Winthrop Univ, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Winthrop Univ's primary NOAA station, WINTHROP UNIV.
The climate verdict for Winthrop Univ
Winthrop Univ, South Carolina has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 62°F. It scores 92/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 92% of them.
- 62°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 92/100
- comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
- 42.6"
- annual precipitation
- 223 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Winthrop Univ: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00389350 · Winthrop Univ, SC 62°F mean · 42.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,489
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Calhoun Falls
- PRCP-MID 42.6"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 92/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00389350
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Calhoun Falls, SC (+ 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.
- Winthrop Univ (this station) 62°F
- Hot Elizabethtown, NC 62°F
- Near Calhoun Falls, SC 62°F
- Near Covington, GA 62°F
- Near Edenton, NC 62°F
Climate Living Index · Winthrop Univ
Winthrop Univ: 84/100 · grade B
Winthrop Univ publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Winthrop Univ, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 92/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 39 calendar days | 94/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 62.1°F · 5.4° from 67.5°F | 83/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 223 days/year | 78/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 42.6 in · 7.6 from 35 in | 73/100 · B |
Winthrop Univ · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Winthrop Univ is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 43.0°F and warmest-month mean 80.2°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
- 80.2°F
- Coldest month
- 43.0°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 Winthrop Univ sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Winthrop Univ's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 20% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Winthrop Univ sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 64th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Winthrop Univ is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Winthrop Univ compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Winthrop Univ's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
92 Top 8% score exceeds 92% 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
Winthrop Univ's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 89 complete annual observations from 1902 to 2025, WINTHROP UNIV changed little at a fitted rate of 0.02°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Winthrop Univ primary station fitted change +0.02 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.6" | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.1" | 11.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.9" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.7" | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 19.9 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 15.2 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.9" | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.3" | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.6" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Winthrop Univ runs from a mild 32°F around January 16 to 91°F at the peak near July 11, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 29 through August 6, covering 39 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 30 to October 27.
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 32°F around January 16.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 15, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 14 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 105 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 11 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 Winthrop Univ.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.9 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
Winthrop Univ spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Winthrop Univ has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.1" and October 2.9". The three wettest months together take 28% 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 Winthrop Univ, it arrives in quantity
42.6" of precipitation falls across only about 104 wet days here, averaging 0.41 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 104 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 7
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 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
223 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,872
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,839
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to Winthrop Univ 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 (62°F here).
- Covington, GA 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Edenton, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabethtown, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Frederick, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (42.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Delanson, NY 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Berlin, NH 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Bellefontaine, OH 42.6" · 0.0" off
- Rangeley, ME 42.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Winthrop Univ's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Winthrop Univ's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.2°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Winthrop Univ's normal, at 2,872 and 1,839 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 223-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.
Winthrop Univ's 42.6 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 Winthrop Univ'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 Winthrop Univ, 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 Winthrop Univ's primary station: WINTHROP UNIV (USC00389350). 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 Winthrop Univ; 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 Winthrop Univ 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.