N, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from N's primary NOAA station, N 5NE.
The climate verdict for N
Water is the standout signal in N, South Carolina: 54.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 64°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 54.5"
- annual precipitation
- 225 days
- frost-free days per growing season
N: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00386299 · N, SC 64°F mean · 54.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bridgeport
- PRCP-WET 54.5"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00386299
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bridgeport, TX (+ 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.
- N (this station) 64°F
- Hot Greenwood Leflo…, MS 64°F
- Near Bridgeport, TX 64°F
- Near Dumas, AR 64°F
- Near Greenville, MS 64°F
Climate Living Index · N
N: 75/100 · grade B
N publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for N, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 64.0°F · 3.5° from 67.5°F | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 71 calendar days | 85/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 225 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 54.5 in · 19.5 from 35 in | 30/100 · F |
N · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
N is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.9°F and warmest-month mean 82.6°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
- 82.6°F
- Coldest month
- 45.9°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 N sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for N's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 14% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, N sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 12% wettest
- N's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for N is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How N compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
N's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.3" | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 4.0" | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.2" | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.3" | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 19.8 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.7" | 0.0 | 27.2 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 6.4" | 0.0 | 24.2 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 15.0 |
| October | 76°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.5" | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.6" | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.4" | 9.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in N runs from a mild 33°F around January 16 to 93°F at the peak near July 11, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 14 through August 23, covering 71 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 23 to November 2.
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 33°F around January 16.
The widest day
March 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for N.
Where N 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 55 inches.
N earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
N runs a summer-peaked wet season
35% of N'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 7.7", on a 36.7°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, June, taking 35% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 3.3".
- Winter share: 23% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
225 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,514
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,182
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to N 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 (64°F here).
- Bridgeport, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Dumas, AR 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Greenville, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Kermit, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (54.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Alexandria, LA 54.5" · 0.0" off
- Idabel, OK 54.5" · 0.0" off
- Byrdstown, TN 54.6" · 0.0" off
- Woodbine, GA 54.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How N's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. N averages 54.5 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 N's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.7°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in N's normal, at 2,514 and 2,182 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 225-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 N'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 N, 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 N's primary station: N 5NE (USC00386299). 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 N; 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 N 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.