North Carolina · county areal climate 1951–2025

Orange County, NC

A 59.3°F / 47.3" normal · 2025 ran +0.5°F vs normal.
2026 so far · through Jul 10: This area is running +1.7°F (58.4°F) vs the 1996–2025 to-date normal — the 8th warmest start of 76 years. Precipitation 56% of normal. U.S. year-to-date →

Normal (1996–2025)

59.3°F
annual mean · 47.3" precipitation

2025 vs Normal

+0.5°F
59.8°F · 47.9" (101% of normal)

Warmest Year

61.1°F
2024 · coldest 55.9°F (1963)

Wettest Year

67.8in
2018 · driest 33.9" (1976)

Hottest Day

102.8°F
Aug 19 · 1988

Coldest Day

-7.0°F
Jan 21 · 1985

Biggest Rain Day

6.21in
Sep 6 · 1996

Record

1951–2025
75 complete years · NOAA nClimGrid

Monthly Climate

40°
J
43°
F
50°
M
59°
A
67°
M
75°
J
78°
J
77°
A
70°
S
60°
O
50°
N
43°
D
—— normal temperature (°F) · ▮ normal precipitation (in) · 1996–2025
Areal nClimGrid averages (NOAA/NCEI) over the whole area — an average across the region, not a single station. Separate from the station records.

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