Manteo, 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 Manteo's primary NOAA station, MANTEO AP.
The climate verdict for Manteo
Water is the standout signal in Manteo, North Carolina: 46.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 97/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 97% of them.
- 62°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 97/100
- comfort score, above 97% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.5"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 266 days
- frost-free growing season
Manteo: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013766 · Manteo, NC 62°F mean · 46.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ada
- PRCP-MID 46.5"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 97/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00013766
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ada, 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.
- Manteo (this station) 62°F
- Hot Chico Univ Farm, CA 62°F
- Near Ada, OK 62°F
- Near Ardmore, TN 62°F
- Near Belhaven, NC 62°F
Climate Living Index · Manteo
Manteo: 85/100 · grade A
Manteo publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Manteo, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 97/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 266 days/year | 93/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.6°F · 5.9° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 1.1 inches/year | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 46.5 in · 11.5 from 35 in | 59/100 · C |
Manteo · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Manteo is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 43.1°F and warmest-month mean 79.6°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
- 79.6°F
- Coldest month
- 43.1°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 Manteo sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Manteo's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Manteo sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 28% wettest
- Manteo's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Manteo is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Manteo compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Manteo's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
97 Top 3% score exceeds 97% 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%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Manteo's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 30 complete annual observations from 1967 to 2025, MANTEO AP 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.
- Manteo 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 | 51°F (10°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.8" | 0.7" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 53°F (11°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.2" | 0.4" | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 5.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Manteo: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 35°F near January 18 and 86°F near July 11.
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 18.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 24, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 22 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 87 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 17°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Manteo.
Where Manteo Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 17°F.
Manteo 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: 0.7"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
7.6 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
Manteo 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 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Manteo has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 5.6" and November 2.9". The three wettest months together take 33% 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 Manteo, it arrives in quantity
46.5" of precipitation falls across only about 87 wet days here, averaging 0.54 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 87 a year, 24% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.54 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 9
- 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 Manteo, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 1.1 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
December 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
266 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,891
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,705
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Manteo 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 (62°F here).
- Ada, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Ardmore, TN 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Haleyville, AL 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Keiser, AR 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mound Valley, KS 46.5" · 0.0" off
- Newberry, SC 46.5" · 0.0" off
- Cavendish, VT 46.5" · 0.0" off
- Licking, MO 46.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Manteo's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Manteo averages 46.5 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 1.1 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 Manteo's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.5°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Manteo's normal, at 2,891 and 1,705 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 266 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 Manteo'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 Manteo, 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 Manteo's primary station: MANTEO AP (USW00013766). 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 3741060). Match rule for Manteo: 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 Manteo 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.