All-time weather records — Myrtle Beach, SC

Record high
100.9°F
July 2, 1990
Record low
1.0°F
March 16, 2011
Wettest day
14.80 in
September 16, 1999

Climate change signal in Myrtle Beach

19.1%

of Myrtle Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (70 of 366 records since 2015).

18.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (69 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 #
1980s
16
14
1990s
148
84
2000s
100
142
2010s
71
96
2020s
31
30

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 1988, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1988-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 28, 1999 14.0°F — Jan 7, 2018 2.50 in — Jan 16, 2022
February 82.9°F — Feb 9, 2025 12.9°F — Feb 20, 2015 4.50 in — Feb 5, 1998
March 87.1°F — Mar 30, 1997 1.0°F — Mar 16, 2011 3.00 in — Mar 9, 1998
April 96.1°F — Apr 22, 2002 28.9°F — Apr 9, 2007 2.10 in — Apr 9, 1998
May 98.1°F — May 14, 2000 26.1°F — May 21, 2002 2.79 in — May 11, 2015
June 100.0°F — Jun 29, 1998 48.0°F — Jun 4, 1999 3.10 in — Jun 20, 2003
July 100.9°F — Jul 2, 1990 48.0°F — Jul 30, 2000 3.75 in — Jul 30, 1997
August 100.0°F — Aug 1, 2002 32.0°F — Aug 24, 2002 3.84 in — Aug 13, 2004
September 97.0°F — Sep 1, 1993 39.9°F — Sep 8, 2017 14.80 in — Sep 16, 1999
October 91.0°F — Oct 8, 1989 21.0°F — Oct 24, 2006 10.00 in — Oct 5, 2015
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2004 21.0°F — Nov 24, 2013 3.60 in — Nov 13, 2020
December 79.0°F — Dec 5, 1998 10.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 3.30 in — Dec 22, 2006

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