Spartanburg climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Spartanburg?

Spartanburg has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 1,127 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Spartanburg?

The hottest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2012, reaching 41.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Spartanburg?

The coldest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1970, at -19.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Spartanburg?

Yes. Spartanburg gets on average 12.9 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Spartanburg warmed?

Yes: Spartanburg warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Spartanburg?

The wettest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1990, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Spartanburg?

The windiest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Spartanburg?

The warmest month in Spartanburg is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Spartanburg?

Spartanburg receives on average 1,127 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Spartanburg?

Spartanburg gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Spartanburg (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 1,127 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Spartanburg averages 53 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.

Spartanburg has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 59 to 47 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 1 July 2012) and the coldest -19.5 °C (on 10 January 1970).

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

SpartanburgSouth Carolina

coords: 34.95°, -81.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

15.7°C

Average daily high

21.5°C

Average daily low

10.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,127mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

13.5km/h

Seasonal range

20.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

53 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

118 d/yr

Annual snowfall

12.9 cm

Average feels-like high

21.5 °C

Average feels-like low

9.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

72 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001

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

41.7 °C

1 July 2012

Coldest day

-19.5 °C

10 January 1970

Wettest day

145 mm

10 October 1990

Windiest day

56.3 km/h

22 September 1989

Strongest gust

134.6 km/h

22 September 1989

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

30 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-24.9 °C

10 January 1970

Snowiest day

28.7 cm

22 January 1987

Sunniest day

14.3 h

14 June 2019

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.9 °C27 July 2025	-9.0 °C15 December 2025	16.5 °C	1,025 mm	69	47
2024	36.6 °C5 July 2024	-8.6 °C17 January 2024	16.8 °C	1,278 mm	74	43
2023	36.6 °C26 August 2023	-6.2 °C20 December 2023	17.1 °C	1,031 mm	73	32
2022	39.0 °C22 June 2022	-12.8 °C24 December 2022	16.6 °C	1,107 mm	94	50
2021	35.2 °C13 August 2021	-5.3 °C24 November 2021	16.8 °C	1,056 mm	84	38
2020	35.7 °C17 July 2020	-6.6 °C26 December 2020	16.9 °C	1,530 mm	73	29
2019	36.6 °C29 May 2019	-5.8 °C21 January 2019	17.4 °C	1,134 mm	113	32
2018	34.8 °C3 July 2018	-12.6 °C2 January 2018	16.5 °C	1,438 mm	96	49
2017	36.8 °C23 July 2017	-11.6 °C8 January 2017	17.4 °C	1,218 mm	85	34
2016	37.1 °C8 July 2016	-10.7 °C24 January 2016	17.5 °C	841 mm	118	45
2015	37.9 °C10 July 2015	-12.5 °C20 February 2015	17.1 °C	1,236 mm	104	46
2014	36.4 °C2 July 2014	-14.5 °C7 January 2014	15.8 °C	1,030 mm	84	51
2013	34.3 °C28 June 2013	-5.7 °C2 February 2013	15.6 °C	1,262 mm	49	58
2012	41.7 °C1 July 2012	-6.9 °C4 January 2012	17.1 °C	959 mm	77	30
2011	38.2 °C3 August 2011	-7.9 °C12 January 2011	16.9 °C	939 mm	109	43
2010	38.7 °C25 July 2010	-10.7 °C9 January 2010	16.0 °C	925 mm	109	73
2009	37.3 °C9 August 2009	-11.1 °C17 January 2009	15.9 °C	1,340 mm	81	53
2008	38.7 °C10 June 2008	-7.7 °C21 January 2008	16.1 °C	937 mm	88	49
2007	39.7 °C9 August 2007	-6.8 °C29 January 2007	17.1 °C	765 mm	102	50
2006	36.7 °C22 June 2006	-10.9 °C9 December 2006	16.4 °C	970 mm	82	43
2005	36.1 °C27 July 2005	-9.6 °C24 January 2005	15.8 °C	1,174 mm	56	54
2004	34.5 °C14 July 2004	-11.4 °C29 January 2004	15.9 °C	1,093 mm	56	66
2003	33.5 °C27 August 2003	-12.8 °C24 January 2003	15.1 °C	1,437 mm	30	57
2002	38.5 °C30 July 2002	-8.4 °C5 January 2002	16.4 °C	1,101 mm	94	55
