Cedar Creek (2 mi E), South Carolina climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cedar Creek (2 mi E)'s normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 45.5 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.8 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.7°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,156 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCedar Creek (2 mi E)
- Station IDUSC00381479
- Location34.22°N 81.08°W
- Elevation338 ft (103 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Cedar Creek (2 mi E) is 72°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar Creek (2 mi E).
- Jan 54° 29°
- Feb 58° 31°
- Mar 65° 37°
- Apr 74° 45°
- May 81° 55°
- Jun 87° 64°
- Jul 90° 68°
- Aug 88° 68°
- Sep 83° 60°
- Oct 74° 47°
- Nov 64° 36°
- Dec 56° 31°
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 Cedar Creek (2 mi E) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in August (5.11 in), the least in April (2.91 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 29°F | 41.5°F | 3.93 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 31°F | 44.4°F | 3.45 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 37°F | 50.8°F | 3.98 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 45°F | 59.2°F | 2.91 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 55°F | 67.6°F | 3.45 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 64°F | 75.5°F | 4.07 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 90°F | 68°F | 79.2°F | 4.15 | 10 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 88°F | 68°F | 77.9°F | 5.11 | 10 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 60°F | 71.7°F | 3.80 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 47°F | 60.6°F | 3.29 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 36°F | 49.9°F | 3.20 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 31°F | 43.7°F | 4.19 | 11 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 48°F | 60.2°F | 45.53 | 109 | 71 | 95 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −2°C | 5.3°C | 100 mm |
| February | 14°C | 0°C | 6.9°C | 88 mm |
| March | 18°C | 3°C | 10.4°C | 101 mm |
| April | 23°C | 7°C | 15.1°C | 74 mm |
| May | 27°C | 13°C | 19.8°C | 88 mm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 103 mm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.2°C | 105 mm |
| August | 31°C | 20°C | 25.5°C | 130 mm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 97 mm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.9°C | 84 mm |
| November | 18°C | 2°C | 9.9°C | 81 mm |
| December | 13°C | 0°C | 6.5°C | 106 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00381479; 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 Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00381479.
When is the last frost at Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
In Cedar Creek (2 mi E), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 15 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
- April 101 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 201 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 221 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar Creek (2 mi E) in zone 8a in ZIP code 29016, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (19 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in South Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00381479; 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 at Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
In a normal year in Cedar Creek (2 mi E), 71 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 95 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 109 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 71a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 95a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 109a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1993) is 107°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −5°F, on January 16, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 63.51 in; the snowiest season is 1999–00, with 5.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00381479; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00381479. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cedar Creek (2 mi E), 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.7 |
| February | 71% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 3.9 |
| November | 79% | 3.0 |
| December | 73% | 2.4 |
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 Cedar Creek (2 mi E) record?
A normal year at Cedar Creek (2 mi E) brings 3,334 heating degree days, 38% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,603 cooling degree days, 77% more than 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 4,723 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 729 | 1 |
| February | 579 | 1 |
| March | 445 | 5 |
| April | 206 | 33 |
| May | 56 | 139 |
| June | 3 | 318 |
| July | 0 | 439 |
| August | 0 | 402 |
| September | 18 | 217 |
| October | 181 | 44 |
| November | 455 | 3 |
| December | 661 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,334 | 1,603 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00381479. 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 Cedar Creek (2 mi E) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 60.6°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.2°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.4°F | +0.2°F | 49.66 |
| 2022 | 60.8°F | +0.6°F | 40.24 |
| 2024 | 61.4°F | +1.2°F | 52.17 |
| 2025 | 60.6°F | +0.4°F | 46.13 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00381479. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cedar Creek (2 mi E)'s climate compare?
Cedar Creek (2 mi E) is warmer than 5 of the 73 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 11. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.2°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cedar Creek (2 mi E) 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 Cedar Creek (2 mi E) share this climate record?
2 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.
- Irmo, SC12,086 people · 11 mi SW
- Blythewood, SC6,733 people · 5 mi E
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 Cedar Creek (2 mi E)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow at Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.8 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
August, with 5.11 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 2.91 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cedar Creek (2 mi E) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cedar Creek (2 mi E) in zone 8a in ZIP code 29016, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come at Cedar Creek (2 mi E)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 10; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 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
- Winnsboro, SC11 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Sandhill Research - Elgin, SC13 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Columbia Owens Downtown Airport, SC17 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Columbia, SC19 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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