mm	57	49
1971	33.0 °C11 July 1971	-11.7 °C2 January 1971	15.0 °C	1,221 mm	25	61
1970	36.0 °C4 July 1970	-17.1 °C10 January 1970	15.0 °C	1,070 mm	61	68
1969	35.1 °C28 June 1969	-11.5 °C5 January 1969	14.2 °C	901 mm	46	76
1968	36.1 °C22 August 1968	-9.5 °C22 February 1968	14.5 °C	981 mm	52	81
1967	33.9 °C28 May 1967	-13.1 °C25 February 1967	14.6 °C	975 mm	34	59
1966	37.7 °C14 July 1966	-14.8 °C30 January 1966	14.4 °C	1,007 mm	61	67
1965	34.1 °C18 August 1965	-12.8 °C19 January 1965	15.0 °C	890 mm	51	65
1964	35.1 °C10 June 1964	-9.9 °C19 December 1964	14.9 °C	1,312 mm	52	54
1963	36.0 °C10 June 1963	-12.1 °C25 January 1963	14.6 °C	951 mm	62	75
1962	34.9 °C16 July 1962	-15.4 °C13 December 1962	14.7 °C	1,168 mm	62	59
1961	33.9 °C31 July 1961	-11.3 °C22 January 1961	14.8 °C	1,145 mm	62	55
1960	35.0 °C24 June 1960	-13.1 °C6 March 1960	14.3 °C	1,066 mm	72	78
1959	38.6 °C30 June 1959	-11.2 °C18 January 1959	15.5 °C	1,334 mm	67	55
1958	35.0 °C13 June 1958	-16.2 °C18 February 1958	14.2 °C	1,068 mm	67	65
1957	35.9 °C14 July 1957	-12.1 °C12 December 1957	15.6 °C	1,106 mm	67	41
1956	35.3 °C6 August 1956	-6.1 °C25 November 1956	15.4 °C	1,077 mm	77	52
1955	35.4 °C28 July 1955	-12.3 °C13 February 1955	15.2 °C	909 mm	65	67
1954	39.0 °C27 June 1954	-8.5 °C13 January 1954	15.4 °C	904 mm	100	68
1953	37.1 °C31 July 1953	-9.6 °C18 December 1953	16.2 °C	982 mm	87	39
1952	38.4 °C29 July 1952	-8.2 °C31 January 1952	15.4 °C	1,053 mm	73	51
1951	36.7 °C9 August 1951	-9.9 °C17 December 1951	15.3 °C	928 mm	71	63
1950	35.3 °C27 June 1950	-11.0 °C25 November 1950	15.1 °C	923 mm	40	66
1949	35.6 °C28 July 1949	-7.1 °C17 December 1949	15.9 °C	1,216 mm	46	39
1948	36.5 °C29 August 1948	-12.3 °C15 January 1948	15.3 °C	1,334 mm	54	55
1947	35.9 °C31 July 1947	-9.7 °C9 February 1947	14.3 °C	1,043 mm	63	76
1946	33.2 °C8 July 1946	-7.3 °C2 January 1946	15.1 °C	1,077 mm	21	41
1945	36.4 °C29 June 1945	-9.5 °C17 December 1945	14.8 °C	1,285 mm	34	52
1944	35.9 °C23 June 1944	-6.2 °C10 January 1944	14.9 °C	1,155 mm	48	50
1943	34.9 °C5 June 1943	-7.1 °C15 February 1943	14.6 °C	1,042 mm	48	58
1942	35.5 °C2 August 1942	-8.0 °C11 January 1942	14.9 °C	1,077 mm	40	60
1941	34.4 °C29 May 1941	-5.2 °C1 March 1941	15.1 °C	1,009 mm	37	58
1940	35.6 °C28 July 1940	-18.2 °C28 January 1940	14.0 °C	1,086 mm	30	57

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.8 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

55 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

931 mm

-158 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.8 °C	-1.6 °C	38 mm	-55 mm
Feb	13.7 °C	+2.1 °C	80 mm	-9 mm
Mar	20.3 °C	+4.4 °C	36 mm	-68 mm
Apr	24.3 °C	+2.9 °C	74 mm	-10 mm
May	25.8 °C	+0.1 °C	148 mm	+61 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+1.9 °C	98 mm	+12 mm
Jul	33.3 °C	+2.3 °C	90 mm	-11 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	-2.7 °C	164 mm	+61 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	+0.4 °C	67 mm	-29 mm
Oct	21.3 °C	-0.2 °C	57 mm	-20 mm
Nov	17.7 °C	+2.0 °C	28 mm	-53 mm
Dec	11.2 °C	+0.4 °C	50 mm	-36 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.3 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-10.6 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

51.5 mm

5 Aug 2025

Windiest day

31.5 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

109.4 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-15.2 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

3.9 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Salisbury?

Salisbury has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,089 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salisbury?

The hottest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1988, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Salisbury?

The coldest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -19.9 °C.

Does it snow in Salisbury?

Yes. Salisbury gets on average 18.6 cm of snow per year and has around 56 frost days.

Has the climate of Salisbury warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Salisbury?

The wettest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2018, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Salisbury?

The windiest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Salisbury?

The warmest month in Salisbury is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Salisbury?

Salisbury receives on average 1,089 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Salisbury?

Salisbury 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 Salisbury?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1987, with 32.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Salisbury?

Yes: Salisbury has on average 69 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salisbury?

In Salisbury, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 21 August 1983, and the lowest was -26.1 °C on 21 January 1985.

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