All-time weather records — Beaufort, SC

Record high
106.0°F
June 2, 1985
Record low
5.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.91 in
October 7, 2016

Climate change signal in Beaufort

26.8%

of Beaufort's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (98 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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 #
1940s
2
1
1950s
12
9
1960s
39
96
1970s
40
88
1980s
77
78
1990s
44
39
2000s
34
29
2010s
61
19
2020s
57
7

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 1945, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 1, 2019 5.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.45 in — Jan 13, 1992
February 87.1°F — Feb 25, 2018 16.0°F — Feb 17, 1958 2.95 in — Feb 16, 1998
March 91.0°F — Mar 20, 1982 21.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.13 in — Mar 27, 2005
April 93.9°F — Apr 20, 2002 32.0°F — Apr 20, 1983 4.88 in — Apr 30, 1976
May 102.9°F — May 26, 2019 41.0°F — May 2, 1963 4.43 in — May 29, 1991
June 106.0°F — Jun 2, 1985 51.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 5.49 in — Jun 16, 1979
July 106.0°F — Jul 20, 1986 62.1°F — Jul 7, 1970 4.77 in — Jul 11, 1961
August 102.9°F — Aug 6, 2008 57.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 6.16 in — Aug 26, 1961
September 98.1°F — Sep 1, 1970 45.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.26 in — Sep 11, 2017
October 93.9°F — Oct 5, 1986 30.9°F — Oct 29, 1976 8.91 in — Oct 7, 2016
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1961 19.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 6.86 in — Nov 1, 1969
December 82.0°F — Dec 7, 2022 10.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.31 in — Dec 17, 2023

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