Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Five Forks, SC. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5th in Five Forks tends to land in that sweet spot of spring — average highs around 68° and lows near 45°. The date has seen some wild swings over 63 years of records, from a scorching 88° in 2010 down to a frost-threatening 30° back in 2000. There's a 35% chance of rain today, so keep an umbrella handy.
Five Forks plays for keeps when it comes to extremes — the thermometer has swung from a brutal -6° in January 1966 all the way up to 107° in July 2012, a range of 113 degrees. A single August day in 1995 dumped 9.32 inches of rain, and a January 1988 snowstorm buried the area under a foot of snow — a reminder that this corner of South Carolina isn't always mild.
Summers here are long and legitimately hot, with highs averaging 90° during the peak week of July 9–15 and staying in the upper 80s through August. Winters are mild by most standards, with January highs hovering around 50–51°, though cold snaps can still bite. If you're watching rainfall, late July is the wettest stretch of the year, averaging 1.2 inches in a single week.