Florence, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Florence's primary NOAA station, FLORENCE 8 NE.
The climate verdict for Florence
Water is the standout signal in Florence, South Carolina: 48.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°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.
- 64°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 93/100
- comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.1"
- annual precipitation
- 233 days
- frost-free growing season
Florence: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00383111 · Florence, SC 64°F mean · 48.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Americus
- PRCP-MID 48.1"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 93/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00383111
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Americus, GA (+ 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.
- Florence (this station) 64°F
- Hot El Dorado S AR…, AR 64°F
- Near Americus, GA 64°F
- Near Childs, AZ 64°F
- Near Demopolis L&d, AL 64°F
Climate Living Index · Florence
Florence: 81/100 · grade B
Florence publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Florence, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 64.2°F · 3.3° from 67.5°F | 90/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 70 calendar days | 85/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 233 days/year | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 48.1 in · 13.1 from 35 in | 54/100 · D |
Florence · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Florence is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.5°F and warmest-month mean 82.7°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
- 82.7°F
- Coldest month
- 45.5°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 · balanced station
Where Florence sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Florence's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 14% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Florence sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 24% wettest
- Florence's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Florence is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Florence compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Florence'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 | 57°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 60°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (25°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| May | 83°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.8 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.9 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.3 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Florence runs from a mild 34°F around January 19 to 93°F at the peak near July 15, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 18 through August 26, covering 70 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 24 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 34°F around January 19.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 28, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 7 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 118 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Florence.
Where Florence Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 70 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Florence earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
10.8 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
Florence spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Florence has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 5.5" and November 3.0". The three wettest months together take 32% 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, it arrives in quantity
48.1" of precipitation falls across only about 118 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 118 a year, 32% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- November, 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.
Florence's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
233 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,487
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,238
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Florence 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 (64°F here).
- Americus, GA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Hancock, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Lumpkin, GA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Mineola, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Longview, WA 48.1" · 0.0" off
- Portland, ME 48.1" · 0.0" off
- Savannah, GA 48.1" · 0.0" off
- Mechanicsville, MD 48.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Florence's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Florence averages 48.1 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. 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's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.2°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Florence's normal, at 2,487 and 2,238 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 233-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'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, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a 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 Florence's primary station: FLORENCE 8 NE (USC00383111). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4525810). Match rule for Florence: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Florence 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.