Climate of Iredell County
Average Temperature - 60.1°
Average Precipitation - 54.76
Average Frost Free Days - 212
Average Relative Humidity - 70%
Average Rainfall - 47"
Altitude: Above mean sea level
Statesville 900 to 950 feet
Iredell County 700 to 1,760 feet
People per square mile in Iredell County 175.2
North Carolina is 53,821 square miles
Iredell County is 574.45 square miles
Statesville is 21.26 square miles
Average Temperatures
Summer High 87°
Winter Low 32°
Rolling ridges separated by creeks in the valleys dominate Iredell County. The Brushy Mountains intrude into the northwest corner and include Fox Mountain, with the county's highest elevation of 1,760 feet. The lowest point (700 feet above sea level) is where the South Yadkin River crosses the county line and flows eastward along the Davie-Rowan border. At the old courthouse (center of Statesville), the elevation is 926 feet.
The soil is loamy, a mixture of sand and clay which varies in its proportions from one section of the county to another depending on the indigenous mineral structure. To be agriculturally productive, the Iredell soil must be chemically supplemented. The county is, however, naturally well drained and watered by the venation of its numerous creeks.
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