Climate averages 1991–2020
Durham weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Durham: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cary (25 km away). In June its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Durham, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Durham ranks joint 172nd of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 322nd of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Durham is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Durham climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 81 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 108 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 88 | 10.6 | 14.114 h |
| June, selected | 29.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 98 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 110 | 14.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 99 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 112 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 79 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 89 | 9.1 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
June in nearby cities
- Cary in JuneUnited States · 25 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Raleigh in JuneUnited States · 34 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Greensboro in JuneUnited States · 81 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 98 mm rain
- High Point in JuneUnited States · 100 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Fayetteville in JuneUnited States · 105 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in JuneUnited States · 122 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Greenville in JuneUnited States · 145 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Lynchburg in JuneUnited States · 159 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 84 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Durham) is explained once on the Durham year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.