Lake Toxaway, 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 Lake Toxaway's primary NOAA station, LAKE TOXAWAY 2 SW.
The climate verdict for Lake Toxaway
Water is the standout signal in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina: 96.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. At 48/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 17% of scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 48/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 96.3"
- annual precipitation · 12" snow
- 194 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Lake Toxaway: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00314788 · Lake Toxaway, NC 54°F mean · 96.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Germany Valley
- PRCP-WET 96.3"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-LOW 48/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,419 HDD
- STN-1 USC00314788
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Germany Valley, 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.
- Hot Tehachapi, CA 55°F
- Lake Toxaway (this station) 54°F
- Cold Glennville, CA 54°F
- Near Germany Valley, GA 54°F
- Near Mt Laguna, CA 54°F
Climate Living Index · Lake Toxaway
Lake Toxaway: 55/100 · grade C
Lake Toxaway publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lake Toxaway, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 48/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 87 calendar days | 80/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 11.6 inches/year | 61/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 194 days/year | 60/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.3°F · 13.2° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 96.3 in · 61.3 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Lake Toxaway · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lake Toxaway is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfb
Coldest-month mean 36.8°F and warmest-month mean 70.7°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, warm summer climates (Cfb). Class Cfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 70.7°F
- Coldest month
- 36.8°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 Lake Toxaway sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lake Toxaway's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Lake Toxaway's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lake Toxaway is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lake Toxaway compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lake Toxaway's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
48 17th percentile score exceeds 17% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 8.7" | 3.3" | 22.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 7.1" | 2.8" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 7.8" | 2.0" | 14.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 7.0" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 7.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 9.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 8.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 9.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 6.7" | 0.0" | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 7.7" | 0.2" | 13.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 49°F (9°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 8.6" | 3.3" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 87 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 27°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 1, then returns to freezing around December 6, covering 87 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 24, when 52% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 27 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 139 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 19 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 Lake Toxaway.
Where Lake Toxaway Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 96 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Lake Toxaway 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: 3.3"
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.8"
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
11.5 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
16.3 days with precipitation
14.4 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
10.6 days with precipitation
Lake Toxaway spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lake Toxaway has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 33.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 9.4" and October 6.7". The three wettest months together take 29% 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 Lake Toxaway, it arrives in quantity
96.3" of precipitation falls across only about 138 wet days here, averaging 0.70 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 138 a year, 38% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.70 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 16
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 9
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 Lake Toxaway, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 11.6 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 5 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
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
194 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,419
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
547
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Lake Toxaway 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 (54°F here).
- Battle Mountain, NV 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bedford, IN 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Beloit, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Caesars Head, SC 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (96.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Craig, AK 99.9" · 3.6" off
- Hyder, AK 92.5" · 3.8" off
- Paauilo, HI 90.4" · 6.0" off
- Tillamook, OR 89.8" · 6.5" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lake Toxaway's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Lake Toxaway's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,419 annual heating degree days against 547 for cooling. Its 33.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Lake Toxaway's frost-free season lasts about 194 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 Lake Toxaway's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.9°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Lake Toxaway carries 96.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 11.6 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 Lake Toxaway'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 Lake Toxaway, 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 Lake Toxaway's primary station: LAKE TOXAWAY 2 SW (USC00314788). 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 Lake Toxaway; 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 Lake Toxaway 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.