All-time weather records — Columbus, NC

Record high
105.1°F
June 22, 1964
Record low
-8.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.05 in
October 25, 1918

Climate change signal in Columbus

3.3%

of Columbus's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (12 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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 #
1910s
9
39
1920s
52
63
1930s
73
56
1940s
53
45
1950s
56
21
1960s
32
49
1970s
23
25
1980s
20
35
1990s
18
17
2000s
14
6
2010s
8
8
2020s
8
2

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 1917, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1917-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 28, 1944 -8.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.00 in — Jan 8, 1998
February 82.9°F — Feb 13, 2017 1.9°F — Feb 3, 1917 6.09 in — Feb 7, 2020
March 91.9°F — Mar 17, 1945 10.0°F — Mar 8, 1920 6.00 in — Mar 15, 1923
April 95.0°F — Apr 24, 1925 18.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.84 in — Apr 6, 1936
May 98.1°F — May 10, 1964 28.9°F — May 1, 1999 6.02 in — May 26, 1959
June 105.1°F — Jun 22, 1964 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1930 6.86 in — Jun 20, 2023
July 105.1°F — Jul 28, 1930 44.1°F — Jul 5, 1933 6.55 in — Jul 2, 2003
August 102.9°F — Aug 13, 1925 44.1°F — Aug 22, 1935 7.50 in — Aug 15, 1928
September 105.1°F — Sep 7, 1925 35.1°F — Sep 23, 1918 8.47 in — Sep 8, 2004
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1954 23.0°F — Oct 31, 1917 9.05 in — Oct 25, 1918
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1950 8.1°F — Nov 26, 1950 3.95 in — Nov 12, 1925
December 82.0°F — Dec 20, 1931 0.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 5.05 in — Dec 28, 1958

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