Transou, NC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Transou's primary NOAA station, TRANSOU.
The climate verdict for Transou
Water is the standout signal in Transou, North Carolina: 58.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 58.7"
- yearly precipitation total
- 159 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Transou: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00318694 · Transou, NC 50°F mean · 58.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Calaveras Big T…
- PRCP-WET 58.7"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,633 HDD
- STN-1 USC00318694
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Calaveras Big Trees, CA ( -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 NC station list.
- Hot Hat Creek, CA 51°F
- Transou (this station) 50°F
- Cold Calaveras Big T…, CA 50°F
- Near Mt Shasta, CA 50°F
- Near Doyle, CA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Transou
Transou: 39/100 · grade F
Transou publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Transou, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 143 calendar days | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.4°F · 17.1° from 67.5°F | 42/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 159 days/year | 33/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 58.7 in · 23.7 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
Transou · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Transou is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 31.8°F and warmest-month mean 68.7°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 68.7°F
- Coldest month
- 31.8°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 Transou sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Transou's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 42nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 7% wettest
- Transou's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Transou is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Transou compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Transou's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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
Transou's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 61 complete annual observations from 1947 to 2025, TRANSOU warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Transou primary station fitted change +0.16 °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 | 42°F (5°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 4.7" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.3" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.5" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.2" | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 5.5" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| August | 78°F (25°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 6.0" | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.3" | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.7" | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 4.3" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 143 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 14.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 26, then returns to freezing around November 5, covering 143 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 29, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 12 at 28%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 137 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Transou.
Where Transou Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 59 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Transou 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
10.6 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
13.7 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
14.3 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Transou spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Transou has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 6.0" and February 3.3". The three wettest months together take 29% 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 Transou, it arrives in quantity
58.7" of precipitation falls across only about 137 wet days here, averaging 0.43 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 137 a year, 37% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 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
October 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
159 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,633
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
324
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NC closest to Transou 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 (50°F here).
- Alcalde, NM 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Beaver Falls, PA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Brewster, KS 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Colorado Springs, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (58.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cullman, AL 58.7" · 0.0" off
- Jasper, GA 58.6" · 0.0" off
- Eupora, MS 58.7" · 0.0" off
- Russellville, AL 58.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Transou's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Transou's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,633 annual heating degree days against 324 for cooling. Its 36.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Transou's frost-free season lasts about 159 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 Transou's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.9°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Transou carries 58.7 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 Transou'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 Transou, 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 Transou's primary station: TRANSOU (USC00318694). 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 Transou; 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 Transou 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.