All-time weather records — Bethune, SC

Record high
107.1°F
July 27, 1940
Record low
-2.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.10 in
October 11, 1990

Climate change signal in Bethune

4.6%

of Bethune's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (17 of 366 records since 2015).

2.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (8 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 #
1930s
26
14
1940s
79
25
1950s
48
53
1960s
36
76
1970s
21
66
1980s
55
60
1990s
34
34
2000s
38
20
2010s
22
17
2020s
7
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 1933, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1933-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -2.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.70 in — Jan 10, 2024
February 84.9°F — Feb 16, 1989 6.1°F — Feb 1, 1936 3.60 in — Feb 26, 1939
March 91.0°F — Mar 17, 1945 8.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.15 in — Mar 18, 1983
April 93.9°F — Apr 19, 1941 23.0°F — Apr 1, 1964 3.25 in — Apr 3, 1975
May 104.0°F — May 23, 1941 30.9°F — May 8, 1989 5.45 in — May 21, 1942
June 106.0°F — Jun 28, 1954 46.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 3.89 in — Jun 27, 1941
July 107.1°F — Jul 27, 1940 48.9°F — Jul 10, 1983 4.13 in — Jul 1, 1942
August 106.0°F — Aug 22, 1983 51.1°F — Aug 22, 1943 6.05 in — Aug 29, 1988
September 102.9°F — Sep 4, 1944 21.9°F — Sep 22, 1989 5.50 in — Sep 5, 1979
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1986 23.0°F — Oct 29, 1976 7.10 in — Oct 11, 1990
November 89.1°F — Nov 3, 1961 10.9°F — Nov 26, 1950 2.90 in — Nov 21, 1985
December 82.9°F — Dec 7, 2001 3.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 6.07 in — Dec 23, 1994

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