Long Creek, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Long Creek's primary NOAA station, LONG CREEK.
The climate verdict for Long Creek
Water is the standout signal in Long Creek, South Carolina: 64.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 58°F. Its climate comfort score of 63/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 46% of station-mapped location scores.
- 58°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 63/100
- comfort score, above 46% of station-mapped location scores
- 64.4"
- annual precipitation · 3" snow
- 203 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Long Creek: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00385278 · Long Creek, SC 58°F mean · 64.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clayton
- PRCP-WET 64.4"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-MID 63/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,605 HDD
- STN-1 USC00385278
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Clayton, GA ( -0.2 °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.
- Long Creek (this station) 58°F
- Cold Oak Creek Canyon, AZ 58°F
- Hot Mt Wilson Cbs, CA 58°F
- Near Clayton, GA 58°F
- Near Jasper, GA 58°F
Climate Living Index · Long Creek
Long Creek: 64/100 · grade C
Long Creek publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Long Creek, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 63/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 59 calendar days | 89/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 2.8 inches/year | 74/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.0°F · 9.5° from 67.5°F | 70/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 203 days/year | 66/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 64.4 in · 29.4 from 35 in | 2/100 · F |
Long Creek · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Long Creek is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 40.1°F and warmest-month mean 75.0°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
- 75.0°F
- Coldest month
- 40.1°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 Long Creek sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Long Creek's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 69th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 3% wettest
- Long Creek's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Long Creek is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Long Creek compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Long Creek's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
63 46th percentile score exceeds 46% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 5.9" | 0.5" | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.3" | 1.3" | 15.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.6" | 0.6" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 6.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 6.2" | 0.4" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 59 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 30°F near January 12.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 13, then returns to freezing around December 17, covering 59 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 27, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 26 at 25%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 122 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Long Creek.
Where Long Creek Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 64 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Long Creek 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: 0.5"
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
9.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
11.8 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
10.8 days with precipitation
Long Creek 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 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Long Creek has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 34.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 6.2" and October 4.8". 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 Long Creek, it arrives in quantity
64.4" of precipitation falls across only about 122 wet days here, averaging 0.53 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 122 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.53 inches
- Most wet days
- June, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- October, 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.
Snow reaches Long Creek, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 2.8 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. 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
October 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
203 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,605
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,065
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Long Creek 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 (58°F here).
- Bartlesville, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbia, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Disputanta, VA 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Hot Springs, NC 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (64.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Orange, TX 64.4" · 0.0" off
- Tryon, NC 64.3" · 0.0" off
- Monterey, TN 64.3" · 0.0" off
- Hattiesburg, MS 64.4" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Long Creek's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Long Creek's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,605 annual heating degree days against 1,065 for cooling. Its 34.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Long Creek's frost-free season lasts about 203 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 Long Creek's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.9°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Long Creek carries 64.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 2.8 inches. 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 Long Creek'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 Long Creek, 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 Long Creek's primary station: LONG CREEK (USC00385278). 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 Long Creek; 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 Long Creek 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.