Mount Pleasant climate — normals and trends
Mount Pleasant (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,103 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Mount Pleasant averages 33 frost days, 110 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Mount Pleasant has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 38 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 2 August 2011) and the coldest -20.4 °C (on 2 February 1951).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Mount PleasantTexas
- coords
- 33.16°, -94.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.9°C
Average daily high
23.5°C
Average daily low
12.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,103mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
33 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
110 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.6 cm
Average feels-like high
24.1 °C
Average feels-like low
12.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
107 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
43.2 °C
2 August 2011
Coldest day
-20.4 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
111 mm
29 April 2017
Windiest day
41.6 km/h
12 September 1961
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
10 December 1971
Hottest feels-like
47.4 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-26.3 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
16.2 cm
1 March 1942
Sunniest day
13.8 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 112 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | 14.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 97 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 22.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 80 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 25.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 276 mm | +141 mm |
| May | 27.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 110 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 32.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 118 mm | +31 mm |
| Jul | 35.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 34.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 72 mm | +21 mm |
| Sep | 32.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 21 mm | -49 mm |
| Oct | 28.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 53 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | 22.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 66 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 17.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 14 mm | -76 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 1,103 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mount Pleasant?
The hottest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2011, reaching 43.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mount Pleasant?
The coldest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -20.4 °C.
Does it snow in Mount Pleasant?
Yes. Mount Pleasant gets on average 5.6 cm of snow per year and has around 33 frost days.
Has the climate of Mount Pleasant warmed?
Yes: Mount Pleasant warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mount Pleasant?
The wettest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2017, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mount Pleasant?
The windiest day measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1961, with winds reaching 41.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mount Pleasant?
The warmest month in Mount Pleasant is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant receives on average 1,103 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mount Pleasant?
Mount Pleasant gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mount Pleasant?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mount Pleasant between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1942, with 16.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mount Pleasant?
Yes: Mount Pleasant has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mount Pleasant?
In Mount Pleasant, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 3 August 2011, and the lowest was -26.3 °C on 2 February 1951.
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