Stress corrosion crack growth rate (SCCGR) tests were conducted on cold worked 304 stainless steel (SS) in hydrogen deaerated water to characterize the temperature dependency. Tests were performed on 304 SS heats with and without sensitization. 304 SS sensitization heat treatments were performed prior to and after cold working the test material. Test results showed that heavily cold worked non-sensitized 304 SS SCCGR follows an Arrhenius temperature functionality with an activation energy of 18 kcal/mol (75 kJ/mol). A deviation from Arrhenius functionality occurs in 304 SS at low levels of cold work, and other conditions that reduce the SCCGR propensity, due to high temperature SCCGR retardation (HTR). Results showed a complex effect of sensitization. Sensitization enhances SCCGRs at temperatures less than ~250°C but enhances and extends the propensity for SCCGR retardation at higher temperature. The similarity between the SCCGR temperature functionality of sensitized and then cold worked and cold worked and then sensitized 304 SS suggests that chromium depletion, not the enhancement of deformation at grain boundaries due to carbides, controls this dependency. Specimen analytical characterization results and HTR mechanism implications are discussed.