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Population: 203,778
Elevation: 394 feet
Area: 94.6 square miles
Location: Twenty-three miles from the Virginia border, Durham is in the northeast corner of North Carolina’s central piedmont, a geographic foothills region lying between mountains and coastal plains. Durham is 140 miles from the Appalachian highlands and 130 miles from the coast.
Nearest city: Raleigh, NC; 21.5 miles
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time and observes daylight saving time from April to October.
Local Seasons: Durham has a moderate climate during spring, fall and winter, but summers are hot and humid. Winter temperatures are chilly but temperate, ranging from highs in the low 50s F to lows in the upper 20s-mid-30s F, with snowfall rare. Spring and fall days are perfect sweater-weather days, with daytime temperatures usually in the low to mid-70s F, falling at night into the 50s F. Summer days are often in the upper 80s and low 90s F with high humidity.
Weather:
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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Average temp. (°F) |
38.6 |
41.6 |
49.7 |
58.6 |
67.0 |
75.0 |
79.2 |
77.2 |
70.7 |
59.0 |
49.8 |
41.7 |
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High temperature (°F) |
49.3 |
53.5 |
62.1 |
71.3 |
78.6 |
85.1 |
88.7 |
86.9 |
81.1 |
71.4 |
62.1 |
52.8 |
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Low temperature (°F) |
27.9 |
29.7 |
37.2 |
45.8 |
55.4 |
64.9 |
69.6 |
67.5 |
60.2 |
46.6 |
37.6 |
30.6 |
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Precipitation (in) |
4.4 |
3.7 |
4.6 |
3.3 |
4.5 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
Climate:
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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Days with precip. |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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Wind speed (mph) |
8.2 |
8.6 |
9.3 |
8.8 |
7.7 |
7.0 |
6.7 |
6.3 |
6.7 |
6.6 |
7.1 |
7.7 |
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Morning humidity (%) |
80 |
78 |
80 |
81 |
85 |
87 |
89 |
91 |
92 |
90 |
85 |
81 |
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Afternoon humidity (%) |
55 |
52 |
49 |
46 |
54 |
56 |
58 |
59 |
59 |
53 |
52 |
55 |
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Sunshine (%) |
52 |
56 |
60 |
63 |
59 |
60 |
60 |
58 |
58 |
60 |
57 |
53 |
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Days clear of clouds |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
11 |
10 |
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Partly cloudy days |
7 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
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Cloudy days |
15 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
13 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
14 |
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Snowfall (in) |
2.8 |
2.5 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
Getting around:
By Bus
Public
transportation is offered by DATA (Durham Area Transit Authority).
919-687-7055.
By Car
The Triangle area is a transportation hub; I-85 comes in from the Virginia/Washington D.C. area bringing traffic from I-95. I-40 comes up from the Fayetteville/Wilmington area to the south and skirts Raleigh before heading northwest to Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Charlotte.
Getting there:
By Car
Reached from the east via U.S. 70 and I-40 to N.C. 147, from the north via I-85, from the west via I-40/85 to I-85, and from the south via U.S. 15/501 joining I-40 to N.C. 147.
By Train
Amtrak, 800-USA-RAIL, has a station on Pettegrew Street, 919-872-7245.
By Plane
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
1600 Terminal Blvd., Morrisville
919-840-2123
Charlotte
Douglas International Airport
5501 Josh Birmingham Parkway, Charlotte
704-359-4000
National Holidays:
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New Year's Day: Jan. 1 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: 3rd Mon. in Jan. |
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President's Day: 3rd Mon. in Feb. |
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Memorial Day: Last Mon. in May |
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Independence Day: July 4 |
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Labor Day: 1st Mon. in Sept. |
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Thanksgiving Day: 4th Thurs. in Nov. |
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Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Dec. 24 and 25 |
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New Year's Eve: Dec. 31 |
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