Orangeburg, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Orangeburg's primary NOAA station, ORANGEBURG 2.
The climate verdict for Orangeburg
Water is the standout signal in Orangeburg, South Carolina: 50.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 66°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 50.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 247 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Orangeburg: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00386527 · Orangeburg, SC 66°F mean · 50.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,106
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashburn
- PRCP-WET 50.5"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00386527
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ashburn, GA (+ 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) 66°F
- Hot Catalina State…, AZ 66°F
- Near Ashburn, GA 66°F
- Near Bay St Louis Na…, MS 66°F
- Near Brownwood, TX 66°F
Climate Living Index · Orangeburg
Orangeburg: 80/100 · grade B
Orangeburg publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Orangeburg, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 65.6°F · 1.9° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.1 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 247 days/year | 88/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 81 calendar days | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 50.5 in · 15.5 from 35 in | 45/100 · D |
Orangeburg · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Orangeburg is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.1°F and warmest-month mean 82.2°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
- 82.2°F
- Coldest month
- 48.1°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 sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Orangeburg's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 11% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Orangeburg sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 18% wettest
- Orangeburg's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Orangeburg is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Orangeburg compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Orangeburg's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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
Orangeburg's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 86 complete annual observations from 1917 to 2025, ORANGEBURG 2 changed little at a fitted rate of 0.01°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Orangeburg primary station fitted change -0.00 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.0" | 0.1" | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 8.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 78°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.3 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.0 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.4 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 62°F (17°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Orangeburg runs from a mild 36°F around January 11 to 93°F at the peak near July 16, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 12 through August 31, covering 81 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 16 to November 12.
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 36°F around January 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 31, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 30 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 113 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Orangeburg.
Where Orangeburg Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 81 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Orangeburg earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.1"
10.2 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
Orangeburg spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Orangeburg has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 34.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.8" and November 3.1". The three wettest months together take 33% 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, it arrives in quantity
50.5" of precipitation falls across only about 113 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 113 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 8
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.
Snow reaches Orangeburg, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
247 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,095
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,337
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Orangeburg 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 (66°F here).
- Ashburn, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Brownwood, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Center, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Clinton, LA 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jackson, MO 50.5" · 0.0" off
- Raleigh, NC 50.5" · 0.0" off
- Thomaston, GA 50.5" · 0.0" off
- Covington, GA 50.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Orangeburg's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Orangeburg averages 50.5 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. 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 Orangeburg's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.1°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Orangeburg's normal, at 2,095 and 2,337 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 247 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.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Orangeburg'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, 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 Orangeburg's primary station: ORANGEBURG 2 (USC00386527). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4553080). Match rule for Orangeburg: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Orangeburg 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.