Celo, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Celo's primary NOAA station, CELO 2 S.
The climate verdict for Celo
Water is the standout signal in Celo, North Carolina: 64.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 52°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 64.3"
- annual precipitation · 13" snow
- 172 days
- frost-free growing season
Celo: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00311624 · Celo, NC 52°F mean · 64.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Flat Springs
- PRCP-WET 64.3"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,046 HDD
- STN-1 USC00311624
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Flat Springs, 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.
- Celo (this station) 52°F
- Cold Roan Mtn, TN 52°F
- Hot Callahan, CA 52°F
- Near Flat Springs, NC 52°F
- Near Forest Grove, OR 52°F
Climate Living Index · Celo
Celo: 44/100 · grade D
Celo publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Celo, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 130 calendar days | 59/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 12.7 inches/year | 59/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.2°F · 15.3° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 172 days/year | 43/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 64.3 in · 29.3 from 35 in | 2/100 · F |
Celo · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Celo is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfb
Coldest-month mean 33.8°F and warmest-month mean 69.3°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, warm summer climates (Cfb). Class Cfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 69.3°F
- Coldest month
- 33.8°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 Celo sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Celo's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 3% wettest
- Celo's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Celo is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Celo compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Celo's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Celo's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 52 complete annual observations from 1951 to 2025, CELO 2 S warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Celo primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 5.9" | 4.2" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.6" | 2.3" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 5.3" | 3.3" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 6.0" | 0.5" | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 4.5" | 0.2" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.7" | 2.2" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 130 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 17, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 130 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 June 15, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 23 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 126 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Celo.
Where Celo Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 64 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Celo 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: 4.2"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
10.6 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.2"
9.9 days with precipitation
Celo 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. Celo has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 6.0" and October 4.3". 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 Celo, it arrives in quantity
64.3" of precipitation falls across only about 125 wet days here, averaging 0.52 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 125 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.52 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.
Winter brings real snow to Celo
Celo averages 12.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 5 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 12.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 5 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 2% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
172 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,046
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
394
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Celo 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 (52°F here).
- Ashland, OR 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Athens, WV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Corvallis, OR 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Crescent City, CA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (64.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Monterey, TN 64.3" · 0.0" off
- Orange, TX 64.4" · 0.1" off
- Hattiesburg, MS 64.4" · 0.1" off
- Brusly, LA 64.5" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Celo
heating led · wet · mid swing
Celo's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,046 annual heating degree days against 394 for cooling. Its 35.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Celo's frost-free season lasts about 172 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Celo coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 34°F (1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Celo typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Celo snow peak
January
Celo averages 12.7 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Celo's primary station: CELO 2 S (USC00311624). 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 Celo; 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 Celo 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.