North Myrtle Beach climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of North Myrtle Beach?

North Myrtle Beach has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,257 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in North Myrtle Beach?

The hottest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1952, reaching 36.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in North Myrtle Beach?

The coldest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -12.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in North Myrtle Beach?

Yes. North Myrtle Beach gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of North Myrtle Beach warmed?

Yes: North Myrtle Beach warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in North Myrtle Beach?

The wettest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2019, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in North Myrtle Beach?

The windiest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1996, with winds reaching 87.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in North Myrtle Beach?

The warmest month in North Myrtle Beach is July (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in North Myrtle Beach?

North Myrtle Beach receives on average 1,257 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in North Myrtle Beach?

North Myrtle Beach gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

North Myrtle Beach (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,257 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

North Myrtle Beach averages 7 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.

North Myrtle Beach has warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.05 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 26 June 1952) and the coldest -12.1 °C (on 21 January 1985).

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

North Myrtle BeachSouth Carolina

coords: 33.82°, -78.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

18.4°C

Average daily high

21.6°C

Average daily low

15.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,257mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

21.8km/h

Seasonal range

17.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

7 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

131 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.3 cm

Average feels-like high

22.2 °C

Average feels-like low

14.6 °C

Average peak gust

37.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

134 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.4 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.06 · p = 0.030

