May
May · October · April
United States · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Fearrington Village: typically 25.9°C by day, 13.5°C at night, with 97 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · October · April
June · July · August
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 11 against May’s 78 — days reach only 10.4°C, 14° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -1.5°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 | 10.4°C | -1.5°C | 96 mm | 9.2 | 9 h 58 | 11 | Strong coverage |
| February | 12.4°C | -0.4°C | 82 mm | 8.2 | 10 h 50 | 23 | Strong coverage |
| March | 16.6°C | 3.3°C | 113 mm | 9 | 11 h 51 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| April | 22°C | 8.2°C | 94 mm | 8 | 13 h 03 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| May | 25.9°C | 13.5°C | 97 mm | 8.4 | 14 h 02 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.9°C | 18.4°C | 103 mm | 8.7 | 14 h 34 | 60 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32°C | 20.7°C | 116 mm | 8.8 | 14 h 22 | 47 | Strong coverage |
| August | 30.8°C | 19.8°C | 120 mm | 9.2 | 13 h 31 | 51 | Strong coverage |
| September | 27.7°C | 16.4°C | 138 mm | 7.3 | 12 h 22 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22.3°C | 9.2°C | 94 mm | 6.6 | 11 h 13 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| November | 16.7°C | 3.2°C | 90 mm | 7.1 | 10 h 13 | 43 | Strong coverage |
| December | 12.1°C | 0.3°C | 99 mm | 8.3 | 9 h 44 | 21 | 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 | 29.4°C16 Jan 1937 | -22.2°C21 Jan 1985 | 81 mm3 Jan 1999 | 227 mm1998 · driest 17 mm in 1907 | 135 |
| February | 29.4°C25 Feb 1930 | -21.1°C14 Feb 1899 | 71 mm7 Feb 2020 | 203 mm1939 · driest 14 mm in 1968 | 133 |
| March | 33.3°C29 Mar 1907 | -12.8°C3 Mar 1980 | 97 mm22 Mar 1903 | 277 mm1903 · driest 32 mm in 1925 | 132 |
| April | 36.7°C14 Apr 1922 | -6.7°C1 Apr 1923 | 121 mm8 Apr 1895 | 290 mm1895 · driest 17 mm in 2010 | 134 |
| May | 36.7°C31 May 1953 | -1.7°C2 May 1963 | 142 mm22 May 1901 | 289 mm1901 · driest 5 mm in 1936 | 133 |
| June | 40.0°C30 Jun 2012 | 4.4°C8 Jun 1977 | 117 mm26 Jun 1980 | 258 mm1980 · driest 12 mm in 2024 | 130 |
| July | 41.7°C21 Jul 1900 | 8.9°C2 Jul 1982 | 203 mm7 Jul 2025 | 417 mm2025 · driest 7 mm in 1977 | 128 |
| August | 41.1°C31 Aug 1932 | 5.6°C30 Aug 1986 | 133 mm2 Aug 1924 | 368 mm1898 · driest 17 mm in 1921 | 123 |
| September | 40.0°C1 Sep 1932 | 1.7°C30 Sep 1895 | 195 mm6 Sep 1999 | 610 mm1999 · driest 2 mm in 1990 | 129 |
| October | 37.2°C4 Oct 2019 | -6.7°C27 Oct 1962 | 141 mm1 Oct 1929 | 270 mm1929 · driest 7 mm in 2000 | 133 |
| November | 31.1°C3 Nov 1929 | -11.1°C30 Nov 1929 | 128 mm10 Nov 1962 | 319 mm1985 · driest 5 mm in 1931 | 135 |
| December | 28.9°C28 Dec 1946 | -17.8°C25 Dec 1983 | 136 mm27 Dec 1892 | 276 mm1892 · driest 8 mm in 1965 | 133 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | <1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | <1 |
| March | 3 | <1 | 10 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 27 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 29 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| September | 23 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 10 | 1 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | <1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 80); on 2011–2025 it is May (80). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7% | 28% | 11% | 29% | 7.5–14.6°C |
| February | 10% | 30% | 12% | 35% | 8.9–15.8°C |
| March | 26% | 30% | 12% | 33% | 13.6–20.1°C |
| April | 54% | 27% | 11% | 29% | 20.2–24.5°C |
| May | 67% | 29% | 11% | 35% | 24.4–28.9°C |
| June | 71% | 29% | 12% | 32% | 28.3–32.5°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 13% | 38% | 30.0–33.8°C |
| August | 71% | 29% | 13% | 31% | 29.3–33.1°C |
| September | 76% | 23% | 10% | 23% | 26.1–30.8°C |
| October | 62% | 20% | 8% | 19% | 20.8–24.6°C |
| November | 28% | 22% | 8% | 19% | 14.8–19.6°C |
| December | 8% | 26% | 11% | 26% | 9.3–15.3°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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