Forest City, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Forest City's primary NOAA station, FOREST CITY 8 W.
The climate verdict for Forest City
Water is the standout signal in Forest City, North Carolina: 52.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 59°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 59°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 199 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Forest City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00313152 · Forest City, NC 59°F mean · 52.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,871
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tullahoma
- PRCP-WET 52.1"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,652 HDD
- STN-1 USC00313152
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Tullahoma, TN (+ 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.
- Forest City (this station) 59°F
- Cold Lake Lure, NC 59°F
- Hot Rock Island Sta…, TN 59°F
- Near Tullahoma, TN 59°F
- Near Newport, TN 59°F
Climate Living Index · Forest City
Forest City: 67/100 · grade C
Forest City publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Forest City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 89 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.7°F · 8.8° from 67.5°F | 72/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 199 days/year | 64/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 52.1 in · 17.1 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
Forest City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Forest City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 39.4°F and warmest-month mean 77.7°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
- 77.7°F
- Coldest month
- 39.4°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 Forest City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Forest City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 29% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Forest City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Forest City'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 Forest City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Forest City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Forest City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 4.3" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.9" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 4.3" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.4" | 3.5 | 0.3 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.9" | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.6" | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.9" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 4.8" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 89 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 27°F near January 13.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 1, then returns to freezing around December 4, covering 89 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 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 30 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 119 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 5 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 Forest City.
Where Forest City Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Forest City 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
9.6 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
Forest City 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 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Forest City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.0" and October 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 Forest City, it arrives in quantity
52.1" of precipitation falls across only about 119 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 119 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 8
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 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
199 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,652
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,387
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Forest City 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 (59°F here).
- Amarillo, TX 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Chesnee, SC 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Dobbins, CA 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Dyersburg, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Marianna, AR 52.1" · 0.0" off
- Charlotte, TN 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Toms River, NJ 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Ansonia, CT 52.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Forest City's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Forest City's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,652 annual heating degree days against 1,387 for cooling. Its 38.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Forest City's frost-free season lasts about 199 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 Forest City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.3°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Forest City carries 52.1 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 Forest City'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 Forest City, 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 Forest City's primary station: FOREST CITY 8 W (USC00313152). 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 3724080). Match rule for Forest City: 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 Forest City 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.