2025-2026 North Carolina Winter

[MrTropical]

This topic is created for the palm growers of North Carolina to track this winter season. Let's hope for a relatively mild one. Screenshots and weather records are encouraged.

To get things started...last night's minimum for Emerald Isle, N.C. was 65F, but an approaching cold front will quickly bring temperatures down on Monday night into Tuesday (11/11/2025).

Statewide minimums for last night (early morning hours of 11/09/2025):



Statewide maximums for today (11/09/2025):



Forecast statewide minimums for Tuesday (early morning hours of 11/11/2025):



You can access N.C. statewide forecast maps here.

[MrTropical]

Most of eastern N.C. has been upgraded to freeze warnings, except for Carteret & Dare counties. Maritime influence may be enough to keep temperatures at or just above 32F. Inland counties to the immediate west have the potential to drop down into the mid-20s F. 



We'll see if this gets upgraded to a warning. I've already brought in several community pots of Washingtonia here in Carteret County. 

[MrTropical]

Rogue snow showers in the southern coastal plain...



How far east will they travel? We shall see.

[kinzyjr]

Hope they stay west of I-95.

[MrTropical]

32 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

Hope they stay west of I-95.

You & me both. Welp, it looks like they've cleared Lumberton & Fayetteville and are now east of I-95. Not sure how far this band of snow will make it, but if flurries hit Wilmington, it would be the earliest instance on record. 

[PAPalmtrees]

Man it's been a crazy day Over the south and Midwest

[MrTropical]

It happened.



The snow showers missed the Crystal Coast, but Wilmington and the counties surrounding the city lucked out tonight. 

[JohnAndSancho]

Is it too cold for y'all to raise up, take your shirts off, and twist it round your head like a helicopter? 

 

I will never not make this joke when NC is mentioned. 

[MrTropical]

2 hours ago, JohnAndSancho said:

Is it too cold for y'all to raise up, take your shirts off, and twist it round your head like a helicopter? 

 

I will never not make this joke when NC is mentioned. 

LOL - glad to see mention of that song is alive & well. 
 

 

[MrTropical]

From the NWS office in Wilmington...

https://www.weather.gov/ilm/2025Nov10flurries

Lumberton & Wilmington have set new records for earliest instance of snow. Lumberton officially recorded 0.1 inches, and Wilmington recorded a trace amount at the local airport. 
 

[JohnAndSancho]

20 hours ago, MrTropical said:

LOL - glad to see mention of that song is alive & well. 
 

 

This one's for us us us 

[ZPalms]

As far as its been for me, Its still been very mild, none of my palms have been covered yet, not that I haven't been preparing for deep winter but for November Id normally have everything already covered by this time.

[MrTropical]

Well, after a relatively mild stretch for much of the state, winter will make its return late this week! 

Early morning hours of 11/28/2025 : 
 


Early morning hours of 11/29/2025 :

[ZPalms]

2 hours ago, MrTropical said:

Well, after a relatively mild stretch for much of the state, winter will make its return late this week! 

Early morning hours of 11/28/2025 : 
 


Early morning hours of 11/29/2025 :

For late November its been nice having very fair temperatures, nothing too crazy, winter still around the corner, I think it may be an easy one.