Lake Murray of Richland weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lake Murray of Richland, South Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Columbia Metropolitan Airport, 24 km from Lake Murray of Richland; records cover 1887–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 45.2 in1149 mm
- Snow a year
- 1.2 in3 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 23
- First fall freeze
- Nov 5
- Heating degree days
- 2,474
- Cooling degree days
- 2,237
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 21°−6° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lake Murray of Richland in January
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°1°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1974)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 600
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Lake Murray of Richland in February
Highs average 61°16° and lows 37°3°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2021)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 451
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Lake Murray of Richland in March
Highs average 68°20° and lows 44°6°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1907)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 302
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Lake Murray of Richland in April
Highs average 77°25° and lows 52°11°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1896)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 109
- Cooling degree days
- 82
Lake Murray of Richland in May
Highs average 84°29° and lows 61°16°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1898)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 239
Lake Murray of Richland in June
Highs average 90°32° and lows 69°20°, with 5 in126 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2012)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 425
Lake Murray of Richland in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 72°22°, with 5.4 in136 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1952)
- Record low
- 54°12° (1892)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 538
Lake Murray of Richland in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 71°22°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1983)
- Record low
- 53°12° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 496
Lake Murray of Richland in September
Highs average 86°30° and lows 65°19°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1925)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 321
Lake Murray of Richland in OctoberThis month
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1954)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 104
- Cooling degree days
- 92
Lake Murray of Richland in November
Highs average 66°19° and lows 42°5°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1961)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 343
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Lake Murray of Richland in December
Highs average 59°15° and lows 37°3°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1971)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 540
- Cooling degree days
- 4