Cheraw, South Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cheraw's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 48.6 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.6°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,235 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCheraw
- Station IDUSC00381588
- Location34.70°N 79.88°W
- Elevation150 ft (46 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population4,946
On October 23, the normal high in Cheraw is 72°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cheraw.
- Jan 54° 31°
- Feb 58° 34°
- Mar 65° 40°
- Apr 74° 49°
- May 81° 58°
- Jun 88° 67°
- Jul 91° 71°
- Aug 89° 69°
- Sep 83° 63°
- Oct 74° 51°
- Nov 65° 40°
- Dec 57° 34°
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 Cheraw each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in September (5.35 in), the least in February (3.06 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 31°F | 42.8°F | 3.51 | 12 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| February | 58°F | 34°F | 45.9°F | 3.06 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 40°F | 52.8°F | 3.76 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 49°F | 61.7°F | 3.31 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 58°F | 69.6°F | 3.66 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 67°F | 77.1°F | 4.79 | 11 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 71°F | 80.5°F | 5.18 | 13 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 69°F | 79.0°F | 5.09 | 12 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 63°F | 73.3°F | 5.35 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 51°F | 62.7°F | 3.90 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 40°F | 52.3°F | 3.27 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 34°F | 45.6°F | 3.74 | 12 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 51°F | 61.9°F | 48.62 | 132 | 52 | 65 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 0°C | 6.0°C | 89 mm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 78 mm |
| March | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 96 mm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 84 mm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 93 mm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 122 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 132 mm |
| August | 31°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 129 mm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 136 mm |
| October | 24°C | 11°C | 17.1°C | 99 mm |
| November | 18°C | 4°C | 11.3°C | 83 mm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 95 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00381588; 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 Cheraw?
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 (10).
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 USC00381588.
When is the last frost in Cheraw?
In Cheraw, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 26 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 29 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 261 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before November 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 231 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 255 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cheraw in zone 8a in ZIP code 29520, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cheraw's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (24 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 USC00381588; 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 Cheraw?
In a normal year in Cheraw, 52 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 65 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 132 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 65a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 132a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 108°F, on July 23, 1952; the lowest is −9°F, on February 14, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 62.51 in; the snowiest season is 1935–36, with 19.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00381588; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00381588. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cheraw?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cheraw, 4.5 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 | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 79% | 3.0 |
| December | 74% | 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 much heating and cooling does Cheraw need?
A normal year in Cheraw brings 2,943 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,852 cooling degree days, 2.0 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 5,178 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 687 | 1 |
| February | 537 | 1 |
| March | 390 | 10 |
| April | 155 | 55 |
| May | 35 | 176 |
| June | 2 | 365 |
| July | 0 | 480 |
| August | 0 | 434 |
| September | 10 | 259 |
| October | 135 | 62 |
| November | 388 | 7 |
| December | 604 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,943 | 1,852 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00381588. 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 Cheraw been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.4°F, 0.5°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 61.9°F. 2 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61.4°F | −0.5°F | 48.73 |
| 2022 | 61.6°F | −0.3°F | 50.84 |
| 2023 | 62.1°F | +0.2°F | 49.73 |
| 2024 | 62.6°F | +0.7°F | 56.40 |
| 2025 | 61.4°F | −0.5°F | 40.10 |
Over 88 complete years from 1888 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.6°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00381588; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cheraw's climate compare?
Cheraw is warmer than 21 of the other 72 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.9°F is warmer than 80%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cheraw 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 Cheraw share this climate record?
4 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.
- Cordova, NC1,343 people · 15 mi N
- Wallace, SC669 people · 3 mi NE
- Cash, SC645 people · 6 mi S
- Society Hill, SC426 people · 13 mi S
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 Cheraw's climate
What is the coldest month in Cheraw?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Cheraw?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Cheraw?
September, with 5.35 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cheraw in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cheraw in zone 8a in ZIP code 29520, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cheraw's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Cheraw?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 26; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 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
- Chesterfield, SC9 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Hamlet, NC17 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- McColl, SC18 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Wadesboro, NC21 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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