All-time weather records — Waynesboro, MS

Record high
106.0°F
July 14, 1980
Record low
-2.0°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
12.75 in
December 28, 2018

Climate change signal in Waynesboro

15.6%

of Waynesboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (57 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
44
18
1900s
30
28
1910s
32
53
1920s
45
26
1950s
48
12
1960s
30
73
1970s
15
38
1980s
30
46
1990s
9
34
2000s
6
31
2010s
38
3
2020s
39
4

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 31, 1927 0.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 7.85 in — Jan 10, 2026
February 88.0°F — Feb 11, 1919 -2.0°F — Feb 13, 1899 7.33 in — Feb 11, 2013
March 90.0°F — Mar 14, 1895 14.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 6.61 in — Mar 11, 2016
April 96.1°F — Apr 12, 1906 26.1°F — Apr 4, 1987 5.52 in — Apr 13, 1974
May 100.9°F — May 26, 1896 35.1°F — May 4, 1971 6.80 in — May 26, 1993
June 105.1°F — Jun 28, 1954 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1984 9.04 in — Jun 5, 1928
July 106.0°F — Jul 14, 1980 52.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 6.20 in — Jul 7, 1916
August 106.0°F — Aug 27, 2023 51.1°F — Aug 15, 2004 8.45 in — Aug 30, 2012
September 105.1°F — Sep 6, 1925 32.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.14 in — Sep 13, 1979
October 99.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 30, 1963 7.02 in — Oct 21, 1959
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1897 14.0°F — Nov 15, 1969 4.75 in — Nov 11, 1919
December 84.9°F — Dec 8, 1922 5.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 12.75 in — Dec 28, 2018

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