Geography and Climate
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 19.2 square miles (50 km2), of which 19.1 square miles (49 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 0.47%, is water.
The average annual temperature is 60 °F (16 °C), with the average January temperature being 40 °F (4 °C) and the average July temperature as 78 °F (26 °C). There are four distinct but not extreme seasons. Average precipitation is 51.3 inches (130 cm) and the average growing season is 231 days.
| Climate data for Spartanburg, South Carolina | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 79 (26) |
82 (28) |
90 (32) |
94 (34) |
96 (36) |
101 (38) |
106 (41) |
106 (41) |
98 (37) |
94 (34) |
84 (29) |
80 (27) |
106 (41) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 50.1 (10.1) |
54.3 (12.4) |
63.5 (17.5) |
72.0 (22.2) |
79.4 (26.3) |
85.5 (29.7) |
88.2 (31.2) |
86.8 (30.4) |
81.1 (27.3) |
71.9 (22.2) |
62.5 (16.9) |
53.2 (11.8) |
70.7 (21.5) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 30.0 (−1.1) |
32.4 (0.2) |
39.9 (4.4) |
47.6 (8.7) |
56.4 (13.6) |
64.4 (18.0) |
68.3 (20.2) |
67.4 (19.7) |
61.2 (16.2) |
49.0 (9.4) |
40.5 (4.7) |
33.4 (0.8) |
49.2 (9.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −5 (−21) |
6 (−14) |
12 (−11) |
22 (−6) |
29 (−2) |
37 (3) |
51 (11) |
46 (8) |
35 (2) |
23 (−5) |
15 (−9) |
0 (−18) |
−5 (−21) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 4.1 (104) |
4.4 (112) |
5.4 (137) |
3.9 (99) |
4.4 (112) |
4.8 (122) |
4.6 (117) |
4.0 (102) |
4.0 (102) |
4.0 (102) |
3.6 (91) |
4.1 (104) |
51.3 (1,303) |
| Snowfall inches (cm) | 2.5 (6.4) |
1.8 (4.6) |
1.1 (2.8) |
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) |
0.6 (1.5) |
6.1 (15.5) |
| % humidity | 56.5 | 65.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | 65.5 | 69.0 | 71.0 | 73.5 | 74.5 | 72.5 | 67.0 | 66.0 | 68.5 |
| Source: http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-states/south-carolina/greenville-spartanburg/
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USSC0325 |
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