All-time weather records — Hilton Head Island, SC

Record high
105.1°F
June 26, 1952
Record low
3.9°F
April 8, 1916
Wettest day
30.07 in
April 6, 1945

Climate change signal in Hilton Head Island

0%

of Hilton Head Island'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 #
1890s
13
11
1900s
20
13
1910s
20
33
1920s
44
27
1930s
77
47
1940s
52
38
1950s
48
68
1960s
28
75
1970s
30
23
1980s
13
25
1990s
15
5
2000s
6
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 1896, the latest in 2005. Period of observation: 1893-2006.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 16, 1950 5.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.00 in — Jan 8, 1913
February 87.1°F — Feb 24, 1944 7.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 5.10 in — Feb 17, 1998
March 93.0°F — Mar 10, 1974 21.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.40 in — Mar 22, 1953
April 95.0°F — Apr 25, 1958 3.9°F — Apr 8, 1916 30.07 in — Apr 6, 1945
May 100.0°F — May 21, 1938 37.0°F — May 3, 1939 5.50 in — May 30, 1957
June 105.1°F — Jun 26, 1952 42.1°F — Jun 7, 1913 20.00 in — Jun 4, 1934
July 104.0°F — Jul 6, 1902 57.9°F — Jul 5, 1933 6.83 in — Jul 5, 1996
August 104.0°F — Aug 2, 1999 55.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 10.84 in — Aug 11, 1940
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 1944 43.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.10 in — Sep 29, 1959
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1941 28.9°F — Oct 30, 1952 6.59 in — Oct 3, 1994
November 90.0°F — Nov 1, 1942 3.9°F — Nov 28, 1943 3.40 in — Nov 21, 2005
December 82.0°F — Dec 9, 1943 10.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.10 in — Dec 4, 1964

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Hilton Head Island.