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Beaufort winters are moderate and summers are pleasant to hot, with continuous, cooling on-shore breezes. Average annual temperature is 65ºF and annual precipitation is 49.4 inches. Temperatures in August can run into the 90s and lows in winter may reach 20 degrees. And yes, once every few winters there may be a few snowflakes, but the snow rarely sticks. When a winter front passes through, the temperatures usually bounce back to the high 60s or low 70s within a couple of days.
As is true of the entire eastern seaboard, Beaufort has to keep an eye on the hurricane maps between June and October. Emergency management officials here are well prepared. If a storm were to threaten Beaufort, the area will have plenty of time for evacuation.
Beaufort's stately homes, some of them built 250 years ago, give testimony to the kindness of the elements here, where people swim six months out of the year, sailors can rely on a breeze to fill their sails, and cool-weather crops grow under the winter sun. Most of the time, Beaufort weather is sunny and breezy with glorious clouds piled high in the sky.
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