Newport/morehead City, 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 Newport/morehead City's primary NOAA station, NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY WFO.
The climate verdict for Newport/morehead City
Water is the standout signal in Newport/morehead City, North Carolina: 60.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 62°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 60.6"
- annual precipitation
- 235 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Newport/morehead City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00316096 · Newport/morehead City, NC 62°F mean · 60.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,489
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anderson
- PRCP-WET 60.6"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00316096
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Anderson, 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.
- Newport/morehea… (this station) 62°F
- Hot Dequeen, AR 62°F
- Near Anderson, SC 62°F
- Near Concord Buchana…, CA 62°F
- Near Cordes, AZ 62°F
Climate Living Index · Newport/morehead City
Newport/morehead City: 74/100 · grade B
Newport/morehead City publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Newport/morehead City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 62.0°F · 5.5° from 67.5°F | 83/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 235 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 60.6 in · 25.6 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
Newport/morehead City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Newport/morehead City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.0°F and warmest-month mean 79.2°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
- 79.2°F
- Coldest month
- 44.0°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 Newport/morehead City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Newport/morehead City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 20% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Newport/morehead City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 5% wettest
- Newport/morehead City's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Newport/morehead City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Newport/morehead City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Newport/morehead City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.6" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.1" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.7" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.5" | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.0" | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 7.8" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 9.6" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| November | 65°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.8" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.0" | 11.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Newport/morehead City: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 33°F near January 12 and 88°F near July 22.
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 33°F around January 12.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 12, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 24 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 134 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 14 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 Newport/morehead City.
Where Newport/morehead City Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 61 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.
Newport/morehead City earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.8 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
Newport/morehead City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Newport/morehead City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 9.6" and May 3.2". The three wettest months together take 38% 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 Newport/morehead City, it arrives in quantity
60.6" of precipitation falls across only about 134 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 134 a year, 37% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 15
- 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
235 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,785
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,712
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Newport/morehead City 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).
- Anderson, SC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Eupora, MS 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Lawton, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Lugoff, SC 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (60.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Tullahoma, TN 60.6" · 0.0" off
- Chipley, FL 60.8" · 0.1" off
- University, MS 60.5" · 0.1" off
- Boyce, LA 60.8" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Newport/morehead City's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Newport/morehead City averages 60.6 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 Newport/morehead City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.2°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 Newport/morehead City's normal, at 2,785 and 1,712 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 235-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 Newport/morehead City'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 Newport/morehead City, 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 Newport/morehead City's primary station: NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY WFO (USC00316096). 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 Newport/morehead City; 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 Newport/morehead City 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.