The climate of Charlotte (North Carolina
- United States of America)
Charlotte is located in the western part of North Carolina at the foot
of Mount Holly in the vicinity of several large lakes such as Mountain
Island Lake and Lake Whyle. Charlotte is the largest city in this
state and one of the larger cities in the United States. Charlotte is
an important financial center for the east coast of the United States.
The city was founded in the 17th century by colonists and was named in
honor of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who had become queen
consort of Great Britain the year before the city's founding. After
the American revolution the city flourished when gold was found here.
Many gold diggers came to Charlotte. Although no gold is found here
nowadays most people make their living in the financial sector.
Charlotte has a warm maritime climate which is characterized by small
differences in temperatures between summer and winter. Summers are
warm and wet, winters are cool. Subzero temperatures can only be
recorded a few days per year. Because of low temperatures and high
precipitation figures snowfall is not uncommon in Charlotte.
Precipitation is quite evenly spread out over the year.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Charlotte:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
10
-1
6
11
n/a
February
12
0
6
10
n/a
March
17
4
8
11
n/a
April
22
9
9
9
n/a
May
26
14
9
11
n/a
June
30
19
10
10
n/a
July
32
21
9
11
n/a
August
31
20
9
10
n/a
September
28
17
8
8
n/a
October
22
10
7
7
n/a
November
17
5
6
8
n/a
December
12
0
5
10
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
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