Table Rock, South Carolina climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Table Rock's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 68.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.9°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,740 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTable Rock
- Station IDUSC00388472
- Location35.02°N 82.69°W
- Elevation1,100 ft (335 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Table Rock is 71°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Table Rock.
- Jan 52° 28°
- Feb 55° 30°
- Mar 63° 36°
- Apr 72° 44°
- May 79° 54°
- Jun 85° 63°
- Jul 88° 66°
- Aug 87° 66°
- Sep 81° 60°
- Oct 73° 47°
- Nov 62° 37°
- Dec 54° 31°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Table Rock each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in January (6.78 in), the least in May (5.03 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 28°F | 39.8°F | 6.78 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 30°F | 42.7°F | 5.27 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 36°F | 49.6°F | 6.21 | 12 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 44°F | 58.2°F | 5.18 | 11 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 54°F | 66.2°F | 5.03 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 85°F | 63°F | 73.9°F | 5.24 | 14 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 88°F | 66°F | 77.2°F | 6.07 | 15 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 66°F | 76.0°F | 6.45 | 14 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 81°F | 60°F | 70.5°F | 5.31 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 47°F | 59.9°F | 5.17 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 37°F | 49.5°F | 5.26 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 54°F | 31°F | 42.6°F | 6.54 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 47°F | 58.8°F | 68.51 | 135 | 37 | 86 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 172 mm |
| February | 13°C | −1°C | 5.9°C | 134 mm |
| March | 17°C | 2°C | 9.8°C | 158 mm |
| April | 22°C | 7°C | 14.6°C | 132 mm |
| May | 26°C | 12°C | 19.0°C | 128 mm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 133 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 154 mm |
| August | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 164 mm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 135 mm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.5°C | 131 mm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 134 mm |
| December | 12°C | −1°C | 5.9°C | 166 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Caesars Head (7 miles away), gets 7 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00388472; 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.
Which months are mildest at Table Rock?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00388472.
When is the last frost at Table Rock?
In Table Rock, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 9 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 17 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
- April 91 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 17; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 205 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 229 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 28 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Table Rock in zone 8a in ZIP code 29635, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (20 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 USC00388472; 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 at Table Rock?
In a normal year in Table Rock, 37 days a year reach 90°F, 86 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 135 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 37a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 86a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 135a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2000) is 102°F, on July 2, 2012; the lowest is 4°F, on January 8, 2014.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 104.72 in; the snowiest season is 2021–22, with 7.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00388472; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00388472. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Table Rock?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Table Rock, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. November is the sunniest month (77%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.6 |
| February | 70% | 3.3 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 74% | 5.4 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 76% | 6.2 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.8 |
| November | 77% | 3.0 |
| December | 71% | 2.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Table Rock record?
A normal year at Table Rock brings 3,549 heating degree days, 34% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,333 cooling degree days, 47% more than 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 4,330 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 780 | 0 |
| February | 624 | 0 |
| March | 480 | 3 |
| April | 225 | 20 |
| May | 67 | 104 |
| June | 2 | 269 |
| July | 0 | 377 |
| August | 0 | 343 |
| September | 19 | 184 |
| October | 190 | 32 |
| November | 468 | 2 |
| December | 693 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,549 | 1,333 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00388472. 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.
Have recent years at Table Rock been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 59.3°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.4°F | +0.6°F | 68.68 |
| 2022 | 58.9°F | +0.1°F | 73.29 |
| 2023 | 59.7°F | +0.9°F | 67.74 |
| 2024 | 60.5°F | +1.7°F | 79.82 |
| 2025 | 59.3°F | +0.5°F | 62.24 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00388472. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Table Rock's climate compare?
Table Rock is warmer than 2 of the 73 places with their own NOAA record in South Carolina, and wetter than 63. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.8°F is warmer than 71%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Table Rock 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 Table Rock 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.
- Rosman, NC751 people · 11 mi NW
- Dacusville, SC216 people · 10 mi SE
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 Table Rock's climate
What is the coldest month at Table Rock?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Table Rock?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Caesars Head (7 miles away), records 7 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Table Rock?
January, with 6.78 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 5.03 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Table Rock in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Table Rock in zone 8a in ZIP code 29635, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come at Table Rock?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 9; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- South Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Caesars Head, SC7 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- Pickens, SC10 miles from this station, 60.6°F a year
- Brevard, NC14 miles from this station, 55.2°F a year
- Lake Toxaway (2 mi SW), NC16 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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