Goldsboro, 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 Goldsboro's primary NOAA station, GOLDSBORO 4 SE.
The climate verdict for Goldsboro
Water is the standout signal in Goldsboro, North Carolina: 52.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 63°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.3"
- annual precipitation · 2" snow
- 248 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Goldsboro: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013713 · Goldsboro, NC 63°F mean · 52.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,763
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aliceville
- PRCP-WET 52.3"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00013713
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Aliceville, AL (+ 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.
- Goldsboro (this station) 63°F
- Hot Benson, AZ 63°F
- Near Aliceville, AL 63°F
- Near Aurora, NC 63°F
- Near Bastrop, LA 63°F
Climate Living Index · Goldsboro
Goldsboro: 69/100 · grade C
Goldsboro publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Goldsboro, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 45 calendar days | 92/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 248 days/year | 88/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.3°F · 4.2° from 67.5°F | 87/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 2.0 inches/year | 76/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 52.3 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
| Summer moisture balance | 69.7°F mean dew point | 15/100 · F |
Goldsboro · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Goldsboro is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.4°F and warmest-month mean 81.3°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
- 81.3°F
- Coldest month
- 44.4°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 · balanced station
Where Goldsboro sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Goldsboro's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 16% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Goldsboro sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Goldsboro's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Goldsboro is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Goldsboro compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Goldsboro's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Goldsboro's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 77 complete annual observations from 1867 to 2025, GOLDSBORO 4 SE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Goldsboro primary station fitted change +0.04 °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 | 54°F (12°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.5" | 1.3" | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 8.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.2 |
| September | 83°F (29°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 7.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.6" | 0.7" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Goldsboro runs from a mild 34°F around January 14 to 91°F at the peak near July 13, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 27 through August 10, covering 45 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 31 to October 31.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 34°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 24, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 24 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 121 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 20 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 Goldsboro.
Where Goldsboro Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Goldsboro 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: 1.3"
11.9 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
10.4 days with precipitation
Goldsboro spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Goldsboro has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 7.0" and November 3.2". The three wettest months together take 36% 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 Goldsboro, it arrives in quantity
52.3" of precipitation falls across only about 121 wet days here, averaging 0.43 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 121 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 inches
- Most wet days
- July, 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.
Snow reaches Goldsboro, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 2.0 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
248 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,657
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,082
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 7.2 | 36% | 24% |
| February | 63% | 7.7 | 34% | 26% |
| March | 61% | 8.0 | 39% | 21% |
| April | 66% | 7.5 | 33% | 18% |
| May | 70% | 6.4 | 27% | 16% |
| June | 72% | 6.0 | 29% | 10% |
| July | 77% | 5.6 | 25% | 12% |
| August | 77% | 6.0 | 31% | 15% |
| September | 76% | 5.8 | 36% | 17% |
| October | 72% | 5.8 | 43% | 19% |
| November | 70% | 6.0 | 41% | 18% |
| December | 69% | 6.5 | 38% | 22% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Goldsboro 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 (63°F here).
- Aliceville, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Bastrop, LA 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Benson, AZ 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Chula Vista, CA 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Sebring, FL 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Ozark, AR 52.2" · 0.0" off
- Poplar Bluff, MO 52.2" · 0.0" off
- Carthage, TX 52.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Goldsboro's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Goldsboro averages 52.3 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 2.0 inches. 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 Goldsboro's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.9°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Goldsboro's normal, at 2,657 and 2,082 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.
The frost-free window extends for about 248 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Goldsboro'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 Goldsboro, 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 Goldsboro's primary station: GOLDSBORO 4 SE (USW00013713). 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 3726880). Match rule for Goldsboro: 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 Goldsboro 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.