Cades (4 mi W), South Carolina climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cades (4 mi W)'s normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 52.5 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.8°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,334 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCades (4 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00381241
- Location33.81°N 79.86°W
- Elevation80 ft (24 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Cades (4 mi W) is 76°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cades (4 mi W).
- Jan 58° 34°
- Feb 61° 37°
- Mar 69° 42°
- Apr 77° 49°
- May 84° 59°
- Jun 90° 67°
- Jul 93° 71°
- Aug 91° 70°
- Sep 87° 64°
- Oct 78° 52°
- Nov 68° 41°
- Dec 61° 37°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Cades (4 mi W) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in August (6.05 in), the least in November (3.13 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 34°F | 46.0°F | 3.65 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 37°F | 49.0°F | 3.68 | 0.8 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 42°F | 55.3°F | 3.56 | 0.2 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 77°F | 49°F | 63.3°F | 3.30 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 59°F | 71.2°F | 4.82 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 67°F | 78.5°F | 5.55 | 0.0 | 12 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 71°F | 81.7°F | 5.95 | 0.0 | 11 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 6.05 | 0.0 | 11 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 64°F | 75.2°F | 5.11 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 52°F | 65.1°F | 3.61 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 68°F | 41°F | 54.8°F | 3.13 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 37°F | 48.7°F | 4.09 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 64.1°F | 52.50 | 1.6 | 113 | 86 | 59 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 1°C | 7.8°C | 93 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 93 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 20°C | 6°C | 12.9°C | 90 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 25°C | 10°C | 17.4°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 15°C | 21.8°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 141 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 27.6°C | 151 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 154 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 24.0°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 20°C | 5°C | 12.7°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 16°C | 3°C | 9.3°C | 104 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00381241; 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.
Which months are mildest at Cades (4 mi W)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00381241.
When is the last frost at Cades (4 mi W)?
In Cades (4 mi W), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 27 in half of years and after April 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 26 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 271 year in 10 after April 13; 9 in 10 after March 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 227 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 254 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cades (4 mi W) in zone 8b in ZIP code 29518, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in South Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00381241; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at Cades (4 mi W)?
In a normal year in Cades (4 mi W), 86 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 59 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 113 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 86a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 59a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 113a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00381241.
How sunny is it at Cades (4 mi W)?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cades (4 mi W), 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.8 |
| February | 73% | 3.4 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 81% | 5.8 |
| May | 81% | 6.3 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 78% | 4.8 |
| October | 80% | 4.0 |
| November | 80% | 3.1 |
| December | 77% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Cades (4 mi W) record?
A normal year at Cades (4 mi W) brings 2,451 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,151 cooling degree days, 2.4 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,757 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 593 | 4 |
| February | 455 | 5 |
| March | 320 | 20 |
| April | 124 | 73 |
| May | 24 | 218 |
| June | 1 | 404 |
| July | 0 | 516 |
| August | 0 | 479 |
| September | 5 | 311 |
| October | 94 | 98 |
| November | 323 | 16 |
| December | 512 | 7 |
| Year (annual) | 2,451 | 2,151 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00381241. 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.
Have recent years at Cades (4 mi W) been warmer than normal?
2021 averaged 63.8°F, 0.3°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 64.1°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.8°F | −0.3°F | 50.59 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00381241. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cades (4 mi W)'s climate compare?
Cades (4 mi W) is warmer than 52 of the 73 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 53. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.1°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cades (4 mi W) 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 Cades (4 mi W) share this climate record?
3 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.
- Turbeville, SC743 people · 11 mi NW
- Olanta, SC550 people · 10 mi NW
- Shiloh, SC165 people · 13 mi NW
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 Cades (4 mi W)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Cades (4 mi W)?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow at Cades (4 mi W)?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Cades (4 mi W)?
August, with 6.05 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.13 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cades (4 mi W) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cades (4 mi W) in zone 8b in ZIP code 29518, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Cades (4 mi W)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 27; in one year in ten it comes after April 13. Waiting until April 13 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
- Lake City, SC8 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Kingstree, SC9 miles from this station, 63.8°F a year
- Manning, SC21 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Florence, SC27 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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