New River Mcaf, 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 New River Mcaf's primary NOAA station, NEW RIVER MCAF.
The climate verdict for New River Mcaf
Water is the standout signal in New River Mcaf, North Carolina: 56.5 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
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 56.5"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 238 days
- growing season, frost-free days
New River Mcaf: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093727 · New River Mcaf, NC 64°F mean · 56.5" 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 56.5"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093727
- 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.
- New River Mcaf (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 · New River Mcaf
New River Mcaf: 69/100 · grade C
New River Mcaf publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for New River Mcaf, 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 | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.6°F · 3.9° from 67.5°F | 88/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.6 inches/year | 86/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 238 days/year | 84/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 56.5 in · 21.5 from 35 in | 23/100 · F |
| Summer moisture balance | 70.6°F mean dew point | 11/100 · F |
New River Mcaf · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
New River Mcaf is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.6°F and warmest-month mean 80.9°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
- 80.9°F
- Coldest month
- 45.6°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 River Mcaf sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for New River Mcaf'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, New River Mcaf sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 9% wettest
- New River Mcaf's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for New River Mcaf is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How New River Mcaf compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
New River Mcaf'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
New River Mcaf's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 53 complete annual observations from 1963 to 2023, NEW RIVER MCAF warmed at a fitted rate of 0.31°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- New River Mcaf primary station fitted change +0.31 °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 | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.0" | 0.4" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.5" | 0.2" | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 6.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 7.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.3 |
| September | 83°F (29°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 7.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 9.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in New River Mcaf: 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 90°F near July 7.
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 August 1, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 14 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 128 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for New River Mcaf.
Where New River Mcaf Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 57 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
New River Mcaf earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.4"
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.8 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
New River Mcaf 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 River Mcaf 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: August averages 7.5" and April 3.4". 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 River Mcaf, it arrives in quantity
56.5" of precipitation falls across only about 128 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 128 a year, 35% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- April, 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.
Snow reaches New River Mcaf, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.6 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 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
November 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
238 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,497
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,022
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 | 65% | 7.9 | 35% | 26% |
| February | 65% | 8.3 | 35% | 25% |
| March | 64% | 8.7 | 36% | 23% |
| April | 70% | 8.2 | 33% | 19% |
| May | 74% | 7.0 | 28% | 17% |
| June | 76% | 6.3 | 30% | 13% |
| July | 79% | 5.8 | 26% | 16% |
| August | 78% | 6.6 | 30% | 16% |
| September | 77% | 6.5 | 33% | 18% |
| October | 74% | 6.6 | 41% | 20% |
| November | 71% | 6.7 | 42% | 18% |
| December | 70% | 7.1 | 41% | 23% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to New River Mcaf 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 (56.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Tunica, MS 56.5" · 0.0" off
- Gainesboro, TN 56.5" · 0.0" off
- Center, TX 56.5" · 0.0" off
- Hernando, MS 56.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How New River Mcaf's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. New River Mcaf averages 56.5 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 0.6 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 New River Mcaf'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 New River Mcaf's normal, at 2,497 and 2,022 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 238-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 River Mcaf'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 River Mcaf, 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 River Mcaf's primary station: NEW RIVER MCAF (USW00093727). 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 River Mcaf; 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 River Mcaf 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.