Burlington Fire Stn, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Burlington Fire Stn's primary NOAA station, BURLINGTON FIRE STN #5.
The climate verdict for Burlington Fire Stn
Water is the standout signal in Burlington Fire Stn, North Carolina: 47.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 61°F. It scores 92/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 92% of them.
- 61°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 92/100
- comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 225 days
- frost-free growing season
Burlington Fire Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00311239 · Burlington Fire Stn, NC 61°F mean · 47.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 61°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,214
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blue Mtn Dam
- PRCP-MID 47.1"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 92/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00311239
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Blue Mtn Dam, AR (+ 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.
- Burlington Fire (this station) 61°F
- Hot Corinth, MS 61°F
- Near Blue Mtn Dam, AR 61°F
- Near Booneville, AR 61°F
- Near Clinton, OK 61°F
Climate Living Index · Burlington Fire Stn
Burlington Fire Stn: 79/100 · grade B
Burlington Fire Stn publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Burlington Fire Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 92/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 44 calendar days | 93/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 225 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 60.5°F · 7.0° from 67.5°F | 78/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 47.1 in · 12.1 from 35 in | 58/100 · C |
Burlington Fire Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Burlington Fire Stn is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 41.1°F and warmest-month mean 79.6°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
- 79.6°F
- Coldest month
- 41.1°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 Burlington Fire Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Burlington Fire Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 24% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Burlington Fire Stn sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 27% wettest
- Burlington Fire Stn's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Burlington Fire Stn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Burlington Fire Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Burlington Fire Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
92 Top 8% score exceeds 92% 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%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Burlington Fire Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 34 complete annual observations from 1954 to 2016, BURLINGTON FIRE STN #5 warmed at a fitted rate of 0.14°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Burlington Fire Stn primary station fitted change +0.14 °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 | 51°F (11°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.0" | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.2" | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.4" | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.6" | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 18.3 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 13.4 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.4" | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.2" | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.4" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 44 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 30°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 11, then returns to freezing around December 30, covering 44 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.
The widest day
April 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Burlington Fire Stn.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Burlington Fire Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Burlington Fire Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.9" and November 3.2". The three wettest months together take 30% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 9
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
225 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,287
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,655
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Burlington Fire Stn 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 (61°F here).
- Booneville, AR 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Clinton, OK 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Corinth, MS 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Crosbyton, TX 61°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Alta, UT 47.1" · 0.0" off
- Daingerfield, TX 47.1" · 0.0" off
- Mansfield, MO 47.1" · 0.0" off
- Mcleansboro, IL 47.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Burlington Fire Stn's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Burlington Fire Stn averages 47.1 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 Burlington Fire Stn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.5°F. The annual average is 61°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Burlington Fire Stn's normal, at 3,287 and 1,655 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 225-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 Burlington Fire Stn'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 Burlington Fire Stn, 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 Burlington Fire Stn's primary station: BURLINGTON FIRE STN #5 (USC00311239). 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 Burlington Fire Stn; 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 Burlington Fire Stn 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.