All-time weather records — Smyrna, SC

Record high
106.0°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-4.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.16 in
August 17, 1985

Climate change signal in Smyrna

6.3%

of Smyrna's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
·
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1960s
86
101
1970s
93
81
1980s
86
64
1990s
23
56
2000s
40
42
2010s
38
22
2020s
·
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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 1961, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1940-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 31, 1975 -4.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.20 in — Jan 10, 2024
February 80.1°F — Feb 24, 1982 1.9°F — Feb 20, 2015 3.10 in — Feb 6, 1955
March 87.1°F — Mar 15, 1967 8.1°F — Mar 12, 1998 2.96 in — Mar 29, 1991
April 91.9°F — Apr 22, 1964 18.0°F — Apr 20, 1983 4.62 in — Apr 28, 2023
May 97.0°F — May 19, 1962 26.1°F — May 17, 1997 3.93 in — May 22, 2003
June 100.0°F — Jun 21, 1964 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 4.12 in — Jun 1, 1964
July 104.0°F — Jul 19, 1986 50.0°F — Jul 11, 1961 5.00 in — Jul 7, 1967
August 106.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 17.1°F — Aug 9, 2003 7.16 in — Aug 17, 1985
September 98.1°F — Sep 10, 1983 28.9°F — Sep 5, 1997 4.50 in — Sep 6, 1942
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 30, 1965 7.13 in — Oct 12, 1990
November 87.1°F — Nov 2, 1974 9.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 4.25 in — Nov 28, 1948
December 80.1°F — Dec 30, 1984 -4.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.37 in — Dec 27, 2023

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