Carlisle weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Carlisle, South Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Santuck, 7 km from Carlisle; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 44.6 in1132 mm
- Snow a year
- 2.9 in7.4 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 31
- First fall freeze
- Nov 4
- Heating degree days
- 2,954
- Cooling degree days
- 1,767
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 18°−8° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Carlisle in January
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°0°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1949)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 682
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Carlisle in February
Highs average 59°15° and lows 34°1°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2025)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 518
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Carlisle in March
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°4°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1907)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 367
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Carlisle in April
Highs average 76°24° and lows 48°9°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1914)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 145
- Cooling degree days
- 52
Carlisle in May
Highs average 83°28° and lows 57°14°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1911)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 176
Carlisle in June
Highs average 89°32° and lows 64°18°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2012)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 354
Carlisle in July
Highs average 92°34° and lows 68°20°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2012)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 470
Carlisle in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 67°19°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2007)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 417
Carlisle in September
Highs average 83°29° and lows 61°16°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1925)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 229
Carlisle in OctoberThis month
Highs average 74°23° and lows 50°10°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1910)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 157
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Carlisle in November
Highs average 64°18° and lows 39°4°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1916)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 418
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Carlisle in December
Highs average 56°14° and lows 34°1°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1931)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 619
- Cooling degree days
- 1