Orangeburg Muni, 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 Orangeburg Muni's primary NOAA station, ORANGEBURG MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Orangeburg Muni
Orangeburg Muni, South Carolina has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 65°F. It scores 96/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 96% of them.
- 65°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 43.7"
- precipitation, annual total
- 249 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Orangeburg Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00053854 · Orangeburg Muni, SC 65°F mean · 43.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,038
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ballinger
- PRCP-MID 43.7"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00053854
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ballinger, 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.
- Orangeburg (this station) 65°F
- Hot Decatur, TX 65°F
- Near Ballinger, TX 65°F
- Near Boyce, LA 65°F
- Near Cleburne, TX 65°F
Climate Living Index · Orangeburg Muni
Orangeburg Muni: 86/100 · grade A
Orangeburg Muni publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Orangeburg Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 65.0°F · 2.5° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 249 days/year | 88/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 61 calendar days | 88/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 43.7 in · 8.7 from 35 in | 69/100 · C |
Orangeburg Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Orangeburg Muni is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 47.3°F and warmest-month mean 81.9°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
- 81.9°F
- Coldest month
- 47.3°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 Orangeburg Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Orangeburg Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 12% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Orangeburg Muni sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 66th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Orangeburg Muni is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Orangeburg Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Orangeburg Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
96 Top 4% score exceeds 96% 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%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
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) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.6" | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 3.3" | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 69°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.9" | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 15.9 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 22.5 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.2" | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| November | 67°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.7" | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.2" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Orangeburg Muni runs from a mild 37°F around January 10 to 92°F at the peak near July 14, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 21 through August 20, covering 61 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 21 to November 6.
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 37°F around January 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 9, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 22 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 122 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 22 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 Orangeburg Muni.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
Orangeburg Muni spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Orangeburg Muni has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 34.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.0" and November 2.7". The three wettest months together take 32% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Orangeburg Muni, it arrives in quantity
43.7" of precipitation falls across only about 121 wet days here, averaging 0.36 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 121 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 9
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
249 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,195
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,234
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Orangeburg Muni 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 (65°F here).
- Ballinger, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Boyce, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Cleburne, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Decatur, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (43.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Palmyra, VA 43.7" · 0.0" off
- Salisbury, NC 43.7" · 0.0" off
- Sunbury, PA 43.7" · 0.0" off
- Key West, FL 43.6" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Orangeburg Muni's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Orangeburg Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.6°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Orangeburg Muni's normal, at 2,195 and 2,234 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 249 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.
Orangeburg Muni's 43.7 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Orangeburg Muni'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 Orangeburg Muni, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
Questions about Orangeburg Muni's climate
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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 Orangeburg Muni's primary station: ORANGEBURG MUNI AP (USW00053854). 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 Orangeburg Muni; 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 Orangeburg Muni 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.