Bamberg, South Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bamberg's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 48.5 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.3 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.0°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,233 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBamberg
- Station IDUSC00380448
- Location33.29°N 81.03°W
- Elevation156 ft (48 m)
- Population2,943
On October 23, the normal high in Bamberg is 73°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bamberg.
- Jan 58° 37°
- Feb 62° 39°
- Mar 69° 45°
- Apr 77° 52°
- May 83° 60°
- Jun 88° 68°
- Jul 91° 71°
- Aug 89° 71°
- Sep 84° 65°
- Oct 75° 54°
- Nov 65° 44°
- Dec 59° 39°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Bamberg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.50 in), the least in November (2.75 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 37°F | 47.0°F | 3.65 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 39°F | 50.3°F | 3.49 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 45°F | 57.0°F | 4.37 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 52°F | 64.3°F | 3.10 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 60°F | 71.8°F | 3.85 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 68°F | 78.2°F | 5.20 | 11 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 91°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 5.50 | 10 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 89°F | 71°F | 79.8°F | 5.36 | 11 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 65°F | 74.7°F | 4.39 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 54°F | 64.9°F | 3.13 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 44°F | 54.7°F | 2.75 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 39°F | 48.9°F | 3.75 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 54°F | 64.4°F | 48.54 | 102 | 63 | 38 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 3°C | 8.3°C | 93 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.2°C | 89 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 111 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 79 mm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 98 mm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 132 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 140 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 136 mm |
| September | 29°C | 19°C | 23.7°C | 112 mm |
| October | 24°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 80 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 12.6°C | 70 mm |
| December | 15°C | 4°C | 9.4°C | 95 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00380448; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Bamberg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00380448.
When is the last frost in Bamberg?
In Bamberg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 18 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 12 in half of years and before November 1 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 181 year in 10 after April 4; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 121 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 240 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 3 in half of springs and before November 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bamberg in zone 8b in ZIP code 29003, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Bamberg's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (26 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in South Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00380448; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Bamberg?
In a normal year in Bamberg, 63 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 38 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 102 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 63a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 38a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 102a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1951) is 109°F, on July 24, 1952; the lowest is 2°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2023, with 84.11 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 22.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00380448; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00380448. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Bamberg?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bamberg, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.9 |
| February | 73% | 3.5 |
| March | 75% | 4.5 |
| April | 80% | 5.8 |
| May | 80% | 6.2 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 74% | 2.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Bamberg need?
A normal year in Bamberg brings 2,284 heating degree days, 57% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,094 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,781 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 560 | 2 |
| February | 414 | 4 |
| March | 271 | 24 |
| April | 97 | 76 |
| May | 16 | 228 |
| June | 0 | 396 |
| July | 0 | 502 |
| August | 0 | 459 |
| September | 5 | 296 |
| October | 94 | 89 |
| November | 323 | 13 |
| December | 504 | 5 |
| Year (annual) | 2,284 | 2,094 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00380448. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Bamberg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 64.4°F, equal to the 1991-2020 normal of 64.4°F. 0 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.4°F | −1.0°F | 65.36 |
| 2022 | 63.7°F | −0.7°F | 56.27 |
| 2023 | 64.2°F | −0.2°F | 84.11 |
| 2025 | 64.4°F | at normal | – |
Over 51 complete years from 1953 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.8°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00380448; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bamberg's climate compare?
Bamberg is warmer than 58 of the other 72 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 31. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.4°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bamberg is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Bamberg share this climate record?
6 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Denmark, SC3,072 people · 6 mi W
- Branchville, SC969 people · 13 mi E
- Ehrhardt, SC437 people · 13 mi S
- Norway, SC276 people · 12 mi NW
- Lodge, SC82 people · 16 mi S
- Cope, SC32 people · 6 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Bamberg's climate
What is the coldest month in Bamberg?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Bamberg?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.3 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Bamberg?
July, with 5.50 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.75 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bamberg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bamberg in zone 8b in ZIP code 29003, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Bamberg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Bamberg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 18; in one year in ten it comes after April 4. Waiting until April 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- South Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Barnwell, SC12 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Orangeburg, SC16 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Blackville, SC17 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Allendale, SC25 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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