All-time weather records — Columbia, NC

Record high
99.0°F
May 30, 2019
Record low
9.0°F
February 2, 2026
Wettest day
6.96 in
September 3, 2016

Climate change signal in Columbia

75.1%

of Columbia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (275 of 366 records since 2015).

41%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (150 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 #
2000s
15
59
2010s
209
225
2020s
142
82

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 2008, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2008-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 31, 2013 10.9°F — Jan 6, 2018 2.90 in — Jan 1, 2021
February 84.9°F — Feb 24, 2023 9.0°F — Feb 2, 2026 2.15 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 87.1°F — Mar 25, 2023 17.1°F — Mar 4, 2009 2.14 in — Mar 29, 2024
April 90.0°F — Apr 16, 2026 28.9°F — Apr 3, 2021 1.99 in — Apr 1, 2016
May 99.0°F — May 30, 2019 42.1°F — May 10, 2020 3.93 in — May 31, 2012
June 98.1°F — Jun 25, 2025 45.0°F — Jun 2, 2014 4.82 in — Jun 12, 2025
July 99.0°F — Jul 30, 2011 55.0°F — Jul 3, 2010 3.05 in — Jul 6, 2009
August 96.1°F — Aug 27, 2011 55.0°F — Aug 22, 2024 5.15 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 96.1°F — Sep 4, 2020 44.1°F — Sep 24, 2022 6.96 in — Sep 3, 2016
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 31, 2008 5.90 in — Oct 9, 2016
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 2019 21.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 6.00 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 80.1°F — Dec 26, 2015 16.0°F — Dec 8, 2010 3.19 in — Dec 24, 2015

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