United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Rutherfordton.

September leads for comfortable weather in Rutherfordton: typically 28.2°C by day, 15.3°C at night, with 100 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember

Typical high28.2°C

Typical low15.3°C

Rain in September100 mm

Comfort

September

September · May · October

73climate match

Beach

August

August · June · September

68climate match

Outdoors

October

October · April · March

71climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 10 against September’s 73 — days reach only 10.9°C, 13° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -3.1°C.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

1010.9° / -3.1°

Feb

2113.1° / -1.6°

Mar

4117.3° / 1.9°

Apr

6522.5° / 6.4°

May

7126.1° / 11.6°

Jun

6030.4° / 16.8°

Jul

4931.7° / 19°

Aug

5431° / 18.7°

Sep

7328.2° / 15.3°

Oct

7022.8° / 7.7°

Nov

3917.2° / 0.8°

Dec

1412.7° / -0.8°

Monthly climate evidence for Rutherfordton — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	10.9°C	-3.1°C	104 mm	7.9	10 h 01	10	Good coverage
February	13.1°C	-1.6°C	95 mm	7.7	10 h 51	21	Good coverage
March	17.3°C	1.9°C	97 mm	8.1	11 h 52	41	Good coverage
April	22.5°C	6.4°C	111 mm	7.7	13 h 02	65	Good coverage
May	26.1°C	11.6°C	114 mm	8.6	14 h 00	71	Good coverage
June	30.4°C	16.8°C	105 mm	9	14 h 32	60	Good coverage
July	31.7°C	19°C	118 mm	10.4	14 h 19	49	Good coverage
August	31°C	18.7°C	107 mm	9.6	13 h 29	54	Good coverage
September	28.2°C	15.3°C	100 mm	7	12 h 21	73	Good coverage
October	22.8°C	7.7°C	108 mm	6	11 h 14	70	Good coverage
November	17.2°C	0.8°C	101 mm	6.5	10 h 15	39	Good coverage
December	12.7°C	-0.8°C	141 mm	9.2	9 h 47	14	Good coverage

Records at FOREST CITY 8 W, 2005–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	25.6°C14 Jan 2017	-15.6°C8 Jan 2018	79 mm10 Jan 2024	237 mm2024 · driest 22 mm in 2025	21
February	28.3°C13 Feb 2017	-16.7°C21 Feb 2015	106 mm7 Feb 2020	288 mm2020 · driest 28 mm in 2017	21
March	30.6°C26 Mar 2007	-10.0°C4 Mar 2009	113 mm26 Mar 2021	217 mm2021 · driest 25 mm in 2016	22
April	32.2°C7 Apr 2010	-3.9°C4 Apr 2021	87 mm13 Apr 2020	199 mm2020 · driest 36 mm in 2016	22
May	34.4°C27 May 2019	0.0°C10 May 2020	91 mm20 May 2020	229 mm2025 · driest 13 mm in 2007	22
June	37.2°C23 Jun 2006	7.8°C6 Jun 2006	89 mm26 Jun 2006	250 mm2019 · driest 16 mm in 2008	22
July	39.4°C2 Jul 2012	10.6°C2 Jul 2008	109 mm23 Jul 2006	429 mm2013 · driest 22 mm in 2010	22
August	39.4°C17 Aug 2007	11.7°C25 Aug 2018	121 mm12 Aug 2025	333 mm2025 · driest 36 mm in 2007	21
September	36.7°C13 Sep 2019	5.0°C30 Sep 2006	97 mm27 Sep 2024	302 mm2024 · driest 4 mm in 2005	21
October	35.6°C3 Oct 2019	-4.4°C27 Oct 2013	79 mm31 Oct 2019	209 mm2015 · driest 3 mm in 2024	21
November	28.9°C10 Nov 2005	-11.1°C23 Nov 2008	97 mm12 Nov 2020	216 mm2015 · driest 11 mm in 2025	21
December	26.7°C4 Dec 2021	-14.4°C24 Dec 2022	71 mm26 Dec 2023	288 mm2018 · driest 34 mm in 2025	21

Typical days per month at FOREST CITY 8 W, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)	Snow days
January	<1	0	23	4	<1
February	<1	0	19	3	<1
March	4	<1	14	4	<1
April	11	1	4	4	0
May	21	6	<1	3	0
June	28	18	0	3	0
July	30	23	0	4	0
August	30	22	0	4	0
September	23	13	0	4	0
October	11	1	3	3	0
November	2	0	16	3	0
December	<1	0	20	5	<1

How often, not how much — every day in FOREST CITY 8 W’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	4%	26%	13%	30%	9.0–13.1°C
February	14%	27%	11%	29%	10.5–16.6°C
March	32%	26%	11%	24%	14.9–20.6°C
April	59%	25%	13%	23%	21.4–24.4°C
May	68%	28%	12%	33%	24.3–27.5°C
June	70%	30%	10%	36%	28.9–31.8°C
July	66%	34%	12%	44%	30.1–33.3°C
August	69%	31%	13%	34%	28.8–31.9°C
September	76%	24%	12%	24%	26.1–30.1°C
October	65%	18%	9%	19%	21.1–24.4°C
November	30%	21%	9%	20%	15.0–18.8°C
December	8%	28%	13%	34%	10.0–15.6°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.

2006Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 20-year average. Warmest: 2019. Coolest: 2014.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 4489365
NOAA station: USC00313152 · FOREST CITY 8 W
Station distance: 7 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 15 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 35.37°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from FOREST CITY 8 W is what differs

Spindale→Ruth→Bakersville→Beulah→Collinsville→Cox Store→

Or put two places side by side: Rutherfordton vs Spindale

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