Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Durham, NC. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Durham typically lands right in that sweet spot of spring — a pleasant 68° high and 44° low on average across 81 years of records. There's about a 1-in-3 chance of rain today, though snow is essentially off the table. The date's range tells the full story: it's hit as warm as 89° (just this year) and dipped as cold as 29° back in 1992.
Durham plays for keeps on both ends of the thermometer — 106° in July 2024 and a brutal -9° in January 1985 mark the extremes of its 80-year record book. When it rains hard here, it can really rain: a single day in October 2016 dropped 6.45 inches, and a January 2000 snowstorm buried the area under 17.9 inches in one shot.
Summer is the main event in Durham, with highs averaging 90° during the hottest week of mid-July and staying in the high 80s through August. If you're heat-sensitive, January through February is your window — highs hover in the low 50s during the coolest stretch of the year. Pack an umbrella for late July and early August, Durham's wettest stretch at over an inch of precip per week on average.