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Charlotte, NC · the CityFunIndex

Weather extremes in Charlotte

Charlotte ranks T#27 of 134 US cities for mild weather, with a mildness score of 80 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #1 of 6 in North Carolina.

mildness score
80
Very Fun
National rank
T#27 of 134
In North Carolina
#1 of 6
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for mild weather; Charlotte sits 30 points above the median.

How weather extremes is measured

Punishing heat, cold and storm extremes.

The mildness score is the flip side of our weather extremes measure — 100 minus the raw weather extremes score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: NOAA Storm Events and climate-extremes data.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Charlotte

  1. #25 Irvine, CA 82
  2. #26 Santa Ana, CA 81
  3. T#27 Charlotte, NC — this page 80
  4. #29 Bridgeport, CT 79
  5. #30 Long Beach, CA 78

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the mildest weather →

Top US cities for mild weather

  1. #1 Seattle, WA 100
  2. #2 San Francisco, CA 99
  3. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  4. T#3 Telluride, CO 98
  5. #5 Portland, OR 97

More about Charlotte

Charlotte scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: