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Hillsborough, NC Weather & Climate Normals

What a normal year in Hillsborough actually looks like

Strongly seasonal
53 /100

On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for Hillsborough, NC, the comfort score comes out to 53/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 5 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.

How much Hillsborough's weather actually swings

Average temperatures in Hillsborough run from 40°F in Jan up to 78°F in Jul, a 37.5°F seasonal swing, a middling gap by national standards.

How wet Hillsborough actually gets

Hillsborough averages 46.7in of precipitation a year across roughly 120 days with measurable rain or snow; the nearest NOAA station does not record snowfall, so no snow figure is shown rather than guessed.

Hillsborough against the rest of the country

Out of 4876 cities scored here, Hillsborough comes in at 1112; within NC alone it ranks 12 of 147. Population is about 9,773.

Checking the actual forecast

These figures come from DURHAM 11 W, NC US, the NOAA station 7.4 miles from Hillsborough, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.

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More on how this is worked out

Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · Why this uses the nearest NOAA station