Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Hickory, NC. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 4th in Hickory typically lands in comfortable spring territory, with an average high of 68° and low of 45°. This date has seen a wide swing over the years — from a frigid 30° back in 1987 to a record-breaking 86° just this year in 2025. There's a 1-in-3 chance of rain, so keep an umbrella handy, but snow is essentially off the table.
Hickory's weather has some teeth to it — the all-time high of 105° in July 1952 and a brutal -8° in January 1985 show a city that doesn't shy away from extremes. On the wet side, a single October day in 2005 dumped 6.31 inches of rain, and a January 1987 snowstorm buried the area under 16 inches.
Summer is the headliner here, with highs peaking around 88° during mid-July and staying warm through August. If you're after cooler weather, mid-January averages just 48° for a high. Rain is spread fairly evenly across the year, but early June is the wettest stretch, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week.