All-time weather records — Westminster, SC

Record high
108.0°F
September 7, 1925
Record low
-5.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.65 in
September 20, 1924

Climate change signal in Westminster

5.7%

of Westminster's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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
4
11
1900s
30
26
1910s
4
2
1920s
58
28
1930s
65
34
1940s
53
37
1950s
36
30
1960s
14
61
1970s
12
45
1980s
15
41
1990s
18
25
2000s
22
17
2010s
24
8
2020s
11
1

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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1896-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 22, 1929 -5.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.65 in — Jan 22, 1906
February 82.0°F — Feb 5, 2025 -4.0°F — Feb 17, 1958 5.06 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 93.9°F — Mar 22, 1907 3.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.47 in — Mar 26, 1901
April 93.9°F — Apr 24, 1925 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1923 5.88 in — Apr 20, 2019
May 100.9°F — May 29, 1941 9.0°F — May 3, 1982 6.93 in — May 29, 1976
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1954 37.9°F — Jun 14, 1998 6.90 in — Jun 4, 1967
July 106.0°F — Jul 12, 1930 45.0°F — Jul 16, 1903 8.00 in — Jul 1, 1905
August 106.0°F — Aug 17, 1954 30.9°F — Aug 23, 1931 6.40 in — Aug 6, 1901
September 108.0°F — Sep 7, 1925 32.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 9.65 in — Sep 20, 1924
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 1954 19.9°F — Oct 21, 1952 6.06 in — Oct 20, 1950
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1961 9.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.75 in — Nov 2, 1979
December 81.0°F — Dec 25, 1955 -2.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 5.00 in — Dec 9, 1919

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