Moncks Corner, South Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Moncks Corner's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 52.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.9°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,329 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMoncks Corner (4 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00385946
- Location33.24°N 79.99°W
- Elevation49 ft (15 m)
- Population18,359
On October 23, the normal high in Moncks Corner is 75°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Moncks Corner.
- Jan 59° 38°
- Feb 62° 41°
- Mar 69° 46°
- Apr 78° 53°
- May 84° 62°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 93° 74°
- Aug 91° 72°
- Sep 86° 67°
- Oct 78° 57°
- Nov 68° 47°
- Dec 61° 41°
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 Moncks Corner each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in July (6.76 in), the least in November (2.87 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 38°F | 48.6°F | 3.66 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 41°F | 51.1°F | 3.44 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 46°F | 57.3°F | 3.49 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 53°F | 65.4°F | 3.03 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 62°F | 73.3°F | 3.56 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 80.1°F | 5.42 | 10 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 74°F | 83.4°F | 6.76 | 12 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 72°F | 81.8°F | 6.25 | 12 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 86°F | 67°F | 76.7°F | 5.82 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 57°F | 67.2°F | 4.10 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 68°F | 47°F | 57.4°F | 2.87 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 41°F | 50.9°F | 3.92 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 56°F | 66.1°F | 52.32 | 110 | 85 | 32 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 4°C | 9.2°C | 93 mm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 10.6°C | 87 mm |
| March | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 89 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 77 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 90 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 138 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.6°C | 172 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.7°C | 159 mm |
| September | 30°C | 20°C | 24.8°C | 148 mm |
| October | 25°C | 14°C | 19.6°C | 104 mm |
| November | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 73 mm |
| December | 16°C | 5°C | 10.5°C | 100 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00385946; 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 Moncks Corner?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November 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 USC00385946.
When is the last frost in Moncks Corner?
In Moncks Corner, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 10 in half of years and after March 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 26 in half of years and before November 7 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
- March 101 year in 10 after March 29; 9 in 10 after February 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 261 year in 10 before November 7; 9 in 10 before December 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 265 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 296 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 22 in half of springs and before December 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moncks Corner in zone 8b in ZIP code 29461, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in South Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00385946; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Moncks Corner?
In a normal year in Moncks Corner, 85 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 32 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 110 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 85a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 32a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 110a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00385946.
How sunny is Moncks Corner?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Moncks Corner, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.8 |
| February | 73% | 3.4 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 81% | 5.8 |
| May | 81% | 6.3 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 78% | 4.8 |
| October | 80% | 4.0 |
| November | 80% | 3.1 |
| December | 77% | 2.5 |
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 Moncks Corner need?
A normal year in Moncks Corner brings 2,043 heating degree days, 62% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,473 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,302 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 515 | 5 |
| February | 395 | 7 |
| March | 267 | 28 |
| April | 86 | 97 |
| May | 12 | 271 |
| June | 1 | 454 |
| July | 0 | 570 |
| August | 0 | 519 |
| September | 3 | 354 |
| October | 65 | 133 |
| November | 256 | 28 |
| December | 444 | 7 |
| Year (annual) | 2,043 | 2,473 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00385946. 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 Moncks Corner been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 65.1°F, 1.0°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 66.1°F. 0 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 66.0°F | −0.1°F | 43.64 |
| 2023 | 65.7°F | −0.4°F | 52.40 |
| 2024 | 66.1°F | at normal | 47.44 |
| 2025 | 65.1°F | −1.0°F | 41.06 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00385946. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Moncks Corner's climate compare?
Moncks Corner is warmer than 69 of the other 72 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 52. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.1°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Moncks Corner 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 Moncks Corner share this climate record?
6 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.
- Pimlico, SC1,940 people · 10 mi S
- St. Stephen, SC1,592 people · 12 mi N
- Bonneau Beach, SC1,543 people · 6 mi N
- Pinopolis, SC950 people · 3 mi W
- Bonneau, SC433 people · 5 mi N
- Russellville, SC273 people · 11 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 Moncks Corner's climate
What is the coldest month in Moncks Corner?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow in Moncks Corner?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Moncks Corner?
July, with 6.76 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.87 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Moncks Corner in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Moncks Corner in zone 8b in ZIP code 29461, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Moncks Corner?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 10; in one year in ten it comes after March 29. Waiting until March 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Moncks Corner in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- South Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Jamestown, SC17 miles from this station, 64.6°F a year
- Summerville, SC20 miles from this station, 63.8°F a year
- Charleston, SC24 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Holly Hill, SC25 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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