All-time weather records — Myrtle, MS

Record high
108.0°F
July 17, 1980
Record low
-15.0°F
January 30, 1966
Wettest day
8.95 in
December 1, 1991

Climate change signal in Myrtle

1.6%

of Myrtle's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1900s
·
·
1910s
·
·
1940s
·
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1950s
19
20
1960s
88
82
1970s
44
46
1980s
87
81
1990s
38
44
2000s
55
52
2010s
35
41

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 1956, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1909-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 24, 1972 -15.0°F — Jan 30, 1966 4.75 in — Jan 6, 1913
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -0.9°F — Feb 9, 1971 4.75 in — Feb 19, 1991
March 88.0°F — Mar 31, 1963 8.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 6.00 in — Mar 15, 1973
April 93.0°F — Apr 17, 1995 21.9°F — Apr 4, 1987 4.85 in — Apr 2, 1970
May 95.0°F — May 26, 1978 30.9°F — May 4, 2013 5.70 in — May 19, 1983
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.15 in — Jun 27, 1994
July 108.0°F — Jul 17, 1980 51.1°F — Jul 4, 1961 6.01 in — Jul 10, 1967
August 106.0°F — Aug 16, 2007 48.0°F — Aug 13, 2004 4.75 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 102.9°F — Sep 14, 1980 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.67 in — Sep 27, 2002
October 93.9°F — Oct 12, 1963 25.0°F — Oct 22, 1987 7.40 in — Oct 23, 2007
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2000 12.0°F — Nov 18, 1959 7.03 in — Nov 28, 1968
December 78.1°F — Dec 2, 1982 -11.0°F — Dec 24, 1963 8.95 in — Dec 1, 1991

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