South Carolina is a state in the Southeastern United States and the easternmost state of the Deep South. The state can be divided into three geographic areas. From east to west: the Atlantic coastal plain, the Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Locally, the coastal plain is referred to as the Low Country, and the other two regions as the Midlands and the Upstate respectively. The Atlantic coastal plain makes up two-thirds of the state. Its eastern border is the Sea Islands, a chain of tidal and barrier islands.

The state has a humid subtropical climate, although high elevation areas in the upstate area have few subtropical characteristics than areas on the Atlantic coastline. In the summer, South Carolina is hot and humid. Winter temperatures are much less uniform in South Carolina. Snowfall is somewhat uncommon in most of the state, while coastal areas receive less than an inch annually on average.

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