Newberry, South Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Newberry's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 46.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.6°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,182 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNewberry
- Station IDUSC00386209
- Location34.29°N 81.62°W
- Elevation513 ft (156 m)
- Population10,874
On October 23, the normal high in Newberry is 72°F and the normal low 47°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Newberry.
- Jan 54° 31°
- Feb 58° 34°
- Mar 65° 40°
- Apr 74° 49°
- May 82° 58°
- Jun 88° 66°
- Jul 91° 70°
- Aug 89° 69°
- Sep 84° 62°
- Oct 75° 50°
- Nov 64° 40°
- Dec 57° 34°
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 Newberry each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in August (4.85 in), the least in April (3.24 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 | 54°F | 31°F | 42.6°F | 3.96 | – | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 34°F | 46.0°F | 3.66 | – | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 40°F | 52.4°F | 4.26 | – | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 49°F | 61.3°F | 3.24 | – | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 58°F | 69.8°F | 3.40 | – | 5 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 66°F | 77.3°F | 4.25 | – | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 70°F | 80.6°F | 4.01 | – | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 89°F | 69°F | 78.9°F | 4.85 | – | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 62°F | 73.3°F | 3.97 | – | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 50°F | 62.5°F | 3.24 | – | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 40°F | 51.9°F | 3.53 | – | <1 | 7 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 34°F | 45.4°F | 4.18 | – | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 50°F | 61.8°F | 46.55 | – | 70 | 63 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 0°C | 5.9°C | 101 mm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.8°C | 93 mm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 11.3°C | 108 mm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 16.3°C | 82 mm |
| May | 28°C | 14°C | 21.0°C | 86 mm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 108 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.0°C | 102 mm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 123 mm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 101 mm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 82 mm |
| November | 18°C | 4°C | 11.1°C | 90 mm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.4°C | 106 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Little Mountain (13 miles away), gets 1 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00386209; 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 Newberry?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September and October.
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 USC00386209.
When is the last frost in Newberry?
In Newberry, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 31 in half of years and after April 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 26 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 311 year in 10 after April 15; 9 in 10 after March 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 24
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 223 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 248 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 18 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newberry in zone 8a in ZIP code 29108, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Newberry's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in South Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00386209; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 Newberry?
In a normal year in Newberry, 70 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more) and 63 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 70a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 63a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 108°F, on July 21, 1926; the lowest is −8°F, on February 14, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 67.84 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 8.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00386209; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00386209. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Newberry?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Newberry, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.7 |
| February | 71% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 3.9 |
| November | 79% | 3.0 |
| December | 73% | 2.4 |
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 Newberry need?
A normal year in Newberry brings 2,978 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,850 cooling degree days, 2.0 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,149 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 695 | 1 |
| February | 533 | 1 |
| March | 400 | 8 |
| April | 160 | 49 |
| May | 35 | 182 |
| June | 2 | 371 |
| July | 0 | 485 |
| August | 0 | 429 |
| September | 11 | 259 |
| October | 138 | 59 |
| November | 398 | 5 |
| December | 607 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,978 | 1,850 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00386209. 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 Newberry been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.2°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.8°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.7°F | +0.9°F | 44.86 |
| 2022 | 62.8°F | +1.0°F | 46.30 |
| 2023 | 63.4°F | +1.6°F | 49.40 |
| 2025 | 63.2°F | +1.4°F | 50.20 |
Over 85 complete years from 1889 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00386209; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Newberry's climate compare?
Newberry is warmer than 18 of the other 72 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 17. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.8°F is warmer than 79%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Newberry 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 Newberry share this climate record?
2 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.
- Helena, SC571 people · 2 mi SW
- Silverstreet, SC169 people · 7 mi SW
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 Newberry's climate
What is the coldest month in Newberry?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Newberry?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Newberry's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Little Mountain (13 miles away), records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Newberry?
August, with 4.85 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 3.24 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Newberry in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Newberry in zone 8a in ZIP code 29108, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Newberry's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Newberry?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 31; in one year in ten it comes after April 15. Waiting until April 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Newberry in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- South Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Little Mountain, SC14 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Lake Greenwood, SC18 miles from this station, 60.8°F a year
- Clinton, SC19 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Union, SC22 miles from this station, 60.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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