#1Cayce
Lexington County · 13,680 peopleJuly high·January low 35°·108 days of 90°+ a year
Cayce, #1 on this list · Photo: Dr. Blazer · CC BY-SA 4.0South Carolina rankings · Climate
Towns with the hottest summers in South Carolina
Cayce has the hottest summers of South Carolina’s 163 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 93° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 91°; 109 of the 163 average 90° or more.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
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Arthurtown
unincorporated, Richland County · 3,272 peopleJuly high·January low 35°·108 days of 90°+ a year
Clearwater
unincorporated, Aiken County · 3,319 peopleJuly high·January low 35°·80 days of 90°+ a year
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July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 155 towns here).
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Questions people ask
Which South Carolina town has the hottest summers?
Cayce (Lexington County): July afternoons average a high of 93°. Arthurtown (93°) and Clearwater (93°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (163 in South Carolina): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the South Carolina page.
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