Average Precipitation for North Carolina in February

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during February at cities, communities and other locations around North Carolina.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: North Carolina Mountains in the west, Piedmont in the center, and North Carolina Coast to the east.

North Carolina Mountains

Average monthly precipitation in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Asheville 2.9 73
11 Banner Elk 3.7 94
12 Boone 3.6 92
11 Cullowhee 4.6 116
14 Grandfather Mountain 3.9 100
14 Highlands 6.9 175
10 Kerr Scott Reservoir 3.4 86
9 Morganton 3.7 93
10 North Wilkesboro 3.3 84
11 Pisgah Forest 5.0 126
12 Tapoco 4.8 121
13 Waterville 3.9 99
9 Winston-Salem 2.9 73

Piedmont

February averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
7 Albemarle 3.0 75
10 Burlington 2.8 71
10 Chapel Hill 3.3 83
10 Charlotte 3.1 80
9 Concord 3.1 79
8 Durham 2.9 74
8 Gastonia 3.3 83
9 Greensboro 2.6 65
8 Henderson 3.1 79
9 Hickory 3.2 82
9 High Point 3.2 81
10 Mount Airy 3.1 80
9 Raleigh 2.8 71
9 Shelby 3.4 85

North Carolina Coast

Average amount of rain and snow in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Atlantic Beach 3.7 94
11 Beaufort 3.3 85
8 Belhaven 3.0 76
11 Cape Hatteras 4.3 110
10 Cedar Island 3.7 93
8 Edenton 3.2 82
10 Elizabeth City 3.3 84
9 Fayetteville 3.2 82
10 Goldsboro 3.2 82
10 Greenville 3.4 85
10 Hofmann Forest 3.9 99
8 Kinston 3.2 81
10 Lumberton 3.4 87
8 Manteo 3.2 80
9 Morehead City 3.9 99
10 New Bern 3.3 84
9 Ocracoke 4.0 102
9 Roanoke Rapids 2.9 74
9 Rocky Mount 2.9 73
9 Southport 3.3 84
10 Wilmington 3.5 88
10 Wilson 3.0 77
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

North Carolina Precipitation
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