Bent Creek, 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 Bent Creek's primary NOAA station, BENT CREEK.
The climate verdict for Bent Creek
Water is the standout signal in Bent Creek, North Carolina: 52.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 54°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.0"
- annual precipitation
- 175 days
- frost-free growing season
Bent Creek: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00310724 · Bent Creek, NC 54°F mean · 52.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marshall
- PRCP-WET 52.0"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,590 HDD
- STN-1 USC00310724
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Marshall, NC (+ 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.
- Hot Cherry Valley D…, CA 55°F
- Near Crossville, TN 55°F
- Bent Creek (this station) 54°F
- Cold Meadows of Dan, VA 54°F
- Near Marshall, NC 54°F
Climate Living Index · Bent Creek
Bent Creek: 53/100 · grade D
Bent Creek publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bent Creek, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 126 calendar days | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.4°F · 13.1° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 175 days/year | 46/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 52.0 in · 17.0 from 35 in | 40/100 · D |
Bent Creek · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bent Creek is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 35.4°F and warmest-month mean 72.9°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
- 72.9°F
- Coldest month
- 35.4°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 · heating-led station
Where Bent Creek sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bent Creek's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Bent Creek's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Bent Creek is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bent Creek compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bent Creek's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Bent Creek's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 56 complete annual observations from 1951 to 2023, BENT CREEK warmed at a fitted rate of 0.11°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bent Creek primary station fitted change +0.11 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 4.5" | 23.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 3.6" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.6" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.5" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.1" | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.6" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.1" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.2" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 126 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 16, then returns to freezing around November 12, covering 126 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 29, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 22 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 124 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bent Creek.
Where Bent Creek Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Bent Creek 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
10.2 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Bent Creek spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bent Creek has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.2" and February 3.6". The three wettest months together take 28% 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 Bent Creek, it arrives in quantity
52.0" of precipitation falls across only about 123 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 123 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- June, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 7
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
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
175 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,590
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
745
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Bent Creek 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 (54°F here).
- Arlington, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomfield, NM 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Charleston, WV 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Effingham, IL 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kennebunkport, ME 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Wauchula, FL 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Jonesboro, AR 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Ansonia, CT 52.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Bent Creek's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Bent Creek's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,590 annual heating degree days against 745 for cooling. Its 37.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Bent Creek's frost-free season lasts about 175 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Bent Creek's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.5°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Bent Creek carries 52.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Bent Creek's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Bent Creek, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 Bent Creek's primary station: BENT CREEK (USC00310724). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 3705049), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Bent Creek: 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 Bent Creek 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.