Little Mtn, 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 Little Mtn's primary NOAA station, LITTLE MTN.
The climate verdict for Little Mtn
Water is the standout signal in Little Mtn, South Carolina: 46.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 63°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.
- 63°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 93/100
- comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.0"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 234 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Little Mtn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00385200 · Little Mtn, SC 63°F mean · 46.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,763
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Allendale
- PRCP-MID 46.0"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 93/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00385200
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Allendale, 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.
- Little Mtn (this station) 63°F
- Hot Carlsbad Cavern…, NM 63°F
- Near Allendale, SC 63°F
- Near Bankhead L&d, AL 63°F
- Near Canton, MS 63°F
Climate Living Index · Little Mtn
Little Mtn: 83/100 · grade B
Little Mtn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Little Mtn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 43 calendar days | 93/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.4°F · 4.1° from 67.5°F | 88/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 234 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 1.4 inches/year | 80/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 46.0 in · 11.0 from 35 in | 61/100 · C |
Little Mtn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Little Mtn is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.0°F and warmest-month mean 80.9°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
- 80.9°F
- Coldest month
- 45.0°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 Little Mtn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Little Mtn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 16% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Little Mtn sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 30% wettest
- Little Mtn's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Little Mtn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Little Mtn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Little Mtn'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
Little Mtn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 105 complete annual observations from 1895 to 2025, LITTLE MTN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.03°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Little Mtn primary station fitted change +0.03 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.0" | 0.8" | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 3.6" | 0.2" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.1" | 0.2" | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.4 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.9 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 4.2" | 0.2" | 11.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Little Mtn runs from a mild 35°F around January 13 to 91°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 28 through August 9, covering 43 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 31 to October 29.
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 35°F around January 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 1, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 25 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 105 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Little Mtn.
Where Little Mtn Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Little Mtn 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
Snow: 0.8"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.3 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.7 days with precipitation
Little Mtn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Little Mtn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 4.5" and May 3.2". The three wettest months together take 29% 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 Little Mtn, it arrives in quantity
46.0" of precipitation falls across only about 105 wet days here, averaging 0.44 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 105 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 10
- 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.
Snow reaches Little Mtn, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 1.4 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. 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 1 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 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
234 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,578
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,012
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Little Mtn 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 (63°F here).
- Canton, MS 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Emory, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Jal, NM 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Los Banos, CA 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Atlantic City, NJ 46.0" · 0.0" off
- Chestertown, MD 46.0" · 0.0" off
- Lane, OK 46.0" · 0.0" off
- Brookneal, VA 46.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Little Mtn's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Little Mtn averages 46.0 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 1.4 inches. 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 Little Mtn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.9°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Little Mtn's normal, at 2,578 and 2,012 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 234-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 Little Mtn'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 Little Mtn, 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 Little Mtn's primary station: LITTLE MTN (USC00385200). 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 Little Mtn; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Little Mtn 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.