Climate averages 1991–2020
Winston-Salem weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Winston-Salem: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is High Point (27 km away). In July its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Winston-Salem, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Winston-Salem ranks joint 184th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 337th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Winston-Salem is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 91 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
Winston-Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 91 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| July, selected | 31.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 14.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 11.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 101 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 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
- High Point in JulyUnited States · 27 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Greensboro in JulyUnited States · 41 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in JulyUnited States · 83 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Charlotte in JulyUnited States · 111 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Durham in JulyUnited States · 122 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Gastonia in JulyUnited States · 126 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Roanoke in JulyUnited States · 133 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Cary in JulyUnited States · 136 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 116 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 Winston-Salem) is explained once on the Winston-Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.