N Fork Ranger Station, CA 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 N Fork Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, N FK RS.
The climate verdict for N Fork Ranger Station
N Fork Ranger Station, California has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 59°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 59°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 33.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 194 days
- frost-free growing season
N Fork Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00046252 · N Fork Ranger Station, CA 59°F mean · 33.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,871
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cornelia
- PRCP-MID 33.0"
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,504 HDD
- STN-1 USC00046252
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cornelia, GA ( -0.1 °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 CA station list.
- N Fork Ranger S… (this station) 59°F
- Hot Faywood, NM 59°F
- Near Natural Brg, AZ 59°F
- Cold Jasper, GA 58°F
- Near Cornelia, GA 58°F
Climate Living Index · N Fork Ranger Station
N Fork Ranger Station: 71/100 · grade B
N Fork Ranger Station publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for N Fork Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 33.0 in · 2.0 from 35 in | 92/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.5°F · 9.0° from 67.5°F | 71/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 122 calendar days | 63/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 194 days/year | 60/100 · C |
N Fork Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
N Fork Ranger Station is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 44.1°F and warmest-month mean 76.6°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 76.6°F
- Coldest month
- 44.1°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 · heating-led station
Where N Fork Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for N Fork Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 29% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, N Fork Ranger Station sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 44th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for N Fork Ranger Station is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How N Fork Ranger Station compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
N Fork Ranger Station's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 7.1" | 21.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 6.4" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 5.2" | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (19°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 2.4" | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.4" | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 26.1 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 16.6 |
| October | 78°F (25°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.7" | 1.2 | 4.5 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 2.7" | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| December | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.2" | 21.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
N Fork Ranger Station works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by July 26 and hold at or above 90°F on 82 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 40 dates, bottoming at 31°F around January 26.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 26 through September 15, covering 82 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 27 to November 1.
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.
The freezing stretch
Freezing normal lows persist into February 17, covering 40 dates.
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.
The widest day
September 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for N Fork Ranger Station.
Where N Fork Ranger Station Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 82 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
N Fork Ranger Station earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
N Fork Ranger Station's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 57% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 2%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 32.5°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 7.1"
- Driest month
- August, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- January, February, December (57% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
194 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,504
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,150
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to N Fork Ranger Station 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).
- Anna, IL 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Cape Charles, VA 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Carthage, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Cherokee, OK 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (33.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Sinton, TX 33.0" · 0.0" off
- Baldwin, WI 33.0" · 0.0" off
- Clintonville, WI 33.0" · 0.0" off
- Niagara Falls, NY 33.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How N Fork Ranger Station's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
N Fork Ranger Station's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,504 annual heating degree days against 1,150 for cooling. Its 32.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
N Fork Ranger Station'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 N Fork Ranger Station's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.5°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
N Fork Ranger Station's 33.0 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from N Fork Ranger Station'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 N Fork Ranger Station, 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 N Fork Ranger Station's primary station: N FK RS (USC00046252). 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 N Fork Ranger Station; 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 N Fork Ranger Station 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.