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United States › North Carolina › Nash County › Climate Station ROCKY MT WILSON AP, NC US Distance 9.3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Nash County home comfortable runs roughly $422 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Nash County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

90.5°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 30.8°F.

Nash County gets 44.38" of precipitation a year, and 32% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 51.8° 30.8° 3.51"
February 55.3° 32.6° 2.87"
March 63.2° 38.7° 3.97"
April 72.5° 47.5° 3.61"
May 79.9° 56.4° 2.92"
June 86.9° 64.8° 3.90"
July 90.5° 69.0° 4.59"
August 88.3° 67.7° 4.92"
September 82.5° 61.9° 4.91"
October 73.1° 49.9° 3.16"
November 62.8° 39.0° 3.09"
December 54.7° 33.5° 2.93"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 32% falling in the wettest three months (Jul, Aug, Sep).

January 3.51"
February 2.87"
March 3.97"
April 3.61"
May 2.92"
June 3.90"
July 4.59"
August 4.92"
September 4.91"
October 3.16"
November 3.09"
December 2.93"
Annual total 44.38"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1,681
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 3,271
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.95¢/kWh, North Carolina average $251
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $171

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Nash County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Nash County?

Nash County averages a high of 90.5°F in July and a low of 30.8°F in January. Annual precipitation is 44.38 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Nash County?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 32% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Nash County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 90.5°F. That drives 1,681 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Nash County?

The weather station used for Nash County, ROCKY MT WILSON AP, NC US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 44.38 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station ROCKY MT WILSON AP, NC US (USW00093759), 9.3 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, North Carolina residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.