Cataloochee, NC Climate: Temperature by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cataloochee's primary NOAA station, CATALOOCHEE.
The climate verdict for Cataloochee
Cataloochee, North Carolina has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 53°F. July is the warmest month at 69°F and January the coldest at 35°F.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 165 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Cataloochee: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00311564 · Cataloochee, NC 53°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,568
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bonneville Dam
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,829 HDD
- STN-1 USC00311564
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bonneville Dam, OR (+ 0.1 °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.
- Cataloochee (this station) 53°F
- Cold Detroit Dam, OR 53°F
- Hot Bonneville Dam, OR 53°F
- Near Cascade Locks, OR 53°F
- Near Strawberry Vall…, CA 53°F
Climate Living Index · Cataloochee
Cataloochee: 51/100 · grade D
Cataloochee publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cataloochee, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 136 calendar days | 55/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.7°F · 14.8° from 67.5°F | 52/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 165 days/year | 38/100 · F |
Cataloochee · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Cataloochee sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Cataloochee are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 52nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Cataloochee is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
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) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | N/A | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 21.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | N/A | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | N/A | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| August | 80°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| October | 67°F (20°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | N/A | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 58°F (14°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | N/A | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 25.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 6, short of 90°F on every date, while 136 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 20, then returns to freezing around November 6, covering 136 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, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cataloochee.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
165 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,829
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
384
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Cataloochee 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 (53°F here).
- Belleville, KS 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge, OH 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Cheyenne Wells, CO 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Cubero, NM 53°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Cataloochee's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Cataloochee's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,829 annual heating degree days against 384 for cooling. Its 34.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Cataloochee's frost-free season lasts about 165 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 Cataloochee's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.3°F. The annual average is 53°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Cataloochee's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Cataloochee'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 Cataloochee, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Cataloochee's climate
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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 Cataloochee's primary station: CATALOOCHEE (USC00311564). 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 Cataloochee; 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 Cataloochee 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.