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Raleigh, North Carolina

United States · 482k people · 100 m elevation · Northern Hemisphere

Every month in detail

Thirty-year averages for each calendar month.

Monthly climate normals. Values shown as an em dash are missing from the source data.
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high50°F (10°C)53°F (12°C)61°F (16°C)71°F (22°C)78°F (26°C)85°F (30°C)89°F (31°C)86°F (30°C)81°F (27°C)71°F (22°C)61°F (16°C)53°F (12°C)
Average low34°F (1°C)36°F (2°C)42°F (6°C)51°F (11°C)60°F (15°C)68°F (20°C)72°F (22°C)70°F (21°C)65°F (18°C)54°F (12°C)44°F (7°C)37°F (3°C)
Dew point31°F (-1°C)33°F (1°C)39°F (4°C)47°F (8°C)56°F (14°C)65°F (18°C)69°F (21°C)68°F (20°C)63°F (17°C)52°F (11°C)41°F (5°C)35°F (2°C)
Rainfall3.6 in (92 mm)3.1 in (79 mm)4.1 in (104 mm)3.5 in (89 mm)3.5 in (89 mm)4.1 in (105 mm)4.5 in (114 mm)4.3 in (110 mm)4.8 in (122 mm)3.2 in (81 mm)3.5 in (88 mm)3.5 in (90 mm)
Rainy days1091191112151311889
Snowfall2 in (5.1 cm)1.7 in (4.3 cm)0.6 in (1.6 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0.1 in (0.2 cm)0.7 in (1.9 cm)
Sunshine215 h214 h263 h302 h342 h350 h360 h336 h280 h256 h229 h212 h

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Projected change, 2031–2050

Model projection, not an observation

How this city’s climate may change, measured against the same models’ own 1995–2014 output. Nothing here affects the match score above.

Change in summer afternoon highs

+2.7°F (+1.5°C)

Models range from +1.8°F (+1.0°C) to +3.2°F (+1.8°C)

Days above 90°F (32°C) a year

30 50

About 1.7× as many

Warming by month
  • January: +3.0°F (+1.7°C)
  • February: +3.4°F (+1.9°C)
  • March: +3.0°F (+1.7°C)
  • April: +1.9°F (+1.0°C)
  • May: +2.7°F (+1.5°C)
  • June: +3.1°F (+1.7°C)
  • July: +2.3°F (+1.3°C)
  • August: +2.7°F (+1.5°C)
  • September: +2.9°F (+1.6°C)
  • October: +2.9°F (+1.6°C)
  • November: +2.7°F (+1.5°C)
  • December: +2.6°F (+1.4°C)
Scenario
SSP5-8.5 (high emissions)
Models
4 · CMIP6 HighResMIP, downscaled

This is a high-emissions pathway — the upper end of plausible futures, not a central estimate. Changes are measured by each model against its own past output and then applied to the observed record, which cancels each model’s bias but not the genuine uncertainty about how much warming occurs. Where the models disagree widely, the range above is the honest answer.