Greenville, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Greenville's primary NOAA station, GREENVILLE.
The climate verdict for Greenville
Water is the standout signal in Greenville, South Carolina: 50.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 60°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 50.7"
- annual precipitation
- 224 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Greenville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00383735 · Greenville, SC 60°F mean · 50.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,077
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tryon
- PRCP-WET 50.7"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,337 HDD
- STN-1 USC00383735
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Tryon, NC (+ 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.
- Greenville (this station) 60°F
- Cold Alto, GA 60°F
- Hot Arcola, NC 60°F
- Near Tryon, NC 60°F
- Near Redrock, NM 60°F
Climate Living Index · Greenville
Greenville: 75/100 · grade B
Greenville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Greenville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 53 calendar days | 91/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 224 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.6°F · 7.9° from 67.5°F | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 50.7 in · 15.7 from 35 in | 44/100 · D |
Greenville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Greenville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 40.7°F and warmest-month mean 77.5°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
- 77.5°F
- Coldest month
- 40.7°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 Greenville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Greenville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 26% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Greenville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 18% wettest
- Greenville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Greenville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Greenville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Greenville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.4" | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.5" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.3" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 4.2" | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 78°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 10.4 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 7.1 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.9" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.0" | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.1" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 53 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 30°F near January 15.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 12, then returns to freezing around December 22, covering 53 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 June 14, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 18 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 112 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 7 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 Greenville.
Where Greenville Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Greenville 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
10.4 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
Greenville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Greenville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.1" and February 3.5". The three wettest months together take 28% 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 Greenville, it arrives in quantity
50.7" of precipitation falls across only about 112 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 112 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- June, about 11
- 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 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
224 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,337
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,398
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Greenville 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).
- Addison, AL 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarksville, VA 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Enid, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Erick, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gloversville, NY 50.7" · 0.0" off
- Garner, NC 50.7" · 0.0" off
- Rhinebeck, NY 50.7" · 0.0" off
- Chardon, OH 50.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Greenville's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Greenville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,337 annual heating degree days against 1,398 for cooling. Its 36.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Greenville's frost-free season lasts about 224 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 Greenville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.8°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, Greenville carries 50.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Greenville'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 Greenville, 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 Greenville's primary station: GREENVILLE (USC00383735). 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 4530850). Match rule for Greenville: 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 Greenville 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.