Batesburg, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Batesburg's primary NOAA station, BATESBURG.
The climate verdict for Batesburg
Water is the standout signal in Batesburg, South Carolina: 46.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. It scores 97/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 97% of them.
- 63°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 97/100
- comfort score, above 97% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.9"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 243 days
- frost-free growing season
Batesburg: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00380506 · Batesburg, SC 63°F mean · 46.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,695
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Athens Ben Epps
- PRCP-MID 46.9"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 97/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00380506
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Athens Ben Epps, GA (+ 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 SC station list.
- Batesburg (this station) 63°F
- Hot Dermott, AR 63°F
- Near Athens Ben Epps, GA 63°F
- Near Clanton, AL 63°F
- Near Clarksville, TX 63°F
Climate Living Index · Batesburg
Batesburg: 83/100 · grade B
Batesburg publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Batesburg, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 97/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 37 calendar days | 94/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.0°F · 4.5° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 243 days/year | 86/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 1.1 inches/year | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 46.9 in · 11.9 from 35 in | 58/100 · C |
Batesburg · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Batesburg is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.8°F and warmest-month mean 80.6°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
- 80.6°F
- Coldest month
- 44.8°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 · balanced station
Where Batesburg sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Batesburg's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 17% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Batesburg sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 27% wettest
- Batesburg's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Batesburg is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Batesburg compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Batesburg's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
97 Top 3% score exceeds 97% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.0" | 0.9" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.6 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| October | 74°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 0.2" | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 6.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Batesburg runs from a mild 35°F around January 18 to 91°F at the peak near July 12, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 1 through August 6, covering 37 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 1 to October 29.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
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 35°F around January 18.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 23, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 12 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 94 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Batesburg.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.9"
8.7 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
6.9 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
Batesburg spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Batesburg has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.3" and October 2.8". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Batesburg, it arrives in quantity
46.9" of precipitation falls across only about 94 wet days here, averaging 0.50 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 94 a year, 26% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.50 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
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.
Snow reaches Batesburg, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 1.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
243 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,636
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,940
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Batesburg 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 (63°F here).
- Clanton, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarksville, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Dermott, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Henrietta, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Salem, IN 46.9" · 0.0" off
- Stevensville, MD 46.9" · 0.0" off
- Brooklet, GA 47.0" · 0.0" off
- Clarion, PA 46.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Batesburg's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Batesburg averages 46.9 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 1.1 inches. 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 Batesburg's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.8°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Batesburg's normal, at 2,636 and 1,940 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.
The frost-free window extends for about 243 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Batesburg'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 Batesburg, 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 Batesburg's primary station: BATESBURG (USC00380506). 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 Batesburg; 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 Batesburg 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.