All-time weather records — Pelion, SC

Record high
107.1°F
July 13, 1980
Record low
-2.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.10 in
September 4, 1998

Climate change signal in Pelion

21.9%

of Pelion's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (80 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 #
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
39
82
1970s
59
73
1980s
74
84
1990s
47
38
2000s
56
61
2010s
54
21
2020s
37
7

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 1962, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1947-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 31, 2002 -2.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.65 in — Jan 8, 1993
February 84.9°F — Feb 25, 2022 1.9°F — Feb 12, 1973 3.20 in — Feb 6, 1985
March 89.1°F — Mar 10, 1974 -0.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.70 in — Mar 27, 2023
April 93.9°F — Apr 7, 1967 17.1°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.16 in — Apr 16, 1969
May 102.0°F — May 28, 2019 30.9°F — May 2, 1963 3.92 in — May 10, 1959
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 42.1°F — Jun 5, 1988 5.11 in — Jun 28, 1994
July 107.1°F — Jul 13, 1980 51.1°F — Jul 7, 1988 4.36 in — Jul 14, 2003
August 107.1°F — Aug 1, 1980 50.0°F — Aug 8, 2004 5.30 in — Aug 7, 1987
September 100.9°F — Sep 9, 2019 36.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 7.10 in — Sep 4, 1998
October 105.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.9°F — Oct 22, 1974 5.01 in — Oct 11, 2018
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1974 10.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.70 in — Nov 7, 2024
December 88.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 3.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.11 in — Dec 13, 2019

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