All-time weather records — Columbia, TN

Record high
109.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
5.95 in
May 2, 2010

Climate change signal in Columbia

12.6%

of Columbia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (46 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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
9
9
1950s
117
51
1960s
40
62
1970s
27
36
1980s
49
91
1990s
16
43
2000s
44
32
2010s
38
25
2020s
26
17

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 1, 1952 -20.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.27 in — Jan 23, 1999
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -11.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 3.70 in — Feb 6, 2004
March 87.1°F — Mar 20, 1982 3.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.75 in — Mar 21, 1955
April 90.0°F — Apr 10, 2011 19.9°F — Apr 9, 2007 4.27 in — Apr 22, 1984
May 99.0°F — May 27, 1962 30.9°F — May 2, 1963 5.95 in — May 2, 2010
June 109.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 3.80 in — Jun 17, 1960
July 109.0°F — Jul 28, 1952 51.1°F — Jul 6, 1972 4.30 in — Jul 16, 1984
August 105.1°F — Aug 16, 1954 48.0°F — Aug 15, 2004 4.40 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 104.0°F — Sep 4, 1954 34.0°F — Sep 24, 1983 5.50 in — Sep 2, 2022
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 3.80 in — Oct 17, 1975
November 88.0°F — Nov 9, 1975 -5.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.55 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1973 -9.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.40 in — Dec 12, 1956

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