All-time weather records — Darlington, SC

Record high
109.0°F
September 4, 1925
Record low
-4.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.10 in
July 15, 1916

Climate change signal in Darlington

3.8%

of Darlington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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 #
1890s
·
1
1900s
27
30
1910s
41
59
1920s
57
31
1930s
59
42
1940s
21
36
1950s
24
25
1960s
12
40
1970s
31
28
1980s
37
38
1990s
14
7
2000s
23
20
2010s
17
8
2020s
3
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 1901, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 13, 1949 -4.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.83 in — Jan 29, 1937
February 86.0°F — Feb 25, 1930 3.9°F — Feb 1, 1936 5.00 in — Feb 2, 1973
March 99.0°F — Mar 23, 1907 14.0°F — Mar 4, 1943 4.20 in — Mar 3, 1971
April 97.0°F — Apr 24, 1925 10.9°F — Apr 23, 1993 3.60 in — Apr 25, 1937
May 102.9°F — May 26, 1911 34.0°F — May 11, 1983 4.40 in — May 14, 1921
June 106.0°F — Jun 27, 1954 41.0°F — Jun 12, 1987 4.50 in — Jun 24, 1896
July 108.0°F — Jul 21, 1977 52.0°F — Jul 18, 2008 10.10 in — Jul 15, 1916
August 106.0°F — Aug 1, 1980 1.0°F — Aug 10, 2024 5.16 in — Aug 30, 2004
September 109.0°F — Sep 4, 1925 36.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 9.00 in — Sep 19, 1928
October 99.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 30, 1952 6.94 in — Oct 3, 2015
November 90.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 14.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.15 in — Nov 3, 1947
December 84.9°F — Dec 10, 1931 6.1°F — Dec 30, 1917 4.67 in — Dec 23, 1994

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