Cedar Creek, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cedar Creek's primary NOAA station, CEDAR CREEK 2E.
The climate verdict for Cedar Creek
Water is the standout signal in Cedar Creek, South Carolina: 45.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. It scores 93/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 93% of them.
- 60°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 93/100
- comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.5"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 201 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Cedar Creek: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00381479 · Cedar Creek, SC 60°F mean · 45.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,146
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Moulton
- PRCP-MID 45.5"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 93/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,334 HDD
- STN-1 USC00381479
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Moulton, AL (+ 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.
- Cedar Creek (this station) 60°F
- Cold Chatsworth, GA 60°F
- Hot Winona, MS 60°F
- Near Moulton, AL 60°F
- Near Apex, NC 60°F
Climate Living Index · Cedar Creek
Cedar Creek: 73/100 · grade B
Cedar Creek publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cedar Creek, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 0.8 inches/year | 84/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 60.2°F · 7.3° from 67.5°F | 77/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 104 calendar days | 74/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 201 days/year | 65/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 45.5 in · 10.5 from 35 in | 63/100 · C |
Cedar Creek · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cedar Creek is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 41.5°F and warmest-month mean 79.2°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
- 79.2°F
- Coldest month
- 41.5°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 Cedar Creek sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cedar Creek's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 25% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Cedar Creek sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 30% wettest
- Cedar Creek's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Cedar Creek is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cedar Creek compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cedar Creek's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
93 Top 7% score exceeds 93% 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 | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 3.9" | 0.8" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (18°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.1 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.2 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.5 |
| September | 83°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 3.1 | 0.4 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 56°F (13°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Cedar Creek works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 15 and hold at or above 90°F on 28 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 76 dates, bottoming at 29°F around January 15.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 4 through July 31, covering 28 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 2 to October 27.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 22, then returns to freezing around December 9, covering 76 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 December 24, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 6 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 109 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cedar Creek.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.8"
10.2 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
Cedar Creek spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Cedar Creek has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 5.1" and April 2.9". 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 Cedar Creek, it arrives in quantity
45.5" of precipitation falls across only about 109 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 109 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- April, 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.
Snow reaches Cedar Creek, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.8 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
October 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
201 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,334
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,603
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Cedar Creek 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 (60°F here).
- Elberton, GA 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Fairfield, NC 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Gilroy, CA 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Healdsburg, CA 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Casey, IL 45.5" · 0.0" off
- Ridgway, PA 45.5" · 0.0" off
- Bonham, TX 45.5" · 0.0" off
- Danforth, ME 45.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Cedar Creek's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Cedar Creek's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,334 annual heating degree days against 1,603 for cooling. Its 37.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Cedar Creek's frost-free season lasts about 201 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 Cedar Creek's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.7°F. The annual average is 60°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Cedar Creek carries 45.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 0.8 inches. 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 Cedar Creek'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 Cedar Creek, 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 Cedar Creek's primary station: CEDAR CREEK 2E (USC00381479). 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 Cedar Creek; 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 Cedar Creek 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.