Durham, NC Weather & Climate Normals
Durham's real weather, in one number
Durham, NC scores 52/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Durham's hottest and coldest months
Durham's hottest month is Jul, averaging 78°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 38°F, a 39.5°F swing across the year, a middling gap by national standards.
Rain and snow in Durham
Over a typical year, Durham sees about 48.57in of precipitation a year across roughly 103 days with measurable rain or snow. That station has no snowfall reading, so none is shown rather than assumed.
Where Durham ranks
Durham ranks 1164 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 17 of 147 within NC. About 301,870 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from DURHAM, NC US, 5.7 miles from Durham, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · How the comfort score is calculated