Old Fort Ag, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Old Fort Ag's primary NOAA station, OLD FT AG 3 W.
The climate verdict for Old Fort Ag
Water is the standout signal in Old Fort Ag, North Carolina: 55.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 56°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 55.9"
- yearly precipitation total
- 185 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Old Fort Ag: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00316380 · Old Fort Ag, NC 56°F mean · 55.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,254
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pisgah Forest
- PRCP-WET 55.9"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,227 HDD
- STN-1 USC00316380
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pisgah Forest, NC (+ 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.
- Old Fort Ag (this station) 56°F
- Cold Hayesville, NC 56°F
- Hot Medford Rogue V…, OR 56°F
- Near Pisgah Forest, NC 56°F
- Near Bryson City, NC 56°F
Climate Living Index · Old Fort Ag
Old Fort Ag: 54/100 · grade D
Old Fort Ag publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Old Fort Ag, 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 | 119 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.6°F · 11.9° from 67.5°F | 61/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 185 days/year | 54/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 55.9 in · 20.9 from 35 in | 25/100 · F |
Old Fort Ag · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Old Fort Ag is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 37.2°F and warmest-month mean 73.7°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
- 73.7°F
- Coldest month
- 37.2°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 Old Fort Ag sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Old Fort Ag's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 62nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Old Fort Ag'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 Old Fort Ag is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Old Fort Ag compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Old Fort Ag'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 | 50°F (10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.2" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 54°F (12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 3.6" | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.2" | 15.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.5" | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.8" | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 6.2" | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 5.7" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| October | 71°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.1" | 2.9 | 0.3 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.9" | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 52°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 4.5" | 20.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 119 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 12, then returns to freezing around November 15, covering 119 dates in all.
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
November 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Old Fort Ag.
Where Old Fort Ag Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 56 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Old Fort Ag 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
Old Fort Ag spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Old Fort Ag 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 6.2" and February 3.6". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
185 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,227
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
841
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Old Fort Ag 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 (56°F here).
- Bradfordsville, KY 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Butler, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Chatham, VA 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Cliff, NM 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Natchitoches, LA 55.9" · 0.0" off
- Murfreesboro, TN 55.9" · 0.0" off
- Independence, MS 55.9" · 0.0" off
- Fort Pierce, FL 55.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Old Fort Ag's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Old Fort Ag's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,227 annual heating degree days against 841 for cooling. Its 36.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Old Fort Ag's frost-free season lasts about 185 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 Old Fort Ag's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.5°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Old Fort Ag carries 55.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Old Fort Ag'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 Old Fort Ag, 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 Old Fort Ag's primary station: OLD FT AG 3 W (USC00316380). 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 Old Fort Ag; 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 Old Fort Ag 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.