Kinston Ag Rsch, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Kinston Ag Rsch's primary NOAA station, KINSTON AG RSCH.
The climate verdict for Kinston Ag Rsch
Water is the standout signal in Kinston Ag Rsch, North Carolina: 52.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 64°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.9"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 231 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Kinston Ag Rsch: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00314689 · Kinston Ag Rsch, NC 64°F mean · 52.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,763
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Altus
- PRCP-WET 52.9"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00314689
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Altus, OK (+ 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.
- Kinston Ag Rsch (this station) 64°F
- Hot Auburn, AL 64°F
- Near Altus, OK 64°F
- Near Aspermont, TX 64°F
- Near Atlanta Hartsfi…, GA 64°F
Climate Living Index · Kinston Ag Rsch
Kinston Ag Rsch: 79/100 · grade B
Kinston Ag Rsch publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Kinston Ag Rsch, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 37 calendar days | 94/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.6°F · 3.9° from 67.5°F | 88/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.7 inches/year | 85/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 231 days/year | 81/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 52.9 in · 17.9 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
Kinston Ag Rsch · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Kinston Ag Rsch is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.7°F and warmest-month mean 81.0°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
- 81.0°F
- Coldest month
- 45.7°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 Kinston Ag Rsch sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Kinston Ag Rsch'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, Kinston Ag Rsch sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Kinston Ag Rsch's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Kinston Ag Rsch is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Kinston Ag Rsch compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Kinston Ag Rsch's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.7" | 0.3" | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 60°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.2" | 0.1" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.1 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 6.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| October | 76°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| November | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.3" | 0.3" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Kinston Ag Rsch runs from a mild 35°F around January 14 to 91°F at the peak near July 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 28 through August 3, covering 37 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 28 to November 4.
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 35°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 25, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 21 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 100 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Kinston Ag Rsch.
Where Kinston Ag Rsch Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
Kinston Ag Rsch 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: 0.3"
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
7.7 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
8.1 days with precipitation
Kinston Ag Rsch spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Kinston Ag Rsch has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 6.6" and February 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 Kinston Ag Rsch, it arrives in quantity
52.9" of precipitation falls across only about 100 wet days here, averaging 0.53 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 100 a year, 27% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.53 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
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 Kinston Ag Rsch, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.7 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 0 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 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
231 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,503
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,014
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Kinston Ag Rsch 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 (64°F here).
- Altus, OK 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Aspermont, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Auburn, AL 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Cleveland, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Crestwood, KY 52.9" · 0.0" off
- Hot Springs, AR 52.9" · 0.0" off
- Cedartown, GA 52.8" · 0.0" off
- Jonesboro, GA 52.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Kinston Ag Rsch's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Kinston Ag Rsch averages 52.9 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 0.7 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 Kinston Ag Rsch's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.3°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Kinston Ag Rsch's normal, at 2,503 and 2,014 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.
A roughly 231-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Kinston Ag Rsch'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 Kinston Ag Rsch, 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 Kinston Ag Rsch's primary station: KINSTON AG RSCH (USC00314689). 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 Kinston Ag Rsch; 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 Kinston Ag Rsch 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.