All-time weather records — South Carthage, TN

Record high
111.0°F
August 8, 1930
Record low
-17.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.35 in
August 3, 1893

Climate change signal in South Carthage

6.3%

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

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
5
34
1900s
29
32
1910s
55
29
1920s
56
50
1930s
117
18
1940s
15
24
1950s
19
21
1960s
12
45
1970s
2
12
1980s
12
33
1990s
3
19
2000s
11
24
2010s
21
14
2020s
9
11

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1890-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 2, 1894 -17.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.05 in — Jan 3, 1924
February 82.9°F — Feb 17, 1927 -15.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 6.10 in — Feb 16, 2003
March 91.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 3.0°F — Mar 7, 1899 6.11 in — Mar 28, 2021
April 95.0°F — Apr 24, 1925 21.0°F — Apr 5, 1899 3.30 in — Apr 2, 1920
May 98.1°F — May 16, 1962 24.1°F — May 19, 1986 4.55 in — May 2, 2010
June 105.1°F — Jun 20, 1936 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.72 in — Jun 16, 1949
July 109.9°F — Jul 28, 1930 42.1°F — Jul 1, 1928 5.60 in — Jul 5, 2013
August 111.0°F — Aug 8, 1930 37.9°F — Aug 22, 1941 8.35 in — Aug 3, 1893
September 108.0°F — Sep 5, 1925 32.0°F — Sep 21, 1927 3.50 in — Sep 7, 1971
October 97.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 16.0°F — Oct 29, 1927 3.90 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 87.1°F — Nov 2, 2016 0.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.50 in — Nov 11, 1946
December 77.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -9.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 4.06 in — Dec 8, 1924

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