Climate averages 1991–2020
Gastonia weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Gastonia: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charlotte (31 km away). In July its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Gastonia, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gastonia ranks joint 170th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 407th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Gastonia is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Gastonia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 98 | 9.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 88 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 114 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 97 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 79 | 10.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 101 | 12.9 | 14.514 h |
| July, selected | 31.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 105 | 15.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 97 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 86 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 89 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 101 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Charlotte in JulyUnited States · 31 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Rock Hill in JulyUnited States · 40 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in JulyUnited States · 57 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in JulyUnited States · 126 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Asheville in JulyUnited States · 129 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 99 mm rain
- High Point in JulyUnited States · 132 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in JulyUnited States · 141 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Greensboro in JulyUnited States · 155 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 101 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 Gastonia) is explained once on the Gastonia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.