Average Sunshine in North Carolina for February
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in North Carolina is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during February are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are averages, made from years of weather watching, for total days in the month.
City | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
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Asheville | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Cape Hatteras | 9 | 5 | 14 |
Charlotte | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Greensboro | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Raleigh | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Wilmington | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Asheville | 59 |
Cape Hatteras | 52 |
Charlotte | 58 |
Greensboro | 56 |
Raleigh | 56 |
Wilmington | 59 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.