What is the hottest month in Carlisle?

July is the warmest month in Carlisle, with an average high of 92.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Carlisle?

January is the coldest month in Carlisle, with an average low of 31.3°F.

What month does Carlisle get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in Carlisle, with about 4.31 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Carlisle in?

Carlisle is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 8b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Carlisle changed recently?

9.6% of Carlisle's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Carlisle, SC

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SANTUCK, SC US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Carlisle has an annual average temperature of 61.7°F with about 44.6 inches of precipitation per year and 2.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 31.3°F). August is typically the wettest month (4.31 in) and July the driest (3.13 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.

Annual swing

37.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

2,766

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,560

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Carlisle

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

35 of 366 (9.6%) of Carlisle's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		7
1900s		27
1910s		71
1920s		36
1930s		61
1940s		16
1950s		33
1960s		20
1970s		15
1980s		8
1990s		10
2000s		18
2010s		23
2020s		21

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	54.7°F	31.3°F	43.0°F	3.88 in	1.4 in	10
February	59.1°F	34.0°F	46.6°F	3.55 in	0.8 in	9
March	67.0°F	40.0°F	53.5°F	4.18 in	0.4 in	11
April	75.6°F	48.2°F	61.9°F	3.42 in	—	9
May	82.6°F	56.7°F	69.6°F	3.26 in	—	10
June	89.1°F	64.4°F	76.8°F	3.97 in	—	11
July	92.3°F	68.0°F	80.1°F	3.13 in	—	10
August	90.0°F	66.9°F	78.4°F	4.31 in	—	10
September	83.3°F	61.0°F	72.1°F	4.04 in	—	8
October	73.5°F	49.6°F	61.5°F	3.28 in	—	7
November	63.5°F	39.0°F	51.3°F	3.54 in	—	8
December	56.4°F	33.7°F	45.0°F	4.02 in	0.3 in	10