Jackson, 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 Jackson's primary NOAA station, JACKSON.
The climate verdict for Jackson
Water is the standout signal in Jackson, North Carolina: 50.9 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
- 50.9"
- annual precipitation · 5" snow
- 210 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Jackson: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00314456 · Jackson, NC 59°F mean · 50.9" 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 #4,940
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Iuka
- PRCP-WET 50.9"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,665 HDD
- STN-1 USC00314456
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Iuka, MS (+ 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.
- Jackson (this station) 59°F
- Cold Caprock, NM 59°F
- Hot Melrose, NM 59°F
- Near Iuka, MS 59°F
- Near Stilwell, OK 59°F
Climate Living Index · Jackson
Jackson: 70/100 · grade B
Jackson publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Jackson, 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 | 76 calendar days | 83/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.0°F · 8.5° from 67.5°F | 73/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 210 days/year | 71/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 5.0 inches/year | 71/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 50.9 in · 15.9 from 35 in | 44/100 · D |
Jackson · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Jackson is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 39.5°F and warmest-month mean 78.7°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
- 78.7°F
- Coldest month
- 39.5°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 Jackson sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Jackson's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 28% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Jackson sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 17% wettest
- Jackson's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 32nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Jackson compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Jackson'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
Jackson's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 55 complete annual observations from 1953 to 2025, JACKSON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.23°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Jackson primary station fitted change +0.23 °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 | 50°F (10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.7" | 2.8" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 2.9" | 0.8" | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 4.4" | 0.2" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.6" | 0.1" | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.7" | 1.1" | 18.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 76 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 29°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 27, then returns to freezing around December 14, covering 76 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 28, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 24 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 104 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Jackson.
Where Jackson Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Jackson 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: 2.8"
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.6 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
8.7 days with precipitation
Jackson 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. Jackson has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 6.0" and February 2.9". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 Jackson, it arrives in quantity
50.9" of precipitation falls across only about 104 wet days here, averaging 0.49 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 104 a year, 28% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.49 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 10
- 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 Jackson, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 5.0 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 3 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 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
210 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,665
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,495
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Jackson 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).
- Claremore, OK 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Elida, NM 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Gadsden, AL 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Iuka, MS 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Rosiclare, IL 50.9" · 0.0" off
- Bartow, FL 50.9" · 0.0" off
- Kaneohe, HI 50.9" · 0.0" off
- Princeton, KY 50.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Jackson's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Jackson's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,665 annual heating degree days against 1,495 for cooling. Its 39.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Jackson's frost-free season lasts about 210 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 Jackson's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.2°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, Jackson carries 50.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 5.0 inches. 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 Jackson'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 Jackson, 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 Jackson's primary station: JACKSON (USC00314456). 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 3734000). Match rule for Jackson: 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 Jackson 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.