All-time weather records — Marion, SC

Record high
108.0°F
June 27, 1954
Record low
0.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
11.30 in
October 8, 2016

Climate change signal in Marion

3.8%

of Marion's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (14 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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
3
2
1920s
14
14
1930s
69
22
1940s
52
47
1950s
55
48
1960s
24
68
1970s
39
68
1980s
65
65
1990s
13
3
2000s
11
4
2010s
16
16
2020s
5
9

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 1898, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 28, 1944 0.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.40 in — Jan 23, 2023
February 84.9°F — Feb 25, 1930 10.9°F — Feb 18, 1958 3.85 in — Feb 14, 2021
March 93.0°F — Mar 29, 1985 10.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.50 in — Mar 17, 1983
April 96.1°F — Apr 28, 1981 24.1°F — Apr 1, 1944 4.27 in — Apr 14, 1980
May 100.9°F — May 26, 1953 30.9°F — May 2, 1963 6.86 in — May 16, 2014
June 108.0°F — Jun 27, 1954 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1930 5.85 in — Jun 30, 1956
July 108.0°F — Jul 21, 1977 48.0°F — Jul 18, 1942 4.01 in — Jul 2, 1978
August 106.0°F — Aug 17, 1954 45.0°F — Aug 28, 1982 8.96 in — Aug 31, 2023
September 102.0°F — Sep 9, 1939 39.0°F — Sep 22, 2020 8.73 in — Sep 6, 2008
October 100.9°F — Oct 5, 1954 21.9°F — Oct 27, 1962 11.30 in — Oct 8, 2016
November 88.0°F — Nov 3, 1929 0.0°F — Nov 7, 1942 3.80 in — Nov 9, 1962
December 82.9°F — Dec 9, 1943 0.0°F — Dec 25, 1989 4.03 in — Dec 18, 2023

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