Buies Creek, NC Climate


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United States / North Carolina / No Metro Area / Harnett County / Buies Creek / Zip Codes
Buies Creek, NC has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and mild winters. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with mostly sunny days in the warmest months. Annual snowfall is usually light to moderate, averaging around 10 inches per year. The temperature in Buies Creek typically ranges from an average low of 40°F in January to an average high of 90°F in July.

Buies Creek, North Carolina gets 47 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Buies Creek averages 3 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 215 sunny days per year in Buies Creek. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Buies Creek gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 109 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 90 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 31
Rain: averages 47 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 3 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Buies Creek is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in North Carolina.

6.2 Summer - 6.9 Winter
May, October and April are the most pleasant months in Buies Creek, while July and January are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateBuies Creek, North CarolinaUnited States
  46.6 in.38.1 in.
  2.7 in.27.8 in.
  108.9 days106.2 days
  215 days205 days
  90.1°85.8°
  30.5°21.7°
  7.47
  4.94.3
  207 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Buies Creek with an average high temperature of 90.1°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in North Carolina. In Buies Creek, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Buies Creek are May, April and October.
In Buies Creek, there are 45.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in North Carolina.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Buies Creek with an average of 30.5°. This is warmer than most places in North Carolina.
In Buies Creek, there are 66.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in North Carolina.
In Buies Creek, there are 0.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in North Carolina.
Humidity in Buies Creek can be uncomfortable during the summer, but comfortable for most of the year. The most uncomfortably humid months are July, August and June. The humid season runs from June-September and the most comfortable months are October-May.
July is the wettest month in Buies Creek with 5.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is April with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.6 inches in Buies Creek means that it is about average compared to other places in North Carolina.
July is the rainiest month in Buies Creek with 11.8 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.0 rainy days. There are 108.9 rainy days annually in Buies Creek, which is about average compared to other places in North Carolina. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 2.7 inches in Buies Creek means that it is about average compared to other places in North Carolina. January is the snowiest month in Buies Creek with 1.7 inches of snow, and 1 month of the year have significant snowfall.
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Buies Creek is an unincorporated, one stoplight town (literally) with two championship golf courses and a university. Campbell University has graduate schools in  More

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Over 18 years ago

The town is unique to itself. Where else can you find rigerous academic affairs situated within tabacco and cotten fields? The biggest problem that I find here is the  More

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