All-time weather records — Forest Acres, SC

Record high
113.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-56.0°F
October 14, 1940
Wettest day
6.04 in
September 26, 2024

Climate change signal in Forest Acres

21%

of Forest Acres's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (77 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1930s
9
33
1940s
15
38
1950s
18
45
1960s
5
81
1970s
26
39
1980s
55
54
1990s
50
26
2000s
75
15
2010s
81
18
2020s
32
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 1930, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 31, 1975 1.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.11 in — Jan 8, 1993
February 86.0°F — Feb 27, 1996 10.0°F — Feb 12, 1973 3.33 in — Feb 22, 1962
March 91.9°F — Mar 25, 2007 12.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.72 in — Mar 30, 1960
April 107.1°F — Apr 20, 2002 28.9°F — Apr 20, 1983 3.21 in — Apr 24, 2017
May 105.1°F — May 28, 2019 39.0°F — May 2, 1963 4.19 in — May 6, 1991
June 113.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 50.0°F — Jun 1, 1930 4.70 in — Jun 4, 2015
July 109.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 57.9°F — Jul 8, 1979 5.75 in — Jul 9, 1959
August 109.0°F — Aug 1, 1999 55.0°F — Aug 23, 1930 4.53 in — Aug 16, 1949
September 104.0°F — Sep 5, 2002 43.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.04 in — Sep 26, 2024
October 104.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 -56.0°F — Oct 14, 1940 4.42 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 89.1°F — Nov 2, 1974 15.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 2.88 in — Nov 6, 1963
December 84.0°F — Dec 4, 1998 7.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.93 in — Dec 25, 2009

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