Laurens, South Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Laurens's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 46.7 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.2°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,186 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLaurens
- Station IDUSC00385017
- Location34.50°N 82.02°W
- Elevation589 ft (180 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population9,352
On October 23, the normal high in Laurens is 72°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Laurens.
- Jan 53° 30°
- Feb 57° 33°
- Mar 65° 39°
- Apr 74° 47°
- May 81° 58°
- Jun 88° 66°
- Jul 91° 70°
- Aug 89° 68°
- Sep 84° 62°
- Oct 74° 49°
- Nov 64° 38°
- Dec 56° 33°
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 Laurens each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in March (4.67 in), the least in October (3.34 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 30°F | 41.8°F | 4.18 | 0.5 | 11 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 57°F | 33°F | 45.1°F | 3.95 | 0.4 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 39°F | 52.1°F | 4.67 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 47°F | 60.6°F | 3.57 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 58°F | 69.3°F | 3.42 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 66°F | 76.9°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 11 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 70°F | 80.2°F | 3.58 | 0.0 | 10 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 4.11 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 62°F | 72.9°F | 3.60 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 49°F | 61.7°F | 3.34 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 38°F | 50.9°F | 3.59 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 33°F | 44.4°F | 4.46 | 0.2 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 50°F | 61.2°F | 46.71 | 1.3 | 111 | 63 | 80 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −1°C | 5.4°C | 106 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 14°C | 0°C | 7.3°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 11.2°C | 119 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 15.9°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 3°C | 10.5°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 1°C | 6.9°C | 113 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00385017; 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 Laurens?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00385017.
When is the last frost in Laurens?
In Laurens, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 5 in half of years and before October 23 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
- April 11 year in 10 after April 17; 9 in 10 after March 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 51 year in 10 before October 23; 9 in 10 before November 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 219 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 245 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 18 in half of springs and before November 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laurens in zone 8a in ZIP code 29360, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Laurens's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (21 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 USC00385017; 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 Laurens?
In a normal year in Laurens, 63 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 80 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 111 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 63a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 80a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 111a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 107°F, on June 23, 1994; the lowest is −2°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1929, with 74.35 in; the snowiest season is 1935–36, with 27.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00385017; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00385017. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Laurens?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Laurens, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.7 |
| February | 71% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 79% | 6.2 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 73% | 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 Laurens need?
A normal year in Laurens brings 3,135 heating degree days, 42% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,788 cooling degree days, 97% more than 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 5,004 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 719 | 0 |
| February | 559 | 1 |
| March | 407 | 7 |
| April | 176 | 44 |
| May | 38 | 170 |
| June | 2 | 359 |
| July | 0 | 473 |
| August | 0 | 426 |
| September | 13 | 250 |
| October | 154 | 52 |
| November | 428 | 6 |
| December | 638 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,135 | 1,788 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00385017. 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 Laurens been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.9°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.2°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.0°F | +0.8°F | 43.79 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 61.7°F | +0.5°F | 46.60 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 62.2°F | +1.0°F | 55.72 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 62.8°F | +1.6°F | 53.84 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 61.9°F | +0.7°F | 48.93 | 0.2 |
Over 67 complete years from 1928 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.2°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00385017; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Laurens's climate compare?
Laurens is warmer than 11 of the other 72 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 19. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.2°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Laurens 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 Laurens share this climate record?
2 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.
- Watts Mills, SC2,250 people · 2 mi NE
- Enoree, SC472 people · 12 mi N
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 Laurens's climate
What is the coldest month in Laurens?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Laurens?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Laurens?
March, with 4.67 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.34 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Laurens in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Laurens in zone 8a in ZIP code 29360, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Laurens's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Laurens?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 17. Waiting until April 17 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
- Clinton, SC8 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Fountain Inn, SC17 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Greenwood, SC19 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Union, SC22 miles from this station, 60.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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