Hampton, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hampton's primary NOAA station, HAMPTON 1S.
The climate verdict for Hampton
Water is the standout signal in Hampton, South Carolina: 45.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 67°F. It scores 97/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 97% of them.
- 67°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 97/100
- comfort score, above 97% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.3"
- yearly precipitation total
- 265 days
- frost-free growing season
Hampton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00383906 · Hampton, SC 67°F mean · 45.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 67°F
- RANK-WARM #6,312
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alexandria
- PRCP-MID 45.3"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-TOP 97/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00383906
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alexandria, LA (+ 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.
- Hampton (this station) 67°F
- Hot Elizabeth, LA 67°F
- Near Alexandria, LA 67°F
- Near Camp Wood, TX 67°F
- Near Dallas Redbird, TX 67°F
Climate Living Index · Hampton
Hampton: 86/100 · grade A
Hampton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hampton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 97/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.9°F · 0.6° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 265 days/year | 93/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.1 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 71 calendar days | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 45.3 in · 10.3 from 35 in | 64/100 · C |
Hampton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hampton is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 50.5°F and warmest-month mean 82.3°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
- 82.3°F
- Coldest month
- 50.5°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 Hampton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hampton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 8% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Hampton 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 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Hampton is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hampton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hampton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
97 Top 3% score exceeds 97% 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 | 62°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| May | 86°F (30°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.6 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.8 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| September | 87°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| November | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 2.7" | 0.1" | 7.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Hampton runs from a mild 39°F around January 11 to 93°F at the peak near July 19, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 14 through August 23, covering 71 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 7 to November 17.
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 39°F around January 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 27, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 14 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 112 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 26 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 Hampton.
Where Hampton Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 71 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Hampton 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
10.0 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.7 days with precipitation
Hampton runs a summer-peaked wet season
35% of Hampton's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is August at 5.9", on a 31.8°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: August, June, July, taking 35% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: May at 2.5".
- Winter share: 21% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Hampton, 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
- August, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- May, 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.
Snow reaches Hampton, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
265 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,720
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,442
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Hampton 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 (67°F here).
- Alexandria, LA 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Camp Wood, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabeth, LA 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Mccamey, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Buffalo, MO 45.3" · 0.0" off
- Slippery Rock, PA 45.2" · 0.0" off
- Harrisburg, PA 45.2" · 0.0" off
- Norwich, NY 45.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Hampton's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Hampton averages 45.3 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 Hampton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.8°F. The annual average is 67°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Hampton's normal, at 1,720 and 2,442 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.
The frost-free window extends for about 265 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Hampton'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 Hampton, 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 Hampton's primary station: HAMPTON 1S (USC00383906). 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 4531885). Match rule for Hampton: 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 Hampton 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.