All-time weather records — Jefferson, SC

Record high
106.0°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
3.0°F
January 11, 1982
Wettest day
11.00 in
October 10, 1990

Climate change signal in Jefferson

0%

of Jefferson'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 #
1960s
·
11
1970s
71
127
1980s
101
126
1990s
71
48
2000s
123
54

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 1970, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1968-2009.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 29, 2002 3.0°F — Jan 11, 1982 3.70 in — Jan 25, 2000
February 82.0°F — Feb 27, 1996 5.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.00 in — Feb 2, 1973
March 87.1°F — Mar 7, 1974 6.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 2.83 in — Mar 2, 2007
April 96.1°F — Apr 17, 2006 23.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 2.60 in — Apr 26, 1979
May 98.1°F — May 19, 1996 32.0°F — May 8, 1989 2.69 in — May 10, 1979
June 102.0°F — Jun 10, 2008 39.0°F — Jun 16, 2007 4.70 in — Jun 14, 2006
July 102.9°F — Jul 8, 1977 48.9°F — Jul 31, 1989 6.00 in — Jul 14, 1975
August 106.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 46.0°F — Aug 31, 1976 4.76 in — Aug 5, 2003
September 104.0°F — Sep 17, 2005 39.9°F — Sep 23, 1983 4.30 in — Sep 4, 1998
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 1986 24.1°F — Oct 22, 1974 11.00 in — Oct 10, 1990
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1974 15.1°F — Nov 24, 1970 5.40 in — Nov 22, 2006
December 80.1°F — Dec 11, 2007 3.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 2.28 in — Dec 16, 1970

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