2001	35.7 °C14 June 2001	-8.3 °C3 January 2001	16.3 °C	782 mm	62	46
2000	36.7 °C2 June 2000	-11.3 °C1 February 2000	15.6 °C	890 mm	75	57
1999	38.4 °C18 August 1999	-11.5 °C5 January 1999	16.0 °C	902 mm	69	52
1998	37.4 °C27 June 1998	-7.2 °C13 March 1998	16.8 °C	1,135 mm	103	33
1997	38.6 °C3 July 1997	-8.7 °C18 January 1997	15.4 °C	1,059 mm	70	45
1996	37.0 °C23 June 1996	-13.7 °C5 February 1996	15.1 °C	1,192 mm	66	67
1995	37.3 °C24 July 1995	-11.9 °C9 February 1995	15.5 °C	1,395 mm	63	61
1994	35.3 °C22 June 1994	-15.5 °C19 January 1994	15.7 °C	1,293 mm	52	44
1993	37.8 °C29 July 1993	-14.3 °C15 March 1993	15.8 °C	1,044 mm	88	52
1992	38.7 °C10 July 1992	-6.6 °C9 February 1992	15.3 °C	1,421 mm	54	52
1991	34.9 °C2 July 1991	-11.4 °C16 February 1991	16.0 °C	1,183 mm	62	44
1990	37.8 °C30 June 1990	-6.9 °C25 December 1990	16.7 °C	1,311 mm	80	33
1989	36.0 °C1 June 1989	-11.3 °C23 December 1989	15.2 °C	1,549 mm	58	50
1988	37.6 °C18 August 1988	-14.7 °C12 January 1988	15.1 °C	857 mm	89	67
1987	36.7 °C27 August 1987	-7.1 °C24 January 1987	15.4 °C	1,212 mm	68	59
1986	40.0 °C19 July 1986	-14.0 °C28 January 1986	16.3 °C	969 mm	98	58
1985	37.5 °C4 June 1985	-19.0 °C21 January 1985	15.8 °C	1,173 mm	71	63
1984	35.9 °C19 June 1984	-9.0 °C22 January 1984	15.5 °C	1,152 mm	62	55
1983	39.6 °C23 August 1983	-16.0 °C25 December 1983	14.8 °C	1,367 mm	73	58
1982	33.2 °C3 July 1982	-15.5 °C11 January 1982	15.3 °C	1,357 mm	48	52
1981	39.3 °C22 June 1981	-12.2 °C5 January 1981	15.4 °C	849 mm	93	70
1980	37.9 °C17 July 1980	-15.4 °C3 March 1980	15.1 °C	1,143 mm	88	60
1979	35.5 °C20 August 1979	-17.2 °C10 February 1979	14.7 °C	1,337 mm	35	65
1978	37.3 °C28 June 1978	-12.8 °C11 January 1978	15.0 °C	1,154 mm	62	66
1977	40.6 °C9 July 1977	-15.2 °C17 January 1977	15.9 °C	1,062 mm	94	72
1976	35.0 °C24 July 1976	-12.8 °C19 January 1976	14.7 °C	1,175 mm	50	68
1975	36.1 °C4 September 1975	-10.1 °C19 December 1975	15.8 °C	1,267 mm	56	52
1974	34.2 °C22 June 1974	-7.6 °C26 February 1974	16.1 °C	1,069 mm	50	37
1973	33.7 °C29 August 1973	-12.7 °C13 January 1973	15.6 °C	1,290 mm	52	49
1972	35.8 °C23 July 1972	-11.8 °C16 January 1972	15.6 °C	1,025 mm	70	41
1971	34.9 °C6 June 1971	-10.0 °C2 January 1971	15.7 °C	1,147 mm	46	59
1970	36.2 °C1 July 1970	-19.5 °C10 January 1970	15.4 °C	1,021 mm	68	64
1969	34.6 °C28 June 1969	-10.6 °C6 January 1969	14.5 °C	1,078 mm	49	75
1968	36.8 °C24 August 1968	-11.4 °C15 January 1968	14.6 °C	998 mm	55	82
1967	33.7 °C28 May 1967	-12.3 °C25 February 1967	14.9 °C	1,016 mm	32	55
1966	36.9 °C28 July 1966	-19.4 °C31 January 1966	14.7 °C	1,077 mm	59	66
1965	35.3 °C18 August 1965	-16.2 °C19 January 1965	15.5 °C	851 mm	67	61
1964	35.7 °C10 June 1964	-10.6 °C15 January 1964	15.2 °C	1,535 mm	54	54
1963	34.8 °C7 August 1963	-12.5 °C24 January 1963	14.9 °C	1,107 mm	54	73
1962	34.7 °C14 September 1962	-16.1 °C13 December 1962	15.2 °C	1,103 mm	66	47
1961	33.1 °C1 August 1961	-10.1 °C22 January 1961	15.0 °C	1,219 mm	40	55
1960	35.9 °C30 August 1960	-15.0 °C15 February 1960	14.9 °C	1,109 mm	87	78
1959	38.5 °C30 June 1959	-9.7 °C6 January 1959	16.2 °C	1,263 mm	78	45
1958	36.6 °C14 June 1958	-16.1 °C19 February 1958	15.0 °C	988 mm	90	68
1957	36.9 °C16 August 1957	-11.2 °C12 December 1957	16.2 °C	1,209 mm	75	39
1956	37.5 °C6 August 1956	-6.8 °C23 November 1956	16.4 °C	1,024 mm	96	53
1955	35.6 °C28 July 1955	-10.8 °C13 February 1955	16.0 °C	887 mm	81	57
1954	38.9 °C27 June 1954	-6.6 °C13 January 1954	16.2 °C	721 mm	110	62
1953	38.1 °C31 July 1953	-10.1 °C19 December 1953	16.4 °C	1,049 mm	89	45
1952	38.5 °C23 July 1952	-7.8 °C30 January 1952	16.0 °C	1,061 mm	83	43
1951	36.3 °C3 June 1951	-8.5 °C3 February 1951	15.7 °C	1,106 mm	81	53
1950	36.4 °C27 June 1950	-10.1 °C25 November 1950	15.7 °C	969 mm	43	58
1949	35.6 °C28 July 1949	-6.3 °C24 December 1949	16.3 °C	1,418 mm	52	36
1948	36.7 °C6 July 1948	-13.9 °C25 January 1948	15.8 °C	1,470 mm	64	45
1947	37.1 °C31 July 1947	-8.2 °C10 February 1947	14.6 °C	1,170 mm	62	66
1946	33.3 °C12 July 1946	-7.4 °C2 January 1946	15.5 °C	1,195 mm	26	46
1945	36.9 °C30 June 1945	-11.5 °C17 December 1945	15.2 °C	1,359 mm	46	52
1944	37.2 °C23 June 1944	-6.0 °C13 February 1944	15.5 °C	1,145 mm	55	47
1943	35.4 °C27 August 1943	-6.1 °C15 February 1943	15.2 °C	991 mm	64	46
1942	35.3 °C20 July 1942	-7.1 °C4 March 1942	15.3 °C	1,120 mm	41	57
1941	34.4 °C29 May 1941	-4.8 °C9 February 1941	15.5 °C	957 mm	59	60
1940	35.0 °C28 July 1940	-19.0 °C28 January 1940	14.3 °C	1,159 mm	31	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.4 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