19402025

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

36.1 °C

26 June 1952

Coldest day

-12.1 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

183 mm

5 September 2019

Windiest day

87.9 km/h

5 September 1996

Strongest gust

172.4 km/h

5 September 1996

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

1 August 1999

Coldest feels-like

-19.7 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

17.9 cm

10 February 1973

Sunniest day

13.9 h

7 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.6 °C27 July 2025	-4.9 °C15 December 2025	18.5 °C	1,230 mm	24	13
2024	32.7 °C24 June 2024	-4.6 °C21 January 2024	19.0 °C	1,287 mm	23	7
2023	32.3 °C21 July 2023	1.0 °C15 January 2023	19.2 °C	1,372 mm	40	0
2022	32.3 °C1 August 2022	-5.5 °C24 December 2022	18.8 °C	1,160 mm	34	9
2021	31.7 °C31 July 2021	-0.9 °C29 January 2021	18.7 °C	1,263 mm	15	2
2020	32.4 °C4 September 2020	-1.6 °C26 December 2020	19.4 °C	1,500 mm	37	3
2019	33.5 °C29 May 2019	-1.2 °C21 January 2019	19.5 °C	1,252 mm	51	2
2018	31.7 °C20 June 2018	-6.0 °C7 January 2018	18.9 °C	1,710 mm	27	13
2017	32.1 °C7 July 2017	-4.7 °C8 January 2017	19.3 °C	1,216 mm	25	4
2016	34.0 °C8 July 2016	-2.8 °C14 February 2016	19.2 °C	1,329 mm	52	5
2015	33.4 °C16 June 2015	-7.0 °C20 February 2015	19.2 °C	1,661 mm	36	10
2014	32.4 °C28 July 2014	-6.4 °C7 January 2014	18.1 °C	1,415 mm	20	10
2013	32.3 °C13 June 2013	-0.7 °C25 January 2013	18.2 °C	1,314 mm	12	2
2012	33.0 °C9 July 2012	-2.4 °C4 January 2012	19.1 °C	1,239 mm	25	3
2011	33.6 °C20 June 2011	-2.7 °C9 January 2011	19.0 °C	914 mm	34	5
2010	33.2 °C14 June 2010	-3.9 °C15 December 2010	18.1 °C	1,092 mm	45	22
2009	32.6 °C20 June 2009	-4.0 °C21 January 2009	18.4 °C	1,182 mm	15	8
2008	33.0 °C6 August 2008	-2.0 °C4 January 2008	18.7 °C	1,178 mm	22	6
2007	32.7 °C8 August 2007	-1.9 °C6 February 2007	18.9 °C	941 mm	25	5
2006	32.9 °C4 August 2006	-1.9 °C9 December 2006	18.5 °C	1,160 mm	26	4
2005	33.6 °C27 July 2005	-5.0 °C24 January 2005	18.2 °C	1,415 mm	31	7
2004	32.7 °C6 July 2004	-4.9 °C20 December 2004	18.1 °C	1,229 mm	16	12
2003	32.0 °C9 July 2003	-6.7 °C24 January 2003	18.1 °C	1,533 mm	13	8
2002	33.5 °C30 July 2002	-2.4 °C28 February 2002	18.6 °C	1,355 mm	21	3
2001	31.6 °C8 August 2001	-3.2 °C3 January 2001	18.5 °C	1,012 mm	9	6
2000	32.5 °C11 July 2000	-5.2 °C28 January 2000	17.7 °C	1,060 mm	18	11
1999	35.1 °C1 August 1999	-3.6 °C6 January 1999	18.5 °C	1,468 mm	27	5
1998	34.4 °C30 June 1998	-1.4 °C1 January 1998	19.1 °C	1,560 mm	44	3
1997	31.7 °C18 August 1997	-4.2 °C18 January 1997	18.0 °C	1,558 mm	11	3
1996	32.8 °C1 July 1996	-8.1 °C5 February 1996	17.7 °C	1,491 mm	12	10
1995	33.5 °C17 August 1995	-5.1 °C9 February 1995	18.2 °C	1,114 mm	17	13
1994	31.5 °C22 June 1994	-7.0 °C16 January 1994	18.6 °C	1,206 mm	11	8
1993	33.6 °C12 July 1993	-2.6 °C15 March 1993	18.5 °C	1,349 mm	46	4
1992	33.3 °C9 July 1992	-0.3 °C20 January 1992	18.1 °C	1,532 mm	15	2
1991	32.1 °C8 July 1991	-4.9 °C16 February 1991	18.9 °C	1,273 mm	30	5
1990	33.2 °C1 July 1990	-1.7 °C26 February 1990	19.6 °C	1,034 mm	33	1
1989	33.4 °C11 July 1989	-6.8 °C25 December 1989	18.3 °C	1,502 mm	22	9
1988	32.0 °C18 August 1988	-3.1 °C7 February 1988	17.5 °C	1,170 mm	17	14
1987	34.5 °C22 July 1987	-0.9 °C27 January 1987	18.2 °C	1,164 mm	34	2
1986	35.0 °C19 July 1986	-7.7 °C28 January 1986	19.0 °C	1,147 mm	49	9
1985	32.3 °C10 June 1985	-12.1 °C21 January 1985	18.7 °C	1,439 mm	25	13
1984	33.0 °C19 June 1984	-3.5 °C22 January 1984	18.2 °C	1,209 mm	26	7
1983	34.2 °C22 July 1983	-8.9 °C25 December 1983	17.9 °C	1,474 mm	38	8
1982	31.7 °C25 August 1982	-7.8 °C11 January 1982	18.3 °C	1,416 mm	7	9
1981	34.2 °C15 June 1981	-6.6 °C13 January 1981	17.4 °C	1,028 mm	29	20
1980	33.2 °C1 August 1980	-6.6 °C3 March 1980	17.9 °C	1,300 mm	37	13
1979	32.3 °C9 August 1979	-4.0 °C19 February 1979	17.9 °C	1,088 mm	26	13
1978	32.5 °C28 June 1978	-5.2 °C7 February 1978	18.0 °C	1,051 mm	29	18
1977	33.6 °C21 July 1977	-7.8 °C17 January 1977	18.2 °C	1,042 mm	39	25
1976	32.4 °C15 July 1976	-4.0 °C19 January 1976	18.0 °C	1,248 mm	14	7
1975	32.3 °C17 August 1975	-3.5 °C19 December 1975	19.2 °C	1,265 mm	33	3
1974	32.5 °C11 July 1974	-2.1 °C26 February 1974	18.7 °C	1,244 mm	8	1
1973	31.5 °C13 August 1973	-5.6 °C12 February 1973	18.5 °C	1,299 mm	12	11
1972	32.3 °C9 August 1972	-5.4 °C16 January 1972	18.2 °C	1,055 mm	26	6
1971	31.2 °C15 July 1971	-4.2 °C20 January 1971	18.4 °C	1,517 mm	11	10
1970	32.7 °C19 June 1970	-7.4 °C9 January 1970	18.1 °C	1,121 mm	31	14
1969	32.4 °C13 July 1969	-1.8 °C5 January 1969	17.3 °C	981 mm	17	10
1968	33.5 °C7 August 1968	-3.2 °C8 January 1968	17.7 °C	1,273 mm	33	13
1967	31.5 °C12 July 1967	-5.7 °C26 February 1967	18.0 °C	1,126 mm	6	3
1966	31.8 °C13 July 1966	-7.1 °C30 January 1966	17.7 °C	1,249 mm	24	7
1965	32.0 °C27 August 1965	-1.5 °C17 January 1965	18.2 °C	1,063 mm	16	6
1964	32.5 °C15 June 1964	-2.7 °C14 January 1964	18.3 °C	1,371 mm	10	6
1963	31.6 °C19 July 1963	-5.4 °C24 January 1963	17.6 °C	1,158 mm	21	17
1962	32.3 °C15 May 1962	-8.9 °C13 December 1962	18.0 °C	1,208 mm	22	10
1961	32.4 °C31 July 1961	-4.3 °C22 January 1961	18.0 °C	1,182 mm	15	5
1960	32.1 °C2 July 1960	-4.3 °C13 December 1960	17.6 °C	1,249 mm	23	18
1959	34.9 °C29 June 1959	-4.6 °C17 January 1959	18.7 °C	1,410 mm	24	10
1958	33.0 °C14 June 1958	-6.7 °C17 February 1958	17.4 °C	1,334 mm	30	23
1957	32.0 °C31 August 1957	-5.9 °C12 December 1957	18.7 °C	1,566 mm	26	5
1956	32.5 °C6 August 1956	-0.5 °C9 January 1956	18.5 °C	1,024 mm	28	2
1955	31.2 °C18 August 1955	-4.9 °C13 February 1955	18.2 °C	1,213 mm	12	10
1954	34.3 °C17 August 1954	-3.1 °C13 January 1954	18.5 °C	889 mm	41	3
1953	32.1 °C3 August 1953	-3.6 °C18 December 1953	18.9 °C	1,180 mm	19	3
1952	36.1 °C26 June 1952	-2.1 °C30 January 1952	18.7 °C	1,168 mm	40	3
1951	32.3 °C13 July 1951	-3.1 °C16 December 1951	18.4 °C	1,024 mm	22	8
1950	33.3 °C25 June 1950	-3.9 °C26 November 1950	18.6 °C	1,057 mm	19	4
1949	33.5 °C28 July 1949	0.5 °C1 March 1949	19.3 °C	1,271 mm	18	0
1948	32.7 °C25 June 1948	-5.3 °C15 January 1948	18.7 °C	1,693 mm	17	8
1947	31.5 °C2 August 1947	-3.2 °C5 February 1947	18.1 °C	1,447 mm	13	8
1946	31.0 °C21 June 1946	0.6 °C2 January 1946	18.8 °C	1,178 mm	8	0
1945	31.0 °C7 August 1945	-2.2 °C1 February 1945	18.9 °C	1,717 mm	12	4
1944	34.0 °C23 June 1944	0.1 °C13 February 1944	19.0 °C	1,247 mm	27	0
1943	32.9 °C5 June 1943	-1.8 °C15 February 1943	18.6 °C	1,187 mm	20	3
1942	34.2 °C20 July 1942	-2.3 °C11 January 1942	18.9 °C	981 mm	36	2
1941	31.8 °C31 July 1941	0.0 °C1 March 1941	18.7 °C	1,071 mm	20	0
1940	33.0 °C25 July 1940	-4.0 °C3 February 1940	18.0 °C	1,191 mm	14	7

