HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — If you can’t take the heat…you might want to crank up your AC.
Every South Carolina county has reached at least 105 degrees since agencies began tracking temperatures, according to information from the South Carolina State Climatology Office. The state high was reached on June 29, 2021, at 113 degrees in Columbia.
The state’s lowest recorded temperature was -19 degrees, recorded on Jan. 21, 1985, in Caesars Head.
High temperatures are expected to continue in South Carolina this week following a heat advisory issued on Tuesday.
Wednesday, temperatures were expected to reach a high in the lower 90s, with weather cooling to the lower 70s at night in Horry County, according to the National Weather Service. The heat index could possibly reach 100 to 105 degrees on Friday in southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina.
On the cooler side, South Carolina’s 24-hour snowfall record was reached on Feb. 9-10, 1973, in Rimini, with 24 inches, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. The deepest snow was recorded on Feb. 18, 1969, in Ceasars Head, at 29 inches.
The most rain was on Sept. 16, 1999, in Myrtle Beach, at 14.8 inches within 24 hours. Jocasee set a record for the most rain in a year in 2018, at 123.45 inches.
Here are the lowest temperatures recorded in each South Carolina county, according to the South Carolina State Climatology Office:
Abbeville County
Location: Calhoun Falls
Temperature: 111 degrees
Date: Sept. 8, 1925
Aiken County
Location: Aiken
Temperature: 109 degrees
Date: Aug. 22, 1983
Allendale County
Location: Allendale
Temperature: 106 degrees
Date: Aug. 22, 1983
Anderson County
Location: Anderson
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: July 29, 1952
Bamberg County
Location: Bamberg
Temperature: 109 degrees
Date: July 24, 1952
Barnwell County
Location: Blackville
Temperature: 111 degrees
Date: Sept. 4, 1925
Beaufort County
Location: Yemasse
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: June 3, 1985
Berkeley County
Location: Jamestown
Temperature: 105 degrees
Date: Aug. 11, 2007
Calhoun County
Location: St. Matthews
Temperature: 105 degrees
Date: July 27, 1914
Charleston County
Location: Sullivans Island
Temperature: 105 degrees
Date: June 26, 1952
Cherokee County
Location: Ninety Nine Islands
Temperature: 106 degrees
Date: Aug. 21, 1983
Chester County
Location: Chester
Temperature: 106 degrees
Date: Aug. 31, 1983
Chesterfield County
Location: Cheraw
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: July 19, 1986
Clarendon County
Location: Manning
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: Aug. 22, 1983
Colleton County
Location: Walterboro
Temperature: 107 degrees
Date: Aug. 17, 1954
Darlington County
Location: Darlington
Temperature: 109 degrees
Date: Sept. 4, 1925
Dillon County
Location: Dillon
Temperature: 106 degrees
Date: Aug. 22, 1983
Dorchester County
Location: Summerville
Temperature: 107 degrees
Date: Sept. 21, 1925
Edgefield County
Location: Johnston
Temperature: 110 degrees
Date: Aug. 11, 2007
Fairfield County
Location: Winsboro
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: July 22, 1926
Florence County
Location: Florence
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: June 27, 1954
Georgetown County
Location: Georgetown
Temperature: 106 degrees
Date: June 30, 1990
Greenville County
Location: Hunts Bridge
Temperature: 105 degrees
Date: Aug. 10, 2007
Greenwood County
Location: Greenwood
Temperature: 109 degrees
Date: July 19, 1913
Hampton County
Location: Hampton
Temperature: 107 degrees
Date: July 13, 1980
Horry County
Location: Loris
Temperature: 107 degrees
Date: June 27, 1952
Jasper County
Location: Ridgeland
Temperature: 107 degrees
Date: June 27, 1950
Kershaw County
Location: Camden
Temperature: 111 degrees
Date: June 28, 1954
Lancaster County
Location: Kershaw
Temperature: 107 degrees
Date: July 27, 1926
Laurens County
Location: Laurens
Temperature: 110 degrees
Date: June 22, 1925
Lee County
Location: Bishopville
Temperature: 107 degrees
Date: July 27, 1940
Lexington County
Location: Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Temperature: 109 degrees
Date: June 28, 2012
Marion County
Location: Marion
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: June 27, 1954
Marlboro County
Location: McColl
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: Aug. 9, 2007
McCormick County
Location: Clarkhill
Temperature: 109 degrees
Date: July 29, 1987
Newberry County
Location: Little Mountain
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: July 21, 1952
Oconee County
Location: Walhalla
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: Sept. 7, 1925
Orangeburg County
Location: Orangeburg
Temperature: 106 degrees
Date: Aug. 2, 1999
Pickens County
Location: Pickens
Temperature: 105 degrees
Date: Aug. 21, 1983
Richland County
Location: USC Columbia
Temperature: 113 degrees
Date: June 29, 2012
Saluda County
Location: Saluda
Temperature: 109 degrees
Date: Sept. 1, 1912
Spartanburg County
Location: Spartanburg
Temperature: 106 degrees
Date: July 20, 1986
Sumter County
Location: Wedgefield
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: Sept. 4, 1925
Union County
Location: Santuck
Temperature: 110 degrees
Date: Sept. 4, 1925
Williamsburg County
Location: Kingstree
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: July 20, 1986
York County
Location: Winthrop University
Temperature: 108 degrees
Date: July 12, 1930
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