Geography and Climate
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43.16 square miles (111.8 km2), of which, 43.0 square miles (111 km2) of it is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) of it (0.4%) is water.
Rock Hill is located along the Catawba River in the north-central section of the Piedmont of South Carolina near Charlotte. The city sits at an elevation of around 676 feet (206 m) above sea level. The city is located approximately 150 miles (240 km) from the Atlantic Ocean and 75 miles (121 km) from the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Rock Hill has a humid subtropical climate, characterized by humid summers and cool dry winters. Precipitation does not vary greatly between seasons. July is the hottest month, with an average high temperature of 91°F and an average low temperature of 71°F. The coldest month of the year is January, when the average high temperature is 53°F and the average low temperature is 33°F. The warmest temperature ever recorded in the city was 106°F in 1983 and tied in 2007. The coldest temperature ever recorded in the city was -4°F in 1985.
| Climate data for Rock Hill, South Carolina | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 53 (12) |
58 (14) |
66 (19) |
75 (24) |
81 (27) |
88 (31) |
91 (33) |
90 (32) |
83 (28) |
74 (23) |
65 (18) |
55 (13) |
73.3 (22.9) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 33 (1) |
36 (2) |
42 (6) |
50 (10) |
59 (15) |
67 (19) |
71 (22) |
70 (21) |
63 (17) |
52 (11) |
43 (6) |
35 (2) |
51.8 (11.0) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 3.73 (94.7) |
3.77 (95.8) |
4.17 (105.9) |
3.12 (79.2) |
2.83 (71.9) |
4.05 (102.9) |
3.87 (98.3) |
3.96 (100.6) |
3.49 (88.6) |
3.36 (85.3) |
3.39 (86.1) |
3.43 (87.1) |
43.17 (1,096.5) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 2.0 (5.1) |
1.5 (3.8) |
0.9 (2.3) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.1 (0.3) |
0.9 (2.3) |
5.4 (13.7) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 11.2 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 113.9 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 2.5) | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 173.6 | 180.8 | 235.5 | 270.0 | 291.4 | 288.0 | 291.5 | 272.8 | 240.0 | 229.4 | 177.0 | 167.4 | 2,817.4 |
| Source: Temperatures & precipitation, snowfall, sunshine | |||||||||||||
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