All-time weather records — Columbia, MS

Record high
118.0°F
July 22, 1915
Record low
0.0°F
July 9, 1992
Wettest day
13.70 in
April 7, 1983

Climate change signal in Columbia

14.8%

of Columbia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (54 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 #
1900s
6
11
1910s
23
76
1920s
101
50
1930s
82
21
1940s
27
20
1950s
26
24
1960s
10
59
1970s
10
37
1980s
14
31
1990s
4
11
2000s
5
9
2010s
10
10
2020s
48
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 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1903-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 1, 2022 3.9°F — Jan 11, 1982 6.95 in — Jan 30, 1999
February 88.0°F — Feb 21, 2026 8.1°F — Feb 19, 2002 8.62 in — Feb 22, 1961
March 90.0°F — Mar 18, 1982 16.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 10.00 in — Mar 11, 2016
April 98.1°F — Apr 8, 2022 23.0°F — Apr 13, 1940 13.70 in — Apr 7, 1983
May 102.0°F — May 27, 1916 37.0°F — May 2, 1925 8.00 in — May 22, 1916
June 113.0°F — Jun 7, 1915 46.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 8.26 in — Jun 18, 1997
July 118.0°F — Jul 22, 1915 0.0°F — Jul 9, 1992 6.40 in — Jul 31, 1926
August 107.1°F — Aug 8, 1935 45.0°F — Aug 5, 1915 12.20 in — Aug 13, 1987
September 108.0°F — Sep 7, 1925 36.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 10.35 in — Sep 30, 1915
October 99.0°F — Oct 2, 1926 21.9°F — Oct 31, 1917 6.88 in — Oct 10, 1934
November 91.0°F — Nov 1, 1984 17.1°F — Nov 16, 1916 6.25 in — Nov 14, 1961
December 84.9°F — Dec 16, 1933 5.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.27 in — Dec 26, 1973

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