Bent Creek, NC Climate


Reviews



BestPlaces offers the best, most comprehensive city reports,
with insight into cost of living, crime, climate, and more.
Bent Creek, NC has a subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and mild winters. The area experiences an average of 212 sunny days each year, giving the region plenty of sunshine to enjoy. In summer, temperatures can reach up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit during the day while in winter they drop to as low as 35 degrees at night. Rainfall is abundant throughout the year, with storms occurring most frequently from April to June. Bent Creek is also subject to occasional tropical storms and hurricanes from June through November, so residents should be mindful of forecasts during this time of year.

Bent Creek, North Carolina gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Bent Creek averages 10 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 214 sunny days per year in Bent Creek. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Bent Creek gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 114 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 25
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 10 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Bent Creek is 7.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in North Carolina.

8.5 Summer - 6 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Bent Creek, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateBent Creek, North CarolinaUnited States
    Unlock38.1 in.
  10.4 in.  Unlock
    Unlock106.2 days
  214 days  Unlock
  83.8°85.8°
    Unlock21.7°
  7.6  Unlock
    Unlock4.3
  2201 ft.  Unlock
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Bent Creek with an average high temperature of 83.8°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in North Carolina. In Bent Creek, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Bent Creek are September, June and May.
In Bent Creek, there are 7.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in North Carolina.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Bent Creek with an average of 24.9°. This is one of the coldest places in North Carolina.
In Bent Creek, there are 103.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in North Carolina.
In Bent Creek, there are 0.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in North Carolina.
The humidity is usually acceptable in Bent Creek but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in Bent Creek.
July is the wettest month in Bent Creek with 4.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.4 inches in Bent Creek means that it is one of the driest places in North Carolina.
July is the rainiest month in Bent Creek with 11.7 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 6.9 rainy days. There are 114.3 rainy days annually in Bent Creek, which is rainier than most places in North Carolina. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 10.4 inches in Bent Creek means that it is one of the snowiest places in North Carolina. January is the snowiest month in Bent Creek with 4.0 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
Jobs
Compare Bent Creek,
cost of living
Compare food, housing, utilities, and more in Bent Creek, North Carolina to any other city in the US.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.