Charlotte Climate Records and Averages

Charlotte has a humid subtropical climate and is situated halfway between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. Charlotte features a mild, temperate climate with hot summer months and long periods of sunny weather. The overall rainfall in Charlotte is average and spread fairly evenly throughout the year, with moisture arriving from the Gulf.

The warmest month of the year is July with an average maximum temperature of 89.0 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is January with an average minimum temperature of 31.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

Charlotte's cool winters seldom bring extreme cold temperatures or heavy snowfall, while the city's long, warm summer days are offset considerably cooler nights. Summer precipitation falls mainly in the form of thundershowers, followed by comparatively drier fall weather.

	Monthly Averages			Daily Extremes				Monthly Extremes				Max. Temp.		Min. Temp.
Temperatures in F	Max.	Min.	Avg	High	Date of daily extreme high	Low	Date of daily extreme low	Highest Avg	Year	Lowest Avg	Year	# Days >= 90 F	# Days <= 32 F	# Days <= 32 F	# Days<= 0 F
January	51.1	31.4	41.2	79	29/2002	-5	21/1985	52.5	1950	30.1	1977	0.0	1.1	17.3	0.0
February	54.8	33.4	44.1	81	26/1977	5	18/1958	52.2	1990	36.7	1978	0.0	0.3	13.8	0.0
March	62.7	39.9	51.3	87	29/1998	4	03/1980	58.3	1997	39.7	1960	0.0	0.1	7.2	0.0
April	72.3	48.4	60.4	93	24/1960	21	08/2007	64.8	1955	53.0	1961	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
May	79.5	57.4	68.5	97	31/1953	32	02/1963	74.5	1962	63.7	1967	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
June	86.1	65.5	75.8	103	27/1954	45	12/1972	80.8	1998	71.2	1972	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
July	89.0	69.1	79.1	103	29/1952	53	10/1961	85.4	1993	76.0	1984	15.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
August	87.9	68.4	78.1	104	09/2007	50	07/2004	83.7	2007	74.6	2004	12.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
September	81.8	62.0	71.9	104	06/1954	39	30/1967	77.3	1954	67.0	1967	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
October	72.1	50.1	61.1	98	06/1954	24	27/1962	67.8	1984	55.5	1976	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.0
November	62.4	40.2	51.3	85	02/1961	11	26/1950	58.6	1985	44.0	1976	0.0	0.0	6.9	0.0
December	53.2	33.3	43.3	80	10/2007	2	13/1962	53.0	1956	35.2	2000	0.0	0.3	15.8	0.0

Annual	71.1	49.9	60.5	104	1954/09/06	-5	1985/01/21	64.0	1990	58.4	1969	43.9	1.8	62.9	0.0

Winter	53.0	32.7	42.9	81	1977/02/26	-5	1985/01/21	49.1	1949	37.1	1977	0.0	1.8	47.0	0.0
Spring	71.5	48.6	60.1	97	1953/05/31	4	1980/03/03	64.5	1991	56.5	1961	2.5	0.1	8.2	0.0
Summer	87.7	67.7	77.7	104	2007/08/09	45	1972/06/12	81.4	1993	74.9	1967	36.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fall	72.1	50.8	61.4	104	1954/09/06	11	1950/11/26	64.7	1985	56.3	1976	4.5	0.0	7.7	0.0

												Total Snowfall
	Avg.	High	Year	Low	Year	1 Day Max.		>= 0.01 in.	>= 0.10 in.	>= 0.50 in.	>= 1.00 in.	Mean	High	Year
	in.	in.	-	in.	-	in.	dd/yyyy or yyyymmdd	# Days	# Days	# Days	# Days	in.	in.	-
January	3.58	7.44	1962	0.45	1981	3.45	06/1962	10	7	3	1	1.8	12.1	1988
February	3.51	7.59	1979	0.74	1978	2.91	06/1955	10	7	2	1	1.6	14.9	1979
March	4.38	8.76	1980	0.58	1985	3.04	03/1952	11	8	3	1	1.0	19.3	1960
April	3.16	8.25	2003	0.30	1976	3.20	11/1962	9	6	2	1	0.0	0.1	1982
May	3.41	12.48	1975	0.34	1951	3.67	03/1975	10	6	2	1	-	-	-
June	3.70	8.26	1961	0.15	1993	3.77	13/1949	10	6	3	1	-	-	-
July	3.85	8.94	1997	0.53	1983	6.88	23/1997	11	7	3	1	-	-	-
August	3.98	10.35	2003	0.41	2007	5.36	26/2008	10	6	3	1	-	-	-
September	3.40	9.69	1979	0.02	1954	3.65	30/1979	7	5	2	1	-	-	-
October	3.11	14.72	1990	0.00	1953	4.21	04/1992	7	5	2	1	-	-	-
November	3.08	8.68	1985	0.46	1973	3.26	21/1985	8	5	2	1	0.0	2.5	1968
December	3.32	7.49	1983	0.43	1965	2.46	15/1972	10	6	2	1	0.4	7.5	1971

Annual	42.49	62.63	2003	26.23	2001	6.88	1997/07/23	111	73	29	11	5.0	22.9	1960

Winter	10.42	17.74	1962	2.97	1986	3.45	1962/01/06	29	20	7	3	3.9	15.3	1979
Spring	10.95	26.00	2003	4.92	2006	3.67	1975/05/03	29	20	8	3	1.0	19.3	1960
Summer	11.54	23.70	2003	4.78	2001	6.88	1997/07/23	30	19	8	3	-	-	-
Fall	9.59	20.23	1992	3.52	1961	4.21	1992/10/04	22	15	6	3	0.0	2.5	1968

Winter = Dec, Jan, and Feb		Spring = Mar, Apr, and May
Summer = Jun, Jul, and Aug.		Fall = Sep, Oct, and Nov