St. James, NC Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in St. James actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for St. James, 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 St. James's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in St. James run from 48°F in Jan up to 82°F in Jul, a 34.4°F seasonal swing, a middling gap by national standards.
St. James, month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60°F | 36°F | 3.7in |
| Feb | 63°F | 38°F | 3.32in |
| Mar | 68°F | 43°F | 4.03in |
| Apr | 76°F | 51°F | 3.08in |
| May | 83°F | 60°F | 3.44in |
| Jun | 88°F | 69°F | 4.02in |
| Jul | 92°F | 73°F | 5.55in |
| Aug | 90°F | 71°F | 6.77in |
| Sep | 87°F | 66°F | 8.16in |
| Oct | 79°F | 54°F | 5.41in |
| Nov | 70°F | 44°F | 3.42in |
| Dec | 63°F | 38°F | 3.74in |
If you're timing a visit, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, and Nov are St. James's mildest stretch; if you're moving there, you should plan around Jul's heat and Jan's cold instead.
How wet St. James actually gets
St. James averages 54.64in of precipitation a year across roughly 101 days with measurable rain or snow; the nearest NOAA station does not record snowfall, so no snow figure is shown rather than guessed.
St. James against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, St. James comes in at 1128; within NC alone it ranks 14 of 147. Population is about 7,315.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from Southport 5 N, NC US, the NOAA station 6.3 miles from St. James, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · What a 30-year climate normal actually is