New Bern Craven County, 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 New Bern Craven County's primary NOAA station, NEW BERN CRAVEN CO AP.
The climate verdict for New Bern Craven County
Water is the standout signal in New Bern Craven County, North Carolina: 53.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 63°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.
- 63°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 53.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 237 days
- frost-free growing season
New Bern Craven County: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093719 · New Bern Craven County, NC 63°F mean · 53.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,626
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chesterfield
- PRCP-WET 53.0"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093719
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Chesterfield, SC (+ 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.
- New Bern Craven… (this station) 63°F
- Hot Dillon, SC 63°F
- Near Chesterfield, SC 63°F
- Near Childress, TX 63°F
- Near Des Arc, AR 63°F
Climate Living Index · New Bern Craven County
New Bern Craven County: 69/100 · grade C
New Bern Craven County publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for New Bern Craven County, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 62.7°F · 4.8° from 67.5°F | 85/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 237 days/year | 84/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 53.0 in · 18.0 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
| Summer moisture balance | 70.7°F mean dew point | 11/100 · F |
New Bern Craven County · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
New Bern Craven County is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.5°F and warmest-month mean 80.4°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
- 80.4°F
- Coldest month
- 44.5°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 · balanced station
Where New Bern Craven County sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for New Bern Craven County's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 18% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, New Bern Craven County sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- New Bern Craven County's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for New Bern Craven County is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How New Bern Craven County compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
New Bern Craven County'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
New Bern Craven County's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 71 complete annual observations from 1949 to 2025, NEW BERN CRAVEN CO AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.18°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- New Bern Craven County primary station fitted change +0.18 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.9" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.3" | 10.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.9" | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.2" | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 6.3" | 0.0 | 17.3 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.8" | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 6.3" | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.6" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.6" | 11.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in New Bern Craven County: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 34°F near January 15 and 90°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 34°F around January 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 29, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 5 at 27%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 127 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 9 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 New Bern Craven County.
Where New Bern Craven County Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
New Bern Craven County 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
10.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
New Bern Craven County 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 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. New Bern Craven County has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 6.8" and April 3.2". The three wettest months together take 37% 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 New Bern Craven County, it arrives in quantity
53.0" of precipitation falls across only about 127 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 127 a year, 35% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 8
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
237 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,698
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,897
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66% | 7.3 | 57% | 26% |
| February | 66% | 7.8 | 54% | 26% |
| March | 66% | 8.2 | 55% | 23% |
| April | 70% | 7.6 | 51% | 19% |
| May | 74% | 6.4 | 50% | 16% |
| June | 76% | 5.9 | 53% | 9% |
| July | 80% | 5.4 | 49% | 12% |
| August | 79% | 5.8 | 50% | 15% |
| September | 79% | 5.8 | 51% | 18% |
| October | 75% | 5.9 | 56% | 21% |
| November | 73% | 6.0 | 60% | 19% |
| December | 71% | 6.4 | 57% | 24% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to New Bern Craven County 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 (63°F here).
- Chesterfield, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Des Arc, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Dillon, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Georgetown, GA 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (53.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bowling Green, KY 53.0" · 0.0" off
- Monticello, AR 53.0" · 0.0" off
- Rock Mills, AL 53.0" · 0.0" off
- Danbury, CT 53.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How New Bern Craven County's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. New Bern Craven County averages 53.0 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 New Bern Craven County's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.9°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in New Bern Craven County's normal, at 2,698 and 1,897 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 237-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 New Bern Craven County'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 New Bern Craven County, 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 New Bern Craven County's primary station: NEW BERN CRAVEN CO AP (USW00093719). 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 New Bern Craven County; 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 New Bern Craven County 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.