Wateree Dam, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Wateree Dam's primary NOAA station, WATEREE DAM.
The climate verdict for Wateree Dam
Wateree Dam, South Carolina has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 63°F. It scores 93/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 93% of them.
- 63°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 93/100
- comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
- 38.3"
- precipitation, annual total
- 236 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Wateree Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00388979 · Wateree Dam, SC 63°F mean · 38.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,626
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashdown
- PRCP-MID 38.3"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 93/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00388979
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ashdown, AR (+ 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.
- Wateree Dam (this station) 63°F
- Hot Goodsprings, NV 63°F
- Near Ashdown, AR 63°F
- Near Chisos Basin, TX 63°F
- Near Durant, OK 63°F
Climate Living Index · Wateree Dam
Wateree Dam: 82/100 · grade B
Wateree Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wateree Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 38.3 in · 3.3 from 35 in | 88/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 62.9°F · 4.6° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 236 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 108 calendar days | 72/100 · B |
Wateree Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wateree Dam is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 43.9°F and warmest-month mean 81.4°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
- 81.4°F
- Coldest month
- 43.9°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 Wateree Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wateree Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 18% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Wateree Dam sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 54th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Wateree Dam is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wateree Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wateree Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
93 Top 7% score exceeds 93% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 67°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.9 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.8 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.7 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| November | 67°F (20°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Wateree Dam works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 12 and hold at or above 90°F on 72 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 36 dates, bottoming at 31°F around January 13.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 16 through August 26, covering 72 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 27 to November 7.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 4, then returns to freezing around December 31, covering 36 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 29, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 26 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 91 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wateree Dam.
Where Wateree Dam Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 72 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Wateree Dam earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.0 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
Wateree Dam spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Wateree Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.1" and May 2.3". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Wateree Dam, it arrives in quantity
38.3" of precipitation falls across only about 90 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 90 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
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.
Wateree Dam's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
236 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,759
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,024
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Wateree Dam 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 (63°F here).
- Ashdown, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Durant, OK 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Goodsprings, NV 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamlet, NC 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (38.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Caledonia, MN 38.3" · 0.0" off
- Eau Claire, MI 38.3" · 0.0" off
- Farmingdale, NY 38.3" · 0.0" off
- Morrison, IL 38.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Wateree Dam's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Wateree Dam's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.5°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Wateree Dam's normal, at 2,759 and 2,024 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.
A roughly 236-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Wateree Dam's 38.3 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Wateree Dam'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 Wateree Dam, 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 Wateree Dam's primary station: WATEREE DAM (USC00388979). 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 Wateree Dam; 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 Wateree Dam 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.