Zip 27882 (Spring Hope, NC) Climate

The climate in 27882 Spring Hope, NC is typically warm and humid. Summers are generally hot and sometimes muggy, with temperatures reaching well into the 90s at times. Winters tend to be mild, but can get quite cold during the night, with temperatures occasionally dipping into the 20s or lower. Rainfall is fairly common throughout the year and snowfall is infrequent but does occur on occasion. Average annual rainfall for this region is around 45 inches.

Spring Hope (zip 27882), North Carolina gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Spring Hope (zip 27882) averages 1 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 217 sunny days per year in Spring Hope (zip 27882). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Spring Hope (zip 27882) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 101 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 29
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 1 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 27882 zip code is 7.5 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in North Carolina.

6.7 Summer - 6.8 Winter

May, October and September are the most pleasant months in the 27882 zip code, while July and January are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Spring Hope, North Carolina	United States
	45.1 in.	38.1 in.
	1.2 in.	27.8 in.
	101.1 days	106.2 days
	217 days	205 days
	90.1°	85.8°
	28.8°	21.7°
	7.5	7
	4.7	4.3
	200 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 the 27882 zip code with an average high temperature of 90.1°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in North Carolina. In the 27882 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 27882 zip code are May, September and October.

In the 27882 zip code, 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 the 27882 zip code with an average of 28.8°. This is colder than most places in North Carolina.

In the 27882 zip code, there are 74.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in North Carolina.

In the 27882 zip code, there are 0.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in North Carolina.

Humidity in the 27882 zip code 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.

August is the wettest month in the 27882 zip code with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is April with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.1 inches in the 27882 zip code means that it is drier than most places in North Carolina.

July is the rainiest month in the 27882 zip code with 9.7 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 6.5 rainy days. There are 101.1 rainy days annually in the 27882 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in North Carolina. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 1.2 inches in the 27882 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in North Carolina. January is the snowiest month in the 27882 zip code with 0.6 inches of snow, and 1 month of the year have significant snowfall.

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