Charlotte Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Charlotte, North Carolina during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Charlotte, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 30 | January | 11 | -1 |
| 57 | 35 | February | 14 | 2 |
| 64 | 40 | March | 18 | 5 |
| 74 | 50 | April | 23 | 10 |
| 82 | 60 | May | 28 | 15 |
| 88 | 67 | June | 31 | 19 |
| 91 | 71 | July | 33 | 21 |
| 89 | 69 | August | 32 | 21 |
| 85 | 64 | September | 29 | 18 |
| 75 | 51 | October | 24 | 10 |
| 62 | 38 | November | 17 | 3 |
| 56 | 36 | December | 14 | 2 |
| 73 | 51 | Year | 23 | 11 |
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 32 | January | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | 35 | February | 14 | 2 |
| 64 | 41 | March | 18 | 5 |
| 73 | 49 | April | 23 | 10 |
| 80 | 58 | May | 27 | 14 |
| 87 | 66 | June | 31 | 19 |
| 90 | 70 | July | 32 | 21 |
| 89 | 69 | August | 31 | 20 |
| 83 | 63 | September | 28 | 17 |
| 73 | 50 | October | 23 | 10 |
| 63 | 40 | November | 17 | 4 |
| 55 | 35 | December | 13 | 1 |
| 72 | 51 | Year | 22 | 10 |
Days of Hot Weather in Charlotte
Charlotte regularly has highs of 90 degrees or more during summer months. The 90-degree heat can arrive as early as April or as late as October.
The thermometer does climb to 100 degrees F (38 °C) on an average of once a year.
| 70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C |
90 °F 32 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 20 | 8 | 0 |
| May | 28 | 18 | 2 |
| June | 30 | 27 | 10 |
| July | 31 | 30 | 18 |
| August | 31 | 29 | 14 |
| September | 29 | 21 | 5 |
| October | 22 | 7 | 0 |
| November | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | 215 | 143 | 49 |
How Often Charlotte Has Cold Temperatures
Charlotte averages seven nights a year with lows in the range of 11 to 20 degrees F and one night of 10 °F (-12 °C) or below. The coldest nights most commonly occur in January, although December and February can also get that chilly.
Even after the most frigid nights, the days in Charlotte almost always warm up to above freezing. On average just one or two days each winter don't reach above 32 °F.
| 20 °F -8 °C |
32 °F 0 °C |
40 °F 4 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 17 | 25 |
| February | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| March | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| April | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| November | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| December | 1 | 14 | 23 |
| Year | 7 | 58 | 111 |
References
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.