All-time weather records — Anderson, SC

Record high
108.0°F
July 29, 1952
Record low
-69.0°F
July 15, 1953
Wettest day
11.65 in
August 25, 1908

Climate change signal in Anderson

3.8%

of Anderson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
·
·
1900s
41
19
1910s
77
35
1920s
49
17
1930s
20
12
1940s
45
32
1950s
33
22
1960s
11
59
1970s
17
39
1980s
25
67
1990s
14
38
2000s
16
18
2010s
14
7
2020s
4
1

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1902, the latest in 2023. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 11, 1949 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.70 in — Jan 20, 1969
February 82.0°F — Feb 25, 1904 3.0°F — Feb 3, 1917 3.55 in — Feb 27, 1902
March 93.0°F — Mar 20, 1907 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.68 in — Mar 15, 1912
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 1917 14.0°F — Apr 1, 2003 4.60 in — Apr 17, 1998
May 100.9°F — May 23, 1941 33.1°F — May 6, 1994 4.05 in — May 25, 1996
June 106.0°F — Jun 25, 1914 37.0°F — Jun 3, 1910 5.15 in — Jun 12, 1965
July 108.0°F — Jul 29, 1952 -69.0°F — Jul 15, 1953 6.16 in — Jul 19, 1964
August 106.0°F — Aug 17, 1954 39.0°F — Aug 31, 2002 11.65 in — Aug 25, 1908
September 105.1°F — Sep 4, 1925 34.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.40 in — Sep 26, 1956
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 30, 1910 5.47 in — Oct 19, 1937
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 1961 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.13 in — Nov 18, 1957
December 82.9°F — Dec 1, 1982 1.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.34 in — Dec 15, 1972

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Anderson.