Statesville climate — normals and trends
Statesville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,128 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Statesville averages 59 frost days, 57 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Statesville 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 67 to 51 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -20.6 °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
StatesvilleNorth Carolina
- coords
- 35.78°, -80.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,128mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
59 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
57 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
63 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 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
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
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-20.6 °C
21 January 1985
Wettest day
133 mm
21 June 1972
Windiest day
57.9 km/h
22 September 1989
Strongest gust
148.7 km/h
22 September 1989
Hottest feels-like
44.3 °C
21 August 1983
Coldest feels-like
-26.7 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
30.7 cm
22 January 1987
Sunniest day
14.3 h
25 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 38 mm | -57 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 83 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 19.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 44 mm | -65 mm |
| Apr | 23.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 83 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 24.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 158 mm | +67 mm |
| Jun | 30.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 116 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 65 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | -2.9 °C | 199 mm | +92 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 76 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 20.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 69 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 17.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 17 mm | -66 mm |
| Dec | 10.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 54 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Statesville?
Statesville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,128 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Statesville?
The hottest day measured in Statesville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Statesville?
The coldest day measured in Statesville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -20.6 °C.
Does it snow in Statesville?
Yes. Statesville gets on average 20.4 cm of snow per year and has around 59 frost days.
Has the climate of Statesville warmed?
Yes: Statesville warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Statesville?
The wettest day measured in Statesville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1972, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Statesville?
The windiest day measured in Statesville between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 57.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Statesville?
The warmest month in Statesville is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Statesville?
Statesville receives on average 1,128 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Statesville?
Statesville 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 Statesville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Statesville between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1987, with 30.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Statesville?
Yes: Statesville has on average 63 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Statesville?
In Statesville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 21 August 1983, and the lowest was -26.7 °C on 21 January 1985.
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