All-time weather records — Folly Beach, SC

Record high
104.0°F
June 2, 1985
Record low
7.0°F
February 14, 1899
Wettest day
10.38 in
June 11, 1973

Climate change signal in Folly Beach

4.1%

of Folly Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 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
20
29
1900s
28
35
1910s
35
54
1920s
42
41
1930s
41
34
1940s
37
40
1950s
33
29
1960s
18
30
1970s
23
24
1980s
33
27
1990s
21
6
2000s
13
10
2010s
13
5
2020s
9
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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 23, 1937 10.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.63 in — Jan 16, 1925
February 82.9°F — Feb 27, 1962 7.0°F — Feb 14, 1899 4.77 in — Feb 14, 1944
March 93.9°F — Mar 23, 1907 21.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.63 in — Mar 9, 2024
April 93.9°F — Apr 23, 1980 36.0°F — Apr 2, 1907 3.67 in — Apr 28, 1997
May 100.0°F — May 27, 2019 45.0°F — May 20, 1894 5.40 in — May 23, 1976
June 104.0°F — Jun 2, 1985 48.9°F — Jun 12, 1913 10.38 in — Jun 11, 1973
July 102.9°F — Jul 6, 1902 61.0°F — Jul 4, 1933 7.11 in — Jul 14, 1921
August 102.9°F — Aug 1, 1999 59.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 7.66 in — Aug 11, 1940
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1912 50.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 10.33 in — Sep 6, 1933
October 95.0°F — Oct 6, 1919 37.0°F — Oct 27, 1926 9.25 in — Oct 3, 2015
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1961 17.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 6.65 in — Nov 1, 1969
December 81.0°F — Dec 1, 1931 12.0°F — Dec 30, 1917 3.92 in — Dec 17, 2023

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