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United States › South Carolina › Abbeville County › Climate Station GREENWOOD CO AP, SC US Distance 16.9 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Abbeville County home comfortable runs roughly $432 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Abbeville County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

90.2°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 31.8°F.

Abbeville County gets 42.01" of precipitation a year, and 28% of it falls in Jan, Feb, Mar.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 53.4° 31.8° 3.91"
February 57.3° 34.8° 3.61"
March 65.0° 40.8° 4.17"
April 73.4° 48.3° 2.79"
May 80.5° 56.9° 2.99"
June 86.8° 65.1° 3.72"
July 90.2° 68.5° 3.83"
August 88.7° 67.6° 3.25"
September 83.2° 61.6° 3.35"
October 73.5° 49.1° 3.03"
November 63.2° 38.8° 3.32"
December 55.5° 33.8° 4.04"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 28% falling in the wettest three months (Jan, Feb, Mar).

January 3.91"
February 3.61"
March 4.17"
April 2.79"
May 2.99"
June 3.72"
July 3.83"
August 3.25"
September 3.35"
October 3.03"
November 3.32"
December 4.04"
Annual total 42.01"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1,676
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 3,048
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.76¢/kWh, South Carolina average $264
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $168

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Abbeville County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Abbeville County?

Abbeville County averages a high of 90.2°F in July and a low of 31.8°F in January. Annual precipitation is 42.01 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Abbeville County?

The wettest stretch is Jan, Feb, Mar, which accounts for 28% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Abbeville County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 90.2°F. That drives 1,676 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Abbeville County?

The weather station used for Abbeville County, GREENWOOD CO AP, SC US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 42.01 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station GREENWOOD CO AP, SC US (USW00053874), 16.9 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, South Carolina residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.