Pawleys Island, SC

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

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Pawleys Island has an annual average temperature of 63.8°F with about 55.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 36.8°F). September is typically the wettest month (7.05 in) and November the driest (3.03 in).

Pleasant months
3 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
33.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,142
Cooling need
1,698

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

29 of 366 (7.9%) of Pawleys Island'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.

1950s
8
1960s
50
1970s
92
1980s
98
1990s
53
2000s
24
2010s
27
2020s
14

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 56.8°F 36.8°F 46.8°F 3.69 in 9
February 59.3°F 38.8°F 49.0°F 3.42 in 9
March 66.2°F 44.4°F 55.3°F 4.05 in 8
April 73.5°F 52.2°F 62.8°F 3.51 in 7
May 80.0°F 61.0°F 70.5°F 3.78 in 8
June 85.6°F 68.3°F 77.0°F 4.94 in 10
July 88.4°F 72.1°F 80.2°F 6.01 in 11
August 86.9°F 71.0°F 78.9°F 6.14 in 11
September 82.6°F 66.1°F 74.3°F 7.05 in 9
October 75.6°F 55.9°F 65.7°F 5.09 in 7
November 66.4°F 45.0°F 55.7°F 3.03 in 7
December 59.3°F 38.6°F 49.0°F 4.61 in 8

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