Moncks Corner, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Moncks Corner's primary NOAA station, MONCKS CORNER 4 N.
The climate verdict for Moncks Corner
Water is the standout signal in Moncks Corner, South Carolina: 52.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 66°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.3"
- annual precipitation
- 261 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Moncks Corner: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00385946 · Moncks Corner, SC 66°F mean · 52.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chino
- PRCP-WET 52.3"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00385946
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Chino, CA (+ 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.
- Moncks Corner (this station) 66°F
- Hot Greenville Cren…, AL 66°F
- Near Chino, CA 66°F
- Near Coden, AL 66°F
- Near Glennville, GA 66°F
Climate Living Index · Moncks Corner
Moncks Corner: 81/100 · grade B
Moncks Corner publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moncks Corner, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.1°F · 1.4° from 67.5°F | 94/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 261 days/year | 92/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 71 calendar days | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 52.3 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
Moncks Corner · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moncks Corner is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.6°F and warmest-month mean 83.4°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
- 83.4°F
- Coldest month
- 48.6°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 Moncks Corner sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moncks Corner's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 10% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Moncks Corner sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Moncks Corner's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Moncks Corner is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moncks Corner compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moncks Corner's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 69°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| April | 78°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.5 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.8 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 83°F (29°C) | 6.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.8 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.5 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.1 |
| October | 78°F (25°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 61°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 7.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Moncks Corner runs from a mild 38°F around January 13 to 93°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 16 through August 25, covering 71 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 21 to November 9.
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 38°F around January 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 30, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 30 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 110 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 11 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 Moncks Corner.
Where Moncks Corner 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.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Moncks Corner earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.8 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
Moncks Corner runs a summer-peaked wet season
35% of Moncks Corner'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 July at 6.8", on a 34.8°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: July, August, September, taking 36% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: November at 2.9".
- 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 Moncks Corner, it arrives in quantity
52.3" of precipitation falls across only about 110 wet days here, averaging 0.48 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 110 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.48 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- November, 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.
Moncks Corner's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
261 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,043
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,473
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Moncks Corner 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 (66°F here).
- Chino, CA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Glennville, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Hazlehurst, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Hillsboro, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hingham, MA 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Stendal, IN 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Carthage, TX 52.3" · 0.0" off
- Stuart, VA 52.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Moncks Corner's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Moncks Corner averages 52.3 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 Moncks Corner's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.8°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Moncks Corner's normal, at 2,043 and 2,473 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 261 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 Moncks Corner'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 Moncks Corner, 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 Moncks Corner's primary station: MONCKS CORNER 4 N (USC00385946). 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 4547275). Match rule for Moncks Corner: 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 Moncks Corner 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.