Orangeburg, South Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Orangeburg's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 43.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.3°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,109 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOrangeburg Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00053854
- Location33.46°N 80.86°W
- Elevation197 ft (60 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population13,378
On October 23, the normal high in Orangeburg is 75°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Orangeburg.
- Jan 58° 37°
- Feb 62° 39°
- Mar 69° 45°
- Apr 77° 52°
- May 84° 61°
- Jun 89° 69°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 90° 71°
- Sep 86° 66°
- Oct 77° 55°
- Nov 67° 44°
- Dec 60° 39°
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 Orangeburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.95 in), the least in November (2.70 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 | 58°F | 37°F | 47.3°F | 3.63 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 39°F | 50.5°F | 3.34 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 45°F | 57.1°F | 3.60 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 52°F | 64.5°F | 2.85 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 61°F | 72.1°F | 3.35 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 69°F | 78.9°F | 4.67 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 81.9°F | 4.95 | 12 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 90°F | 71°F | 80.8°F | 4.21 | 11 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 86°F | 66°F | 75.8°F | 3.98 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 55°F | 65.9°F | 3.16 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 44°F | 55.8°F | 2.70 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 39°F | 49.6°F | 3.23 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 54°F | 65.0°F | 43.67 | 121 | 75 | 35 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 3°C | 8.5°C | 92 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 85 mm |
| March | 20°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 91 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.1°C | 72 mm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 85 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 119 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.7°C | 126 mm |
| August | 32°C | 22°C | 27.1°C | 107 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 24.3°C | 101 mm |
| October | 25°C | 13°C | 18.8°C | 80 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 69 mm |
| December | 16°C | 4°C | 9.8°C | 82 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Orangeburg's own co-op station Orangeburg 2 does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053854; 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 Orangeburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USW00053854.
When is the last frost in Orangeburg?
In Orangeburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 15 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 19 in half of years and before November 3 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 151 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 191 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 249 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 282 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before December 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orangeburg in zone 8b in ZIP code 29115, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Orangeburg's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (23 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in South Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00053854; 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 Orangeburg?
In a normal year in Orangeburg, 75 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 35 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 75a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 35a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1997) is 105°F, on August 1, 1999; the lowest is 14°F, on January 24, 2003.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 58.28 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053854; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00053854. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Orangeburg?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Orangeburg, 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% | 2.9 |
| February | 73% | 3.5 |
| March | 75% | 4.5 |
| April | 81% | 5.8 |
| May | 80% | 6.2 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 80% | 4.0 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 76% | 2.6 |
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 Orangeburg need?
A normal year in Orangeburg brings 2,195 heating degree days, 59% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,234 cooling degree days, 2.5 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 5,971 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 551 | 4 |
| February | 412 | 6 |
| March | 270 | 23 |
| April | 94 | 79 |
| May | 14 | 234 |
| June | 0 | 416 |
| July | 0 | 525 |
| August | 0 | 491 |
| September | 3 | 327 |
| October | 79 | 107 |
| November | 291 | 16 |
| December | 482 | 6 |
| Year (annual) | 2,195 | 2,234 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053854. 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 Orangeburg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 64.9°F, 0.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 65.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.2°F | +0.2°F | – |
| 2022 | 65.4°F | +0.4°F | 42.25 |
| 2023 | 66.5°F | +1.5°F | – |
| 2024 | 67.5°F | +2.5°F | 51.33 |
| 2025 | 64.9°F | −0.1°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053854. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Orangeburg's climate compare?
Orangeburg is warmer than 64 of the other 72 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.0°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg share this climate record?
7 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.
- Brookdale, SC4,061 people · 4 mi N
- Edisto, SC2,261 people · 3 mi NW
- Wilkinson Heights, SC1,853 people · 3 mi NE
- Bowman, SC767 people · 13 mi SE
- Cameron, SC374 people · 11 mi NE
- Rowesville, SC251 people · 6 mi S
- Cordova, SC131 people · 4 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.
What do Orangeburg's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Orangeburg. This page uses Orangeburg Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeburg 2 USC00386527 | 1 mi SW | 185 ft | 65.6°F | 37°F | 93°F | 50.5 | 0 | March 13 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Orangeburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Orangeburg?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Orangeburg?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Orangeburg's NOAA station; Orangeburg's own co-op station Orangeburg 2 records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Orangeburg?
July, with 4.95 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.70 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Orangeburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Orangeburg in zone 8b in ZIP code 29115, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Orangeburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Orangeburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 15; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Orangeburg in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- South Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bamberg, SC16 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- N (5 mi NE), SC17 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Barnwell, SC26 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Holly Hill, SC27 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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