Columbia, SC

South Carolina · Records since 1887–2026

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Records for November 11

🔥 Record High

82°F

November 11, 2020

+14° from 68° normal

❄ Record Low

26°F

November 11, 1913

-16° from 42° normal
🌞 Normal high: 68°F 🌑 Normal low: 42°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Columbia

🔥
109°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 30, 2012
❄
-2°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 14, 1899
🌧
6.87"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 4, 2015
☃
12.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 10, 1973

First & Last Dates — Columbia

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
322 days
Longest growing season
1918
185 days
Shortest growing season
1982
227 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 11

# Temp Date
🏆 82°F November 11, 2020
2 82°F November 11, 1896
3 81°F November 11, 1985
4 80°F November 11, 2006
5 80°F November 11, 1935
6 80°F November 11, 1908
7 79°F November 11, 1989
8 79°F November 11, 1946
9 79°F November 11, 1931
10 78°F November 11, 2021

Top 5 Record Lows — November 11

# Temp Date
🥶 26°F November 11, 1913
2 27°F November 11, 1996
3 28°F November 11, 1973
4 29°F November 11, 2025
5 29°F November 11, 1993
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1887–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Columbia

threshold: 97°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.5
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
101°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
104
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
5
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1887–2026
102
2026 so far
71
Avg/year 1970–2025
86
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
116
Most in a year (2010)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Columbia

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 3, 1993 – Jul 23, 1993 21 103°F (Jul 10) 100°F 74°F
2 Jul 7, 1986 – Jul 25, 1986 19 106°F (Jul 19) 101°F 74°F
3 Aug 8, 1900 – Aug 23, 1900 16 106°F (Aug 20) 101°F 74°F
4 Jul 2, 2016 – Jul 15, 2016 14 104°F (Jul 3) 101°F 75°F
5 Jun 14, 2015 – Jun 26, 2015 13 101°F (Jun 16) 99°F 75°F
6 Jun 21, 1998 – Jul 1, 1998 11 104°F (Jun 27) 100°F 74°F
7 Jul 30, 1980 – Aug 9, 1980 11 102°F (Aug 1) 99°F 70°F
8 Jul 22, 2016 – Aug 1, 2016 11 102°F (Jul 26) 100°F 76°F
9 Jul 4, 1990 – Jul 12, 1990 9 105°F (Jul 10) 101°F 73°F
10 Jun 30, 1954 – Jul 8, 1954 9 104°F (Jul 7) 101°F 72°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

76
2026 total
above-normal nights
42.8
Avg / summer
1970–2020
82
Most in a summer
2010

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1887–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1887, annual totals have trended +0.42" per decade, about +5.7" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Columbia is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

194 of 314 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

24.51"
2026 YTD
Normal: 39.67"
-15.16"
0.88"
November so far
November normal: 2.76"
-1.88"
4
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Columbia is 15.16" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 11 – Nov 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
64.6°F
Average temperature
13th-warmest of 140
+3.5°
vs. average
Normal: 61.1°F (1991–2020)
1.20"
Precipitation
44th-driest of 140
-1.11"
vs. average
Normal: 2.31" · 52% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 11 – Nov 10

1887–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.06° per decade (warming since 1887)

Precipitation by Year — Oct 11 – Nov 10

1887–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1887)

Warmest Oct 11 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1919 68.4°F
2 1984 67.3°F
3 2020 67.2°F
4 1915 66.9°F
5 1935 66.2°F
6 1975 65.8°F
7 1947 65.4°F
8 1985 65.4°F
9 1920 65.3°F
10 1946 65.3°F

Coolest Oct 11 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1976 52.4°F
2 1967 54.6°F
3 1891 55.6°F
4 1930 55.8°F
5 1954 55.9°F
6 1955 56.3°F
7 1913 56.3°F
8 1887 56.5°F
9 1952 56.7°F
10 1982 56.9°F

Wettest Oct 11 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 1970 9.10"
2 1990 8.78"
3 1959 8.57"
4 2018 7.92"
5 1887 7.80"
6 1911 6.79"
7 1968 6.35"
8 1964 6.17"
9 2009 5.88"
10 1985 5.73"

Driest Oct 11 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2016 0.00"
2 1961 0.00"
3 2005 0.03"
4 1939 0.04"
5 2000 0.07"
6 1998 0.13"
7 2001 0.14"
8 1931 0.14"
9 1974 0.32"
10 1952 0.32"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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