York, SC Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from York's primary NOAA station, YORK 5 SSE.
The climate verdict for York
York, South Carolina has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 60°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 60°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 216 days
- frost-free days per growing season
York: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00389625 · York, SC 60°F mean · 44.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,077
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greensboro Wtp
- PRCP-MID 44.1"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,457 HDD
- STN-1 USC00389625
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Greensboro Wtp, NC (+ 0.1 °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.
- York (this station) 60°F
- Cold Cleveland Fltr…, TN 60°F
- Hot Beatty, NV 60°F
- Near Greensboro Wtp, NC 60°F
- Near Langley, VA 60°F
Climate Living Index · York
York: 78/100 · grade B
York publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for York, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 58 calendar days | 89/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.7°F · 7.8° from 67.5°F | 75/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 216 days/year | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 44.1 in · 9.1 from 35 in | 68/100 · C |
York · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
York is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 40.3°F and warmest-month mean 79.0°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
- 79.0°F
- Coldest month
- 40.3°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 · heating-led station
Where York sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for York's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 26% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, York sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 67th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for York is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How York compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
York's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 3.6" | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 3.1" | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 63°F (17°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.1" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 10.6 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 17.9 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.3" | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 3.4" | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 4.0" | 15.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 58 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 29°F near January 11.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 12, then returns to freezing around December 17, covering 58 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 December 24, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 15 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 108 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for York.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.7 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
York 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. York has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 4.4" and February 3.1". 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 York, it arrives in quantity
44.1" of precipitation falls across only about 108 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 108 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 11
- 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 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
216 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,457
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,565
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside SC closest to York 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 (60°F here).
- Cary, NC 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Centre, AL 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Chapel Hill, NC 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Emporia, VA 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hanover, PA 44.1" · 0.0" off
- Philadelphia, PA 44.1" · 0.0" off
- Hiram, OH 44.1" · 0.0" off
- Washington, MO 44.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How York's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
York's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,457 annual heating degree days against 1,565 for cooling. Its 38.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
York's frost-free season lasts about 216 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in York's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.7°F. The annual average is 60°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
York's 44.1 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 York's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for York, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 York's primary station: YORK 5 SSE (USC00389625). 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 4579630). Match rule for York: 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 York 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.