69 d/yr

-2

Frost days (< 0 °C)

47 d/yr

-6

Annual rainfall

1025 mm

-102 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.1 °C	-1.4 °C	41 mm	-58 mm
Feb	15.3 °C	+2.6 °C	68 mm	-28 mm
Mar	20.5 °C	+3.6 °C	49 mm	-67 mm
Apr	24.1 °C	+2.1 °C	94 mm	+0 mm
May	24.9 °C	-1.3 °C	183 mm	+95 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	+1.6 °C	97 mm	+13 mm
Jul	34.1 °C	+2.7 °C	100 mm	+0 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	-2.9 °C	218 mm	+118 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+0.2 °C	36 mm	-58 mm
Oct	22.0 °C	-0.2 °C	86 mm	+5 mm
Nov	18.6 °C	+2.1 °C	13 mm	-71 mm
Dec	13.0 °C	+1.3 °C	39 mm	-54 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.9 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-9.0 °C

15 Dec 2025

Wettest day

65.9 mm

5 Aug 2025

Windiest day

30.3 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

90.7 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-13.2 °C

15 Dec 2025

Snowiest day

5.7 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Spartanburg?

Spartanburg has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 1,127 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Spartanburg?

The hottest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2012, reaching 41.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Spartanburg?

The coldest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1970, at -19.5 °C.

Does it snow in Spartanburg?

Yes. Spartanburg gets on average 12.9 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.

Has the climate of Spartanburg warmed?

Yes: Spartanburg warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Spartanburg?

The wettest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1990, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Spartanburg?

The windiest day measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1989, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Spartanburg?

The warmest month in Spartanburg is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Spartanburg?

Spartanburg receives on average 1,127 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Spartanburg?

Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Spartanburg between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1987, with 28.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Spartanburg?

Yes: Spartanburg has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Spartanburg?

In Spartanburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 30 June 2012, and the lowest was -24.9 °C on 10 January 1970.

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