October
October · September · May
United States · 1991–2020
October leads for comfortable weather in McCrory: typically 23.2°C by day, 10.4°C at night, with 102 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
October · September · May
August · June · September
October · April · March
The weakest month is January, scoring 11 against October’s 77 — days reach only 8.4°C, 16° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
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 | 8.4°C | -0.3°C | 90 mm | 6.1 | 10 h 01 | 11 | Strong coverage |
| February | 11°C | 1.2°C | 106 mm | 6 | 10 h 51 | 20 | Strong coverage |
| March | 16.5°C | 5.5°C | 128 mm | 7.2 | 11 h 52 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22.1°C | 10.7°C | 140 mm | 6.8 | 13 h 02 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| May | 26.9°C | 16.2°C | 147 mm | 7.3 | 14 h | 69 | Strong coverage |
| June | 30.9°C | 20.8°C | 89 mm | 5.4 | 14 h 31 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.3°C | 22.4°C | 110 mm | 5.4 | 14 h 19 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.6°C | 20.9°C | 77 mm | 4.6 | 13 h 29 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28.6°C | 16.6°C | 76 mm | 4.3 | 12 h 21 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| October | 23.2°C | 10.4°C | 102 mm | 6.4 | 11 h 14 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| November | 15.6°C | 5.1°C | 112 mm | 6.6 | 10 h 16 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| December | 9.9°C | 1.3°C | 125 mm | 6.9 | 9 h 47 | 13 | 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 | 23.9°C23 Jan 1972 | -21.1°C20 Jan 1985 | 128 mm29 Jan 1969 | 242 mm1969 · driest 2 mm in 1991 | 61 |
| February | 26.7°C26 Feb 1986 | -21.7°C16 Feb 2021 | 90 mm11 Feb 1965 | 291 mm2019 · driest 7 mm in 1988 | 60 |
| March | 31.1°C23 Mar 2026 | -11.7°C3 Mar 2014 | 111 mm7 Mar 1990 | 259 mm1975 · driest 6 mm in 1966 | 62 |
| April | 36.1°C18 Apr 2006 | -3.3°C8 Apr 2007 | 148 mm30 Apr 2017 | 348 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1989 | 62 |
| May | 35.0°C27 May 1978 | 1.1°C2 May 1994 | 208 mm31 May 2013 | 385 mm2013 · driest 7 mm in 2005 | 62 |
| June | 40.0°C12 Jun 1977 | 8.3°C1 Jun 1966 | 132 mm29 Jun 2014 | 301 mm1976 · driest 4 mm in 2012 | 61 |
| July | 44.4°C13 Jul 1980 | 11.7°C4 Jul 1968 | 111 mm1 Jul 2007 | 257 mm2015 · driest 5 mm in 1983 | 63 |
| August | 41.7°C4 Aug 1964 | 8.9°C29 Aug 1986 | 143 mm19 Aug 2015 | 228 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 1977 | 62 |
| September | 40.0°C9 Sep 1980 | 0.6°C29 Sep 1967 | 208 mm14 Sep 1978 | 377 mm1978 · driest 0 mm in 2004 | 62 |
| October | 35.6°C3 Oct 2019 | -3.9°C24 Oct 1981 | 112 mm11 Oct 2001 | 359 mm2009 · driest 0 mm in 2024 | 61 |
| November | 30.6°C1 Nov 2016 | -11.1°C24 Nov 1970 | 151 mm27 Nov 1985 | 268 mm2004 · driest 21 mm in 1965 | 61 |
| December | 25.6°C2 Dec 1982 | -20.6°C23 Dec 1989 | 171 mm24 Dec 2009 | 305 mm1978 · driest 1 mm in 1980 | 62 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| March | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| April | 9 | <1 | <1 | 4 |
| May | 22 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| June | 28 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| July | 28 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| August | 29 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| September | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 13 | 2 | <1 | 3 |
| November | 2 | <1 | 6 | 4 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3% | 20% | 10% | 14% | 5.2–11.4°C |
| February | 8% | 22% | 11% | 19% | 7.9–14.0°C |
| March | 29% | 23% | 13% | 22% | 13.6–19.8°C |
| April | 57% | 23% | 13% | 20% | 20.2–25.0°C |
| May | 73% | 24% | 13% | 22% | 25.2–29.2°C |
| June | 82% | 19% | 10% | 16% | 29.4–33.2°C |
| July | 83% | 17% | 9% | 12% | 31.0–35.1°C |
| August | 86% | 14% | 8% | 12% | 30.3–34.7°C |
| September | 83% | 15% | 8% | 10% | 26.8–31.2°C |
| October | 66% | 17% | 9% | 14% | 21.9–25.2°C |
| November | 25% | 20% | 11% | 16% | 12.7–18.8°C |
| December | 4% | 21% | 11% | 19% | 8.4–13.0°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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