All-time weather records — Elgin, SC

Record high
109.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-2.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.30 in
July 9, 1959

Climate change signal in Elgin

8.5%

of Elgin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1950s
11
14
1960s
33
100
1970s
45
85
1980s
72
81
1990s
60
42
2000s
78
17
2010s
54
16
2020s
13
11

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 1957, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1957-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 31, 2013 -2.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.09 in — Jan 8, 1993
February 84.0°F — Feb 28, 1997 9.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.25 in — Feb 14, 1984
March 89.1°F — Mar 6, 1961 6.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.42 in — Mar 18, 1983
April 93.9°F — Apr 11, 2001 24.1°F — Apr 3, 1985 3.25 in — Apr 24, 2017
May 98.1°F — May 19, 1996 37.0°F — May 11, 1966 3.48 in — May 7, 1984
June 109.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 46.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 4.20 in — Jun 14, 2006
July 106.0°F — Jul 2, 2012 51.1°F — Jul 13, 1990 7.30 in — Jul 9, 1959
August 106.0°F — Aug 8, 2007 52.0°F — Aug 15, 1987 6.30 in — Aug 20, 1986
September 99.0°F — Sep 2, 1993 39.9°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.67 in — Sep 5, 1979
October 95.0°F — Oct 3, 1986 23.0°F — Oct 21, 1989 5.56 in — Oct 1, 1964
November 88.0°F — Nov 2, 1961 15.1°F — Nov 24, 1970 2.76 in — Nov 6, 1963
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 2013 3.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.70 in — Dec 23, 1994

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