Garner, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Garner's primary NOAA station, GARNER.
The climate verdict for Garner
Water is the standout signal in Garner, North Carolina: 50.7 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
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 50.7"
- precipitation, annual total
- 214 days
- frost-free growing season
Garner: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00313238 · Garner, NC 59°F mean · 50.7" 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 ≈ Clarkesville
- PRCP-WET 50.7"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,636 HDD
- STN-1 USC00313238
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Clarkesville, GA (+ 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.
- Garner (this station) 59°F
- Cold Lake Lure, NC 59°F
- Hot Rock Island Sta…, TN 59°F
- Near Clarkesville, GA 59°F
- Near Forest City, NC 59°F
Climate Living Index · Garner
Garner: 69/100 · grade C
Garner publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Garner, 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 | 91 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 214 days/year | 74/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.6°F · 8.9° from 67.5°F | 72/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 50.7 in · 15.7 from 35 in | 44/100 · D |
Garner · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Garner is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 39.8°F and warmest-month mean 77.5°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
- 77.5°F
- Coldest month
- 39.8°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 Garner sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Garner'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, Garner sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 18% wettest
- Garner's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Garner is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Garner compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Garner'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) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.9" | 23.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 56°F (13°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.1" | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 64°F (18°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.2" | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.1" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 13.2 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 7.6 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.6" | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.6" | 12.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 3.6" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 91 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 28°F near January 16.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 4, then returns to freezing around December 5, covering 91 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
March 25 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 Garner.
Where Garner Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Garner 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
Garner spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Garner has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 5.6" and February 3.1". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
214 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,636
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,341
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Garner 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).
- Alva, OK 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Billings, OK 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Chase City, VA 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarkesville, GA 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Chardon, OH 50.7" · 0.0" off
- Gloversville, NY 50.7" · 0.0" off
- Greenville, SC 50.7" · 0.0" off
- Rhinebeck, NY 50.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Garner's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Garner's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,636 annual heating degree days against 1,341 for cooling. Its 37.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Garner's frost-free season lasts about 214 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 Garner's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.7°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, Garner carries 50.7 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 Garner'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 Garner, 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 Garner's primary station: GARNER (USC00313238). 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 3725480). Match rule for Garner: 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 Garner 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.