October
October · April · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in Fayetteville: typically 26.2°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 84 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · April · May
September · August · July
November · October · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 23 against October’s 75 — days reach only 14.6°C, 9° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 0.9°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C | 0.9°C | 140 mm | 9.1 | 10 h 11 | 23 | Strong coverage |
| February | 17.2°C | 2.8°C | 152 mm | 8.6 | 10 h 57 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| March | 21.5°C | 5.7°C | 138 mm | 9 | 11 h 53 | 55 | Strong coverage |
| April | 25.8°C | 9.8°C | 121 mm | 7.6 | 12 h 57 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| May | 29.3°C | 14.5°C | 112 mm | 8.1 | 13 h 51 | 66 | Strong coverage |
| June | 32.4°C | 18.9°C | 120 mm | 9.2 | 14 h 20 | 48 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.9°C | 20.7°C | 109 mm | 9.2 | 14 h 08 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.5°C | 20.2°C | 109 mm | 7.8 | 13 h 22 | 45 | Strong coverage |
| September | 31.1°C | 16.9°C | 95 mm | 5.8 | 12 h 20 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| October | 26.2°C | 10.4°C | 84 mm | 5.6 | 11 h 18 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| November | 19.9°C | 4.5°C | 118 mm | 6.8 | 10 h 24 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| December | 15.6°C | 2.1°C | 132 mm | 9.2 | 9 h 58 | 30 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C30 Jan 2002 | -20.0°C21 Jan 1985 | 104 mm9 Jan 2024 | 327 mm1972 · driest 35 mm in 2004 | 68 |
| February | 29.4°C13 Feb 1962 | -15.6°C5 Feb 1996 | 146 mm17 Feb 2023 | 395 mm1961 · driest 37 mm in 1968 | 69 |
| March | 33.3°C31 Mar 2022 | -13.9°C14 Mar 1993 | 175 mm16 Mar 1990 | 521 mm1976 · driest 35 mm in 1985 | 69 |
| April | 33.9°C18 Apr 2006 | -5.0°C2 Apr 1962 | 158 mm4 Apr 1974 | 470 mm1979 · driest 5 mm in 1986 | 70 |
| May | 36.1°C24 May 1996 | 0.6°C13 May 1960 | 111 mm31 May 1979 | 326 mm2003 · driest 7 mm in 1965 | 69 |
| June | 40.6°C30 Jun 2012 | 5.0°C1 Jun 1966 | 115 mm8 Jun 2022 | 361 mm1989 · driest 21 mm in 1988 | 68 |
| July | 40.6°C14 Jul 1980 | 10.6°C15 Jul 1967 | 97 mm31 Jul 2012 | 274 mm2005 · driest 6 mm in 1993 | 67 |
| August | 40.0°C14 Aug 2019 | 8.3°C8 Aug 2008 | 110 mm24 Aug 2008 | 272 mm1974 · driest 20 mm in 2000 | 68 |
| September | 38.3°C14 Sep 2019 | 1.1°C30 Sep 1967 | 145 mm13 Sep 2006 | 325 mm1988 · driest 5 mm in 2019 | 68 |
| October | 38.9°C3 Oct 2019 | -5.6°C22 Oct 1987 | 133 mm12 Oct 1982 | 251 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1963 | 69 |
| November | 31.7°C11 Nov 1982 | -10.0°C30 Nov 1959 | 112 mm10 Nov 2009 | 268 mm2015 · driest 23 mm in 1980 | 69 |
| December | 33.3°C7 Dec 2001 | -16.7°C13 Dec 1962 | 173 mm3 Dec 1983 | 379 mm1983 · driest 21 mm in 1980 | 68 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
| February | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| March | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| April | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| May | 28 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| July | 31 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 31 | 29 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 29 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| November | 5 | <1 | 9 | 4 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11% | 31% | 14% | 36% | 10.6–17.6°C |
| February | 24% | 30% | 15% | 37% | 13.6–19.8°C |
| March | 46% | 30% | 16% | 35% | 17.9–24.4°C |
| April | 69% | 25% | 12% | 25% | 23.5–27.5°C |
| May | 74% | 26% | 12% | 30% | 27.5–30.5°C |
| June | 71% | 29% | 13% | 35% | 30.6–34.0°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 13% | 37% | 31.8–35.3°C |
| August | 75% | 25% | 11% | 28% | 31.5–35.4°C |
| September | 79% | 21% | 9% | 20% | 29.0–32.7°C |
| October | 76% | 17% | 8% | 17% | 23.9–27.6°C |
| November | 43% | 23% | 11% | 23% | 17.5–22.5°C |
| December | 17% | 28% | 13% | 34% | 12.6–17.7°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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