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The climate of Columbia (South Carolina - United States of America)
Columbia was named after the famous discoverer from the 15th and 16th century, Christopher Columbus. Columbia is the capital; of South Carolina and is centrally located in this state which is located on the east coast of the United States. Columbia has a warm maritime climate (type Cfa) with mild winters in which temperatures below freezing point are fairly uncommon. Spring is sunny with high temperatures. Summers are warm to hot in which heavy thunderstorms are not uncommon. Fall is warm with many summer days. During the winter 56 days with subzero temperatures can be recorded on average. However, temperatures only drop a few degrees below freezing point during the night. Snowfall may occur. However winters without snowfall are not uncommon either. On average Columbia gets 5.3 centimeters of annual snowfall. On average Columbia gets 2,829 hours of annual sunshine, 1,226 millimeters of annual precipitation and 40-45 thunderstorms per year. These climate figures are about average in South Carolina.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Columbia:

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 12 -1 6 10 n/a
February 15 0 6 9 n/a
March 19 5 8 10 n/a
April 24 9 9 8 n/a
May 28 14 9 10 n/a
June 31 18 9 10 n/a
July 33 21 9 12 n/a
August 32 20 9 11 n/a
September 29 17 8 8 n/a
October 24 10 8 7 n/a
November 19 5 6 8 n/a
December 14 1 6 9 n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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