All-time weather records — Gifford, SC

Record high
107.1°F
July 13, 1980
Record low
1.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.75 in
September 1, 1969

Climate change signal in Gifford

0%

of Gifford's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
108
45
1960s
53
126
1970s
64
91
1980s
81
72
1990s
39
21
2000s
21
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 1951, the latest in 2002. Period of observation: 1951-2005.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 29, 1957 1.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.04 in — Jan 27, 1976
February 84.9°F — Feb 28, 1962 12.0°F — Feb 17, 1958 3.67 in — Feb 6, 1956
March 93.0°F — Mar 10, 1974 16.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.40 in — Mar 13, 1980
April 95.0°F — Apr 20, 2002 28.9°F — Apr 20, 1983 3.10 in — Apr 14, 1955
May 100.0°F — May 25, 1953 36.0°F — May 15, 1989 5.60 in — May 19, 1969
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1954 46.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 5.58 in — Jun 19, 1987
July 107.1°F — Jul 13, 1980 36.0°F — Jul 23, 1988 5.80 in — Jul 8, 1960
August 106.0°F — Aug 18, 1954 55.0°F — Aug 29, 1968 5.35 in — Aug 29, 1964
September 102.0°F — Sep 15, 1980 37.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.75 in — Sep 1, 1969
October 97.0°F — Oct 5, 1954 23.0°F — Oct 29, 1976 4.28 in — Oct 9, 1992
November 89.1°F — Nov 2, 1961 10.9°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.57 in — Nov 20, 1985
December 82.9°F — Dec 6, 1956 8.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.03 in — Dec 19, 1999

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