Belhaven, 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 Belhaven's primary NOAA station, BELHAVEN 3 NE.
The climate verdict for Belhaven
Water is the standout signal in Belhaven, North Carolina: 52.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 62°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.3"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 231 days
- frost-free growing season
Belhaven: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00310674 · Belhaven, NC 62°F mean · 52.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ada
- PRCP-WET 52.3"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00310674
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ada, OK (+ 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.
- Belhaven (this station) 62°F
- Hot Dark Canyon Road, NM 62°F
- Near Ada, OK 62°F
- Near Ardmore, TN 62°F
- Near Chico Univ Farm, CA 62°F
Climate Living Index · Belhaven
Belhaven: 79/100 · grade B
Belhaven publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Belhaven, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.6°F · 5.9° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 231 days/year | 81/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 1.2 inches/year | 81/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 52.3 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
Belhaven · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Belhaven is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 43.2°F and warmest-month mean 79.7°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
- 79.7°F
- Coldest month
- 43.2°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 Belhaven sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Belhaven's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Belhaven sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Belhaven's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Belhaven is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Belhaven compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Belhaven's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.9" | 0.5" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.0" | 0.3" | 11.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 6.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| July | 89°F (31°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 6.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.6" | 0.4" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Belhaven: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 32°F near January 18 and 89°F near July 8.
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 32°F around January 18.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 25, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 22 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 104 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Belhaven.
Where Belhaven Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Belhaven earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.5"
10.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
7.8 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
8.4 days with precipitation
Belhaven runs a summer-peaked wet season
35% of Belhaven's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is August at 6.3", on a 36.5°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: August, July, June, taking 35% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 3.0".
- Winter share: 20% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Belhaven, it arrives in quantity
52.3" of precipitation falls across only about 103 wet days here, averaging 0.51 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 103 a year, 28% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.51 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
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.
Snow reaches Belhaven, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 1.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
231 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,918
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,725
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Belhaven 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 (62°F here).
- Ada, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Ardmore, TN 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Haleyville, AL 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Keiser, AR 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Sebring, FL 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Carthage, TX 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Stuart, VA 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Ozark, AR 52.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Belhaven's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Belhaven averages 52.3 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 1.2 inches. 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 Belhaven's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.5°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Belhaven's normal, at 2,918 and 1,725 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.
A roughly 231-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Belhaven'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 Belhaven, 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 Belhaven's primary station: BELHAVEN 3 NE (USC00310674). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3704640). Match rule for Belhaven: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Belhaven 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.