Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 28 min6:18 am – 8:46 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 51 min7:33 am – 5:24 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 70°FColdest month January: highs 53°F, lows 33°F46 in of rain a year, on about 74 dayswettest month December1 in of snow a year, on about 1 days55 days above 90°F, 53 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Anderson Co Ap station, 7 mi away; snow from Anderson
Parks and public landsAnderson Memorial Stadiumrecreation area · 3.1 miSilver Brook Cemeteryhistoric site · 3.8 miSadlers Creek State Parkstate park · 11.1 mi · 370 acresHartwell Recreation Arearecreation area · 11.3 mi · 52,107 acresSumter National Forestnational forest · 13.4 mi · 374,485 acresHart Outdoor Recreation Areastate recreation area · 16.7 mi · 155 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes9 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.3 on 2 Aug 197440 mi away, near Lincolnton, GeorgiaMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 23 Aug 202532 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateAnderson County, SC, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Very HighCold wave Relatively HighLightning Relatively HighTornado Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality91% of days had good air in 2025241 of 264 days measured23 moderate daysMedian index 40, worst day 84main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Anderson County monitors, SC
Drinking waterElectric City Utilities (sc0410012)serves 38,204 people from surface water purchased1 health-based violation since 2021latest Dec 2021: coliform bacteria, maximum contaminant levelSource: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation716 ft218 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalHarris Psychiatric Hospital4.3 miPost officeSouth Anderson Post Office3.2 miTown hallAnderson City Hall4.7 miPoliceAnderson Police Department4.7 miFire stationAnderson County Fire Department Flat Rock Bowen Station2.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportGreenville-Spartanburg International Airport GSP39 miMajor airportCharlotte Douglas International Airport CLT110 miInterstateI-8511 miUS highwayUS 293.1 miAmtrakClemson, SC CSN21 miCoachAnderson Bus StopGreyhound13 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 29623 ZIP area.
