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Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
The week’s forecast, measured against two yardsticks: the “normal” your weather app still uses — a 1991–2020 average centered on 2005 — and the climate-adjusted normal, which here runs +0.4°F warmer. Same NOAA data. No pretending.
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Month by month
1991 called. It wants its climate baseline back.
| Month | Normal high | Adjusted high | Normal low | Adjusted low | Gap (high) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53.1° | 53.2° | 31.6° | 32.2° | +0.1° |
| February | 56.9° | 58.4° | 33.8° | 35.7° | +1.6° |
| March | 64.5° | 65.3° | 39.6° | 40.6° | +0.8° |
| April | 73.7° | 74.4° | 48.3° | 49.4° | +0.7° |
| May | 80.6° | 80.2° | 57.0° | 58.0° | +-0.4° |
| June | 87.2° | 87.2° | 65.8° | 67.1° | +0.0° |
| July | 90.5° | 91.0° | 69.7° | 71.0° | +0.5° |
| August | 88.4° | 88.4° | 68.3° | 69.4° | +0.0° |
| September | 82.8° | 82.5° | 62.1° | 62.9° | +-0.2° |
| October | 73.7° | 73.7° | 49.9° | 51.0° | +0.0° |
| November | 63.6° | 64.1° | 39.4° | 40.3° | +0.5° |
| December | 55.7° | 57.2° | 34.2° | 36.0° | +1.4° |
The “normal” temperature in every weather app is a 30-year average (1991–2020) — a number centered on mid-2005, two decades out of date in a warming climate. The Climate-Adjusted Normal takes NOAA’s official normal and advances it to the present using this county’s own measured warming trend.
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About this data
The forecast is the National Weather Service’s, for Fuquay-Varina itself. Normals and the warming trend are computed at county level (Harnett County) from NOAA’s homogenized climate record, because climate trends vary smoothly — nearby towns warm at statistically indistinguishable rates. Method details on the methodology page.
Nearby: Dunn · Angier · Harnett County data page
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