Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's primary NOAA station, BEAUFORT MICHAEL J SMITH FLD.
The climate verdict for Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld
Water is the standout signal in Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, North Carolina: 55.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 64°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 55.7"
- annual precipitation
- 266 days
- frost-free growing season
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093765 · Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, NC 64°F mean · 55.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,832
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brookgreen Gard…
- PRCP-WET 55.7"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093765
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Brookgreen Gardens, SC (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NC station list.
- Beaufort Michae… (this station) 64°F
- Hot Columbus, GA 64°F
- Near Brookgreen Gard…, SC 64°F
- Near Calhoun Rsch, LA 64°F
- Near Carthage, MS 64°F
Climate Living Index · Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld: 81/100 · grade B
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 266 days/year | 93/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.8°F · 3.7° from 67.5°F | 89/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 55.7 in · 20.7 from 35 in | 26/100 · F |
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 46.2°F and warmest-month mean 80.6°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.6°F
- Coldest month
- 46.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 15% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F (13°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.2" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.3" | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (25°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.8" | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 7.3" | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 8.5" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.0" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.8" | 6.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 37°F near January 19 and 87°F near July 12.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 37°F around January 19.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 1, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 26 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 131 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 19°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld.
Where Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 19°F.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 56 inches.
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.6 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 34.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 8.5" and March 3.3". The three wettest months together take 39% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, it arrives in quantity
55.7" of precipitation falls across only about 131 wet days here, averaging 0.42 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 131 a year, 36% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
266 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,378
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,977
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (64°F here).
- Carthage, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, GA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Dublin, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Eldorado, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ardmore, TN 55.7" · 0.0" off
- Cuthbert, GA 55.7" · 0.0" off
- Hope, AR 55.7" · 0.0" off
- Goodlettsville, TN 55.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld averages 55.7 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.4°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's normal, at 2,378 and 1,977 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 266 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld's primary station: BEAUFORT MICHAEL J SMITH FLD (USW00093765). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Beaufort Michael J Smith Fld comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.