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Climate in Wilmington, North Carolina

What is the climate like in Wilmington, North Carolina? There are many important factors that may affect your personal climate preferences including average temperature and humidity, annual rainfall and snow, number of cloudy days, wind speeds, and more.

Climate comfort in Wilmington, North Carolina

In a typical year, Wilmington, North Carolina temperatures fall below 50F° for 54 days per year. Annual precipitation in Wilmington is typically 56.2 inches per year (the highestAnalytics team at Dwellics grouped locations into 5 ranges for each metric: Lowest, Low, Moderate, High, Highest in the US) and snow covers the ground 0 days per year or 0.0% of the year (the lowestAnalytics team at Dwellics grouped locations into 5 ranges for each metric: Lowest, Low, Moderate, High, Highest in the US). It may be helpful to understand the yearly precipitation by imagining 11 straight days of moderate rain per year. The humidity in Wilmington, North Carolina is below 60% for approximately 50.6 days or 13.9% of the year.

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Climate Mood comfort

Sunrise and sunset times vary by region in the United States. The duration of each day and the amount of sunlight can affect people's moods in a significant way. In Wilmington, North Carolina, the shortest day starts at 7:31am and ends at 5:01pm and lasts for 9 hours 52 minutes. The longest day starts at 5:59am and ends at 8:27pm and lasts for 14 hours 25 minutes.

  • Shortest Day7:31am5:01pm
  • Longest Day5:59am8:27pm

Pros and Cons of living in Wilmington, North Carolina in reviews from users in their own words:

ProsCons
  • "plenty to do, jobs, family here"
  • "Warm, not a huge city but big enough to find things to do"
  • "Near beach"
  • "Weather "
  • "dog friendly, beaches, weather"
  • "Light most days of the year"
  • "Nothing."
  • "Mild weather Flat land"
  • "Climate, proximity to the ocean, schools"
  • "growing too much too fast, low performance in schools, flooding, hurricane, not balance in seasons"
  • "Way too humid with lots of bugs, too hot in summer, bad traffic. "
  • "Too many people"
  • "Too hot in summer "
  • "not walkable, not environmental"
  • "Too expensive. Hurricanes."
  • "I don't like the traffic, the community, the atmosphere, the humidity, the cost and the overall energy is meant to trap you here. I don't feel at home and I can't wait to get out. "
  • "Extreme weather "
  • "Traffic, water quality, politics"

Cities Near Wilmington: Wrightsville Beach, Bayshore, Hightsville, Kings Grant, Murraysville
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