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Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina
The week’s forecast, measured against two yardsticks: the “normal” your weather app still uses — a 1991–2020 average centered on 2005 — and the climate-adjusted normal, which here runs +0.8°F warmer. Same NOAA data. No pretending.
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Month by month
1991 called. It wants its climate baseline back.
| Month | Normal high | Adjusted high | Normal low | Adjusted low | Gap (high) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56.5° | 57.1° | 34.0° | 34.5° | +0.6° |
| February | 60.5° | 62.4° | 36.7° | 38.6° | +1.9° |
| March | 67.9° | 69.6° | 42.7° | 43.9° | +1.6° |
| April | 76.4° | 77.5° | 50.2° | 51.1° | +1.0° |
| May | 83.5° | 83.5° | 58.8° | 59.5° | +-0.0° |
| June | 89.3° | 89.4° | 66.8° | 67.6° | +0.1° |
| July | 92.3° | 93.0° | 70.2° | 71.2° | +0.7° |
| August | 90.5° | 90.8° | 69.3° | 70.1° | +0.3° |
| September | 85.3° | 85.5° | 63.4° | 63.8° | +0.2° |
| October | 76.1° | 76.6° | 51.7° | 52.6° | +0.5° |
| November | 66.0° | 66.7° | 41.2° | 42.2° | +0.7° |
| December | 58.6° | 60.1° | 36.0° | 37.5° | +1.5° |
The “normal” temperature in every weather app is a 30-year average (1991–2020) — a number centered on mid-2005, two decades out of date in a warming climate. The Climate-Adjusted Normal takes NOAA’s official normal and advances it to the present using this county’s own measured warming trend.
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About this data
The forecast is the National Weather Service’s, for Batesburg-Leesville itself. Normals and the warming trend are computed at county level (Lexington County) from NOAA’s homogenized climate record, because climate trends vary smoothly — nearby towns warm at statistically indistinguishable rates. Method details on the methodology page.
Nearby: Columbia · Lexington · West Columbia · Cayce · Irmo · Lexington County data page
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