Fayetteville climate

Name: Fayetteville
Address: US

Fayetteville is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.5 °C. September is the wettest month (138 mm) and November the driest (81 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Fayetteville averages 1,177 mm of rain, 157 days above 25 °C and 32 days below freezing.

United States · 29 m elevation · population 201,963 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 32 °C
Coldest month January 2.5 °C
Driest month November 81 mm
Wettest month September 138 mm
Least cloud October 46 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record January -15 °C

What to expectFayetteville through the year

Fayetteville has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 157 days a year reach 25 °C, 72 of them reach 30 °C, 32 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 81 mm in November to 138 mm in September. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.6 °C	88 mm	54 %
February	13.6 °C	82 mm	57 %
March	17.7 °C	94 mm	53 %
April	22.9 °C	86 mm	50 %
May	26.8 °C	85 mm	55 %
June	30.3 °C	108 mm	57 %
July	31.9 °C	119 mm	58 %
August	30.6 °C	121 mm	56 %
September	27.7 °C	138 mm	54 %
October	22.6 °C	82 mm	46 %
November	17.3 °C	81 mm	47 %
December	13.1 °C	93 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	11.6 °C	2.5 °C	6.4 °C	24.9 °C	-14.8 °C	0	0	12
February	13.6 °C	3.5 °C	8.0 °C	27.6 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	8
March	17.7 °C	6.8 °C	11.7 °C	29.5 °C	-5.6 °C	2	0	3
April	22.9 °C	11.6 °C	16.9 °C	33.4 °C	-1.3 °C	10	1	0
May	26.8 °C	16.2 °C	21.3 °C	36.2 °C	6.2 °C	21	6	0
June	30.3 °C	20.7 °C	25.2 °C	41.5 °C	10.8 °C	28	16	0
July	31.9 °C	22.9 °C	27.0 °C	42.4 °C	16.0 °C	31	23	0
August	30.6 °C	21.9 °C	25.9 °C	40.4 °C	13.8 °C	30	18	0
September	27.7 °C	19.1 °C	23.1 °C	37.9 °C	8.2 °C	24	8	0
October	22.6 °C	13.2 °C	17.5 °C	35.7 °C	1.6 °C	9	0	0
November	17.3 °C	7.6 °C	11.9 °C	27.3 °C	-5.3 °C	1	0	2
December	13.1 °C	4.2 °C	8.1 °C	26.0 °C	-7.4 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	88 mm	9	10 h/day	54 %	70 %	19 km/h
February	82 mm	8	11 h/day	57 %	68 %	20 km/h
March	94 mm	9	12 h/day	53 %	66 %	21 km/h
April	86 mm	8	13 h/day	50 %	63 %	21 km/h
May	85 mm	10	14 h/day	55 %	67 %	18 km/h
June	108 mm	13	15 h/day	57 %	71 %	16 km/h
July	119 mm	15	14 h/day	58 %	73 %	15 km/h
August	121 mm	14	13 h/day	56 %	76 %	14 km/h
September	138 mm	10	12 h/day	54 %	75 %	16 km/h
October	82 mm	7	11 h/day	46 %	72 %	16 km/h
November	81 mm	8	10 h/day	47 %	70 %	17 km/h
December	93 mm	9	9.8 h/day	55 %	72 %	18 km/h

How Fayetteville compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Fayetteville	32 °C	2.5 °C	1,177 mm	157
Cary · United States	31 °C	1.3 °C	1,166 mm	140
Raleigh · United States	31 °C	1.5 °C	1,163 mm	144
Durham · United States	32 °C	0.6 °C	1,130 mm	143
Greensboro · United States	31 °C	-0.08 °C	1,112 mm	134
Charlotte · United States	32 °C	1.0 °C	1,087 mm	146

Where Fayetteville ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in April	36th of 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in North America in October	48th of 50	92/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Fayetteville’s climate

When is the best time to visit Fayetteville?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and November the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Fayetteville get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 72 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 32 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Fayetteville?

September, averaging 138 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is November with 81 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,177 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Fayetteville rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 35.053°, -78.878° , 29 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.