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Germanton, North Carolina Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Winston Salem Rynlds AP, 14.4 km from Germanton

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 88°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 31°F. A normal year brings 43.2 in of precipitation and 6.2 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Winston-Salem/Smith_(Asos) (INT), since 1899. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Germanton through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
78°F
Normal low
58°F
Record high
98°Fin 1931
Record low
38°Fin 1918
Chance of a wet day
33%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January49°F31°F79°F (1944)-10°F (1940)3.35 in9.52.5 in18.97830
February53°F33°F83°F (1930)-1°F (1936)2.89 in9.41.8 in14.06171
March61°F40°F91°F (1921)10°F (2009)3.60 in11.20.6 in6.94587
April71°F48°F93°F (1930)21°F (1923)3.71 in10.20.0 in0.820639
May78°F57°F101°F (1941)30°F (1920)3.76 in12.20.0 in0.058134
June85°F65°F104°F (1952)40°F (1933)3.64 in11.80.0 in0.03308
July88°F69°F104°F (1952)48°F (1933)4.24 in12.90.0 in0.00422
August86°F68°F105°F (2023)47°F (1946)4.51 in11.10.0 in0.01373
September80°F61°F102°F (1932)36°F (1942)3.86 in10.00.0 in0.023193
October71°F49°F96°F (1951)21°F (1913)3.28 in9.20.0 in0.519235
November60°F39°F84°F (1950)7°F (1914)3.06 in8.50.0 in7.14642
December52°F34°F79°F (1924)-3°F (1935)3.30 in9.21.3 in15.56941
Year69°F50°F43.20 in1256.2 in643,4971,513

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

43.2 in in a normal year, most in August.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Germanton, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for King, 12 km away; Winston Salem Rynlds AP keeps no snowfall normals.

6.2 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Winston Salem Rynlds AP. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 26 and the first fall freeze around November 9, a growing season of about 228 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 9, first October 30
Median at 32°F
last March 26, first November 9
Median at 28°F
last March 13, first November 23

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Germanton.

The muggiest month is July, when 63 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January29°F82%98%2%0%0%0%0%
February32°F80%98%1%0%0%0%0%
March39°F78%92%6%1%0%0%0%
April48°F76%72%18%9%1%0%0%
May56°F77%39%20%26%14%1%0%
June63°F74%11%17%26%39%7%0%
July65°F70%5%9%24%48%15%0%
August64°F70%7%15%30%38%10%0%
September58°F71%31%24%24%18%2%0%
October48°F73%75%14%8%2%0%0%
November38°F75%91%7%1%0%0%0%
December32°F81%97%2%1%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is October, with the sky 48 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is May, at 61 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is February, averaging 6.7 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 38 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 41 min.

Hours of daylight at Germanton through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Stokes County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Stokes County: 77.0°F (+1.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 11th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Stokes County: 3.84 in (-0.55 in against 1991-2020), the 65th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Stokes County: 60.7°F (+1.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 6th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Stokes County: 23.59 in (-8.85 in against 1991-2020), the 10th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
80.0°F in 2007
Coolest August
70.8°F in 1909
Wettest August
13.51 in in 1901
Driest August
1.26 in in 1983

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Stokes County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

North Carolina climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Germanton in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1899. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00093807 (Winston Salem Rynlds AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093807, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.