Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 37 min6:00 am – 8:37 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 43 min7:24 am – 5:06 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 69°FColdest month January: highs 50°F, lows 29°F47 in of rain a yearwettest month September2 in of snow a year, on about 1 days54 days above 90°F, 80 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Haw Rvr 1e station, 3 mi away; snow from Graham 2 Ene
Nearby landmarksPiedmont Crescent Golf Course Lakreservoir · under a mileAlamance Community Collegecollege · 3.1 miShamrock Golf Course Lakelake · 4.4 miSellers Manufacturing Company Lakelake · 4.8 miBass Mountainpeak · 5.7 miQuaker Creek Reservoirreservoir · 6.2 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsCity of Graham - South Graham Municipal Parkrecreation area · 3.0 miCity of Graham - Bill Cooke Parkrecreation area · 3.6 miMountains-to-Sea Trailstate park · 8.2 mi · 796 acresAlamance Battleground State Historic Sitestate historic site · 9.0 mi · 58 acresOcconeechee Mountain State Natural Areastate park · 13.2 mi · 221 acresSmith Soccer Parkstate recreation area · 16.2 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowAlamance County, NC, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsWinter weather Relatively HighIce storm Relatively HighLightning Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality75% of days had good air in 2025274 of 365 days measured91 moderate daysMedian index 41, worst day 77main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Guilford County, NC, 24 mi away
Drinking waterTown of Swepsonvilleserves 2,497 people from surface water purchasedNo health-based violations since 20218 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation523 ft159 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalAlamance Regional Medical Center8.6 miPost officeGraham Post Office4.0 miTown hallSwepsonville Town Hallunder a milePoliceGraham Police Department4.0 miFire stationSwepsonville Volunteer Fire Department Station 1under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi1 school1 elementaryElementaryAlexander Wilson Elementary Schoolunder a mileCollegeAlamance Community College3.1 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportPiedmont Triad International Airport GSO33 miInterstateI-403.4 miUS highwayUS 704.7 miAmtrakBurlington, NC BNC6.6 miCoachChapel Hill Myrica StFlixBus16 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 27359 ZIP area.
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