All-time weather records — Kershaw, SC

Record high
105.1°F
June 22, 2011
Record low
-18.0°F
January 21, 2026
Wettest day
131.31 in
August 5, 1924

Climate change signal in Kershaw

67.8%

of Kershaw's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (248 of 366 records since 2015).

60.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (220 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
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1920s
·
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1930s
·
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1940s
·
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1950s
·
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1960s
·
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1970s
1
3
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
·
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2010s
274
238
2020s
91
125

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 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 2, 2022 -18.0°F — Jan 21, 2026 2.44 in — Jan 10, 1968
February 82.0°F — Feb 8, 2019 9.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 3.43 in — Feb 24, 1979
March 89.1°F — Mar 11, 2026 -0.9°F — Mar 1, 2026 3.24 in — Mar 17, 1983
April 93.9°F — Apr 18, 2012 28.9°F — Apr 3, 2021 3.85 in — Apr 25, 1937
May 100.0°F — May 26, 2019 39.0°F — May 10, 2020 4.31 in — May 26, 1996
June 105.1°F — Jun 22, 2011 51.1°F — Jun 10, 2023 4.62 in — Jun 25, 1999
July 105.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 59.0°F — Jul 31, 2017 4.00 in — Jul 27, 1991
August 104.0°F — Aug 4, 2011 55.9°F — Aug 26, 2013 131.31 in — Aug 5, 1924
September 100.9°F — Sep 10, 2019 45.0°F — Sep 24, 2022 5.03 in — Sep 6, 1928
October 102.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 30.9°F — Oct 26, 2013 5.86 in — Oct 10, 1990
November 86.0°F — Nov 4, 2017 19.9°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.41 in — Nov 12, 1992
December 79.0°F — Dec 4, 2021 12.9°F — Dec 24, 2022 2.97 in — Dec 22, 1994

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