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Columbia, SC 33.942°N, 81.118°W · station CAEthr · 140 years of record
96°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Columbia.
83° MON 7/13 85° TUE 7/14 90° WED 7/15 94° THU 7/16 96° FRI 7/17 95° SAT 7/18 95° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #20 / 139
warmest Jul 17 in 139 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 103°F
set in 1899
Coolest Jul 17 ever 76°F
set in 1933
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Columbia. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
76 90 103 1887: 102°F 1888: 83°F 1889: 86°F 1890: 92°F 1891: 86°F 1892: 94°F 1893: 98°F 1894: 87°F 1895: 94°F 1896: 95°F 1897: 89°F 1898: 97°F 1899: 103°F 1900: 94°F 1901: 88°F 1902: 99°F 1903: 90°F 1904: 88°F 1905: 93°F 1906: 89°F 1907: 89°F 1908: 90°F 1909: 89°F 1910: 90°F 1911: 86°F 1912: 87°F 1913: 97°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 98°F 1916: 86°F 1917: 91°F 1918: 92°F 1919: 82°F 1920: 88°F 1921: 81°F 1922: 90°F 1923: 79°F 1924: 94°F 1925: 99°F 1926: 88°F 1927: 89°F 1928: 86°F 1929: 88°F 1930: 79°F 1931: 98°F 1932: 98°F 1933: 76°F 1934: 100°F 1935: 82°F 1936: 85°F 1937: 96°F 1938: 93°F 1939: 93°F 1940: 84°F 1941: 85°F 1942: 98°F 1943: 95°F 1944: 94°F 1945: 88°F 1946: 86°F 1947: 88°F 1948: 92°F 1949: 93°F 1950: 92°F 1951: 94°F 1952: 95°F 1953: 93°F 1954: 85°F 1955: 98°F 1956: 94°F 1957: 91°F 1958: 95°F 1959: 87°F 1960: 90°F 1961: 93°F 1962: 83°F 1963: 91°F 1964: 91°F 1965: 90°F 1966: 91°F 1967: 83°F 1968: 94°F 1969: 96°F 1970: 91°F 1971: 91°F 1972: 91°F 1973: 86°F 1974: 91°F 1975: 78°F 1976: 96°F 1977: 94°F 1978: 89°F 1979: 92°F 1980: 97°F 1981: 92°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 96°F 1984: 92°F 1985: 86°F 1986: 100°F 1987: 91°F 1988: 98°F 1989: 80°F 1990: 94°F 1991: 87°F 1992: 92°F 1993: 101°F 1994: 95°F 1995: 94°F 1996: 91°F 1997: 89°F 1998: 88°F 1999: 89°F 2000: 95°F 2001: 91°F 2002: 98°F 2003: 92°F 2004: 90°F 2005: 90°F 2006: 96°F 2007: 93°F 2008: 91°F 2009: 94°F 2010: 95°F 2011: 91°F 2012: 93°F 2013: 93°F 2014: 90°F 2015: 95°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 86°F 2018: 95°F 2019: 98°F 2020: 94°F 2021: 91°F 2022: 92°F 2023: 93°F 2024: 96°F 2025: 95°F 96° forecast 1887 2025 1899 Forecast high · Jul 17 96°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 103°F This-date rank #20 of 139
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 109°F (2012) Odds to tie/break 4.0% (daily) Period of record 1887–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Columbia in each calendar month, and for the whole 1887–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 84°F 1974 -1°F 1985 Feb 86°F 2021 -2°F 1899 Mar 93°F 1907 4°F 1980 Apr 96°F 1896 26°F 1983 May 101°F 1898 34°F 1963 Jun 109°F 2012 44°F 1984 Jul 107°F 1952 54°F 1892 Aug 107°F 1983 53°F 1969 Sep 106°F 1925 40°F 1967 Oct 101°F 1954 23°F 1952 Nov 90°F 1961 12°F 1970 Dec 83°F 1971 4°F 1958 All-time 109°F 2012 -2°F 1899
Records set or tied at Columbia so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 2 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 16 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 54 days
record run, ended Aug 11 1986
So far in 2026 40 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Columbia's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 93°F · forecast is +3° vs normal .
Jan: 57°F Jan: 35°F Feb: 61°F Feb: 38°F Mar: 69°F Mar: 44°F Apr: 77°F Apr: 52°F May: 84°F May: 61°F Jun: 90°F Jun: 69°F Jul: 93°F Jul: 72°F Aug: 91°F Aug: 72°F Sep: 86°F Sep: 66°F Oct: 77°F Oct: 53°F Nov: 67°F Nov: 42°F Dec: 59°F Dec: 37°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:23 AM Sunset 7:37 PM Solar noon 12:30 PM Daylight 14h 14m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 33.94°N, 81.12°W Columbia's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Columbia's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Columbia, coloured by temperature — 140 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Columbia — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
40 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 32nd most in 140 years. Normal for this point: 32 . Record: 57 in 2011.
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