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

21.6 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

13 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1230 mm

-27 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.9 °C	-3.4 °C	68 mm	-27 mm
Feb	15.1 °C	+0.7 °C	41 mm	-52 mm
Mar	18.4 °C	+1.2 °C	124 mm	+21 mm
Apr	22.3 °C	+1.4 °C	30 mm	-39 mm
May	25.6 °C	+1.0 °C	162 mm	+82 mm
Jun	28.7 °C	+0.9 °C	109 mm	+3 mm
Jul	30.0 °C	+0.8 °C	168 mm	+20 mm
Aug	28.2 °C	-0.5 °C	201 mm	+40 mm
Sep	26.6 °C	-0.2 °C	69 mm	-74 mm
Oct	22.0 °C	-0.8 °C	165 mm	+73 mm
Nov	18.9 °C	+0.5 °C	21 mm	-55 mm
Dec	13.7 °C	-1.0 °C	73 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.6 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-4.9 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

56.5 mm

12 Oct 2025

Windiest day

49.3 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

93.2 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-12.0 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

9.5 cm

22 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

3 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of North Myrtle Beach?

North Myrtle Beach has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,257 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in North Myrtle Beach?

The hottest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1952, reaching 36.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in North Myrtle Beach?

The coldest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -12.1 °C.

Does it snow in North Myrtle Beach?

Yes. North Myrtle Beach gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.

Has the climate of North Myrtle Beach warmed?

Yes: North Myrtle Beach warmed by +0.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in North Myrtle Beach?

The wettest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2019, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in North Myrtle Beach?

The windiest day measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 1996, with winds reaching 87.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in North Myrtle Beach?

The warmest month in North Myrtle Beach is July (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

How much does it rain in North Myrtle Beach?

North Myrtle Beach receives on average 1,257 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.

Is it sunny in North Myrtle Beach?

North Myrtle Beach gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in North Myrtle Beach?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in North Myrtle Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1973, with 17.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in North Myrtle Beach?

Yes: North Myrtle Beach has on average 134 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in North Myrtle Beach?

In North Myrtle Beach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 1 August 1999, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 21 January 1985.

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