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Florence Rgnl, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month

Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score

30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Florence Rgnl's primary NOAA station, FLORENCE RGNL AP.

The climate verdict for Florence Rgnl

Water is the standout signal in Florence Rgnl, South Carolina: 45.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. It scores 92/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 92% of them.

65°F
average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
92/100
comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
45.3"
annual precipitation
239 days
growing season, frost-free days

Florence Rgnl: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USW00013744 · Florence Rgnl, SC 65°F mean · 45.3" precip

TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Barnwell, SC (+ 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.

Climate Living Index · Florence Rgnl

Florence Rgnl: 72/100 · grade B

Florence Rgnl publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.

B
72/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Florence Rgnl, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 92/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Florence Rgnl Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Annual temperature balance 64.7°F · 2.8° from 67.5°F 91/100 · A
Normal heat + freeze calendar 62 calendar days 88/100 · A
Frost-free season 239 days/year 84/100 · B
Precipitation balance 45.3 in · 10.3 from 35 in 64/100 · C
Summer moisture balance 69.7°F mean dew point 15/100 · F

Florence Rgnl · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Florence Rgnl is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa

Coldest-month mean 46.6°F and warmest-month mean 82.2°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
82.2°F
Coldest month
46.6°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 Florence Rgnl sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Florence Rgnl's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
Top 13% warmest
Among 6,861 stations, Florence Rgnl sits in the warmer third of annual means.
Annual precipitation
69th percentile wetness
Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
Seasonal temperature swing
Narrower than 81%
Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Florence Rgnl is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Florence Rgnl compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Florence Rgnl's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations

PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals

92 Top 8% score exceeds 92% 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. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Florence Rgnl's measured station temperature trend

Methodology

Across 106 complete annual observations from 1899 to 2025, FLORENCE RGNL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.05°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.

Florence Rgnl fitted annual mean temperature change, 1899-2025 Fitted station-temperature change from 1899 to 2025, relative to the fitted first year. The linear trend warmed at 0.05 °C per decade. -0.1°C +0.1°C +0.3°C +0.5°C +0.7°C 1900192019401960198020002020
  • Florence Rgnl primary station fitted change +0.05 °C/decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-M v4, quality-controlled monthly mean temperature. PlainClimate fits ordinary least squares over complete calendar years; minimum 30 years, record must reach 2015 or later.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 57°F (14°C) 36°F (2°C) 47°F (8°C)
February 61°F (16°C) 39°F (4°C) 50°F (10°C)
March 68°F (20°C) 44°F (7°C) 56°F (13°C)
April 77°F (25°C) 52°F (11°C) 64°F (18°C)
May 84°F (29°C) 61°F (16°C) 72°F (22°C)
June 89°F (32°C) 69°F (21°C) 79°F (26°C)
July 92°F (33°C) 72°F (22°C) 82°F (28°C)
August 90°F (32°C) 71°F (22°C) 81°F (27°C)
September 85°F (30°C) 66°F (19°C) 76°F (24°C)
October 77°F (25°C) 54°F (12°C) 66°F (19°C)
November 67°F (19°C) 44°F (6°C) 55°F (13°C)
December 59°F (15°C) 38°F (3°C) 49°F (9°C)

The year, day by day

The year in Florence Rgnl runs from a mild 36°F around January 14 to 92°F at the peak near July 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Florence Rgnl, January through December Peaks 92°F around July 10. Bottoms 36°F around January 14. 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 freezing JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, FLORENCE RGNL AP.

When the heat sits

Normal highs reach 90°F from June 20 through August 20, covering 62 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 23 to November 6.

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 36°F around January 14.

Where the wet dates fall

The likeliest wet date is July 28, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 23 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 111 wet dates a year.

The widest day

April 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Florence Rgnl.

Monthly Precipitation

Average monthly rainfall

January 3.1"

9.7 days with precipitation

February 3.0"

9.0 days with precipitation

March 3.2"

9.2 days with precipitation

April 3.0"

8.2 days with precipitation

May 3.7"

9.3 days with precipitation

June 4.6"

10.2 days with precipitation

July 5.8"

11.7 days with precipitation

August 4.9"

10.9 days with precipitation

September 4.5"

9.3 days with precipitation

October 3.4"

6.7 days with precipitation

November 2.6"

7.6 days with precipitation

December 3.5"

9.3 days with precipitation

Florence Rgnl spreads its precipitation across the year

Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Florence Rgnl has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.6°F seasonal spread.

The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.8" and November 2.6". The three wettest months together take 34% 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 Florence Rgnl, it arrives in quantity

45.3" of precipitation falls across only about 111 wet days here, averaging 0.41 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 111 a year, 30% of all days
Average depth per wet day
0.41 inches
Most wet days
July, about 12
Fewest wet days
October, about 7

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.

Frost Dates & Growing Season

First Fall Freeze

November 13

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

March 19

50% probability date

Growing Season

239 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

2,334

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

2,257

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

July

Coldest Month

January

Humidity & Wind

Monthly averages from hourly observations

Month Humidity Wind (mph)
January 61% 7.8
February 62% 8.3
March 60% 8.5
April 65% 8.0
May 70% 6.9
June 72% 6.4
July 76% 6.0
August 75% 6.4
September 74% 6.5
October 71% 6.3
November 68% 6.5
December 68% 7.0

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Florence Rgnl 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 (65°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

South Carolina climate overview →

Data-derived climate profile

How Florence Rgnl's climate pattern fits together

mixed demand · wet · mid swing

Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Florence Rgnl averages 45.3 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Florence Rgnl's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.6°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.

Heating and cooling both register in Florence Rgnl's normal, at 2,334 and 2,257 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.

A roughly 239-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.

These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Florence Rgnl'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 Florence Rgnl, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.

Questions about Florence Rgnl's climate

How much rain does Florence Rgnl get?
Florence Rgnl receives 45.3 inches of precipitation. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How many days above 90°F does Florence Rgnl get?
Florence Rgnl averages about 70 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in July and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Florence Rgnl?
Florence Rgnl has 2,334 heating degree days and 2,257 cooling degree days annually, a fairly balanced heating/cooling split. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Florence Rgnl's primary station: FLORENCE RGNL AP (USW00013744). 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 Florence Rgnl; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Florence Rgnl 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.