Charleston Downtown, SC: 2025

31 December 2025: 2025 averaged 67.5°F in Charleston Downtown, SC, the warmest year since 2024, tied 27th warmest of 132 (with 1986, 1939 and 1927).

2025

Mean temperature: 67.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 27th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 41.95 in; Driest since 2022; 50th driest of 133

A normal year in Charleston Downtown, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.3°F, between 66.4°F and 68.8°F in eight years of ten and 43.70 in of precipitation, between 32.11 in and 53.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every year in Charleston Downtown, SC since 1893: 67.5°F in 2025; the highest is 70.4°F, in 1998.

Normal range, 66.4 to 68.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every year in Charleston Downtown, SC from 1893 to 2025, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2025	67.5	27	73.3	79	61.7	16	41.95	84	0
2024	68.6	8	74.2	30	63	5	49.12	37	0
2023	68.7	7	74.6	17	62.7	8	49.32	35	2
2022	68	16	73.7	49	62.3	9	39.20	98	0
2021	69.1	3	75.1	6	63	5	45.53	61	0
2020	69.1	3	75	9	63.2	2	48.43	44	0
2019	68.8	6	74.5	20	63.1	3	40.78	90	0
2018	68	16	74	40	62	13	47.32	52	0
2017	68.9	5	74.9	13	62.8	7	53.89	19	0
2016	68.5	9	74.7	16	62.3	9	45.26	64	0
2015	68.5	9	74.9	13	62.1	12	66.84	5	0
2014	66.9	43	73.8	44	60	49	40.64	92	13
2013	66.9	43	73.2	83	60.7	29	48.90	42	0
2012	68.4	11	74.6	17	62.3	9	38.78	101	0
2011	67.9	19	74.3	26	61.5	18	31.50	125	0
2010	66.4	78	72.8	97	60.1	48	40.29	95	0
2009	66.6	58	72.6	106	60.5	34	47.75	51	4
2008	67	40	73.3	79	60.7	29	49.33	34	3
2007	67.9	19	74	40	61.7	16	32.18	122	0
2006	67.6	24	74.1	34	61.2	22	33.26	119	0
2005	66.6	58	72.8	97	60.5	34	48.33	46	0
2004	66.9	43	72.4	111	61.3	20	41.01	88	6
2003	66.5	64	72.3	116	60.7	29	41.60	85	0
2002	67.6	24	73.3	79	62	13	53.14	20	0
2001	68.2	12	75.6	2	60.8	26	36.38	111	0
2000	66.4	78	73.4	70	59.4	72	27.63	133	18
1999	67.8	22	74.2	30	61.3	20	36.17	112	0
1998	70.4	1	76.8	1	64	1	52.14	24	0
1997	66.9	43	73.2	83	60.6	32	52.11	25	0
1996	65.9	100	72.4	111	59.3	78	30.22	130	0
1995	66.6	58	72.7	103	60.5	34	42.13	81	0
1994	66.9	43	73	91	60.9	24	54.33	16	1
1993	66.5	64	72.5	108	60.6	32	36.63	110	0
1992	66.3	87	72.4	111	60.3	41	57.87	11	0
1991	68.2	12	74.3	26	62	13	45.60	60	2
1990	69.2	2	75.2	5	63.1	3	54.01	18	0
1989	66.3	87	72.8	97	59.8	55	56.45	13	0
1988	64.7	128	71.1	132	58.4	110	38.29	104	0
1987	65.6	109	71.9	126	59.4	72	52.33	22	0
1986	67.5	27	73.5	62	61.4	19	42.32	79	0
1985	67.7	23	75	9	60.4	39	42.28	80	2
1984	66.5	64	74	40	59	92	41.97	83	0
1983	64.8	125	72	123	57.5	128	48.38	45	0
1982	66.5	64	73.7	49	59.5	66	47.97	49	12
1981	65.4	113	72.9	95	57.9	119	40.37	94	0
1980	66.5	64	73.7	49	59.2	85	40.94	89	0
1979	65.1	118	72.6	106	57.7	125	49.16	36	0
1978	66.3	87	73.4	70	59.1	88	45.18	65	0
1977	66.7	55	74.5	20	59	92	42.03	82	0
1976	65.9	100	73.4	70	58.4	110	51.31	28	2
1975	67.6	24	74.8	15	60.3	41	38.33	103	0
1974	66.9	43	74.2	30	59.7	59	48.95	40	0
1973	66.7	55	73.6	55	59.8	55	60.76	9	0
1972	66.5	64	73.6	55	59.3	78	40.73	91	0
1971	66.7	55	73.8	44	59.5	66	63.77	6	0
1970	66.5	64	73.4	70	59.5	66	42.98	74	0
1969	64.8	125	71.4	130	58.2	114	54.51	15	0
1968	65.1	118	72.5	108	57.8	124	45.48	63	0
1967	65.9	100	73	91	58.7	105	42.55	77	0
1966	65.1	118	72.1	121	58	116	48.07	48	0
1965	66.4	78	73.4	70	59.4	72	52.23	23	0
1964	65.9	100	72.8	97	59	92	73.41	2	0
1963	65	121	72.2	118	57.7	125	48.32	47	0
1962	65.4	113	72.7	103	58.1	115	49.70	33	0
1961	65.9	100	73.1	89	58.8	101	48.91	41	0
1960	64.9	124	71.9	126	57.9	119	46.50	56	0
1959	66.5	64	73.2	83	59.8	55	58.64	10	0
1958	64.8	125	71.6	129	57.9	119	44.36	68	0
1957	66.5	64	73.2	83	59.7	59	51.79	26	0
1956	66.9	43	74.3	26	59.4	72	35.13	115	0
1955	66.5	64	73.7	49	59.3	78	40.48	93	0
1954	67	40	74.5	20	59.5	66	31.02	129	0
1953	67.4	31	74.4	25	60.4	39	44.11	71	0
1952	66.9	43	74.1	34	59.7	59	39.20	98	0
1951	66.4	78	73.6	55	59.2	85	38.23	105	0
1950	66.6	58	73.8	44	59.3	78	43.35	73	0
1949	68	16	75.1	6	60.8	26	46.05	58	0
1948	66.6	58	73.8	44	59.5	66	61.26	8	0
1947	65.8	106	72.8	97	58.8	101	67.41	4	0
1946	67.4	31	74.6	17	60.2	44	48.97	39	0
1945	67.2	36	74.1	34	60.2	44	74.87	1	0
1944	66.2	93	73.6	55	58.7	105	51.23	29	0
1943	65.7	108	73.4	70	58	116	36.17	112	0
1942	66.4	78	74.2	30	58.7	105	41.37	87	0
1941	66.4	78	73.5	62	59.3	78	62.63	7	0
1940	64.6	130	72.1	121	57.2	131	45.49	62	0
1939	67.5	27	75	9	60	49	49.04	38	0
1938							31.10	128	61
1937	66.3	87	73.5	62	59	92	48.76	43	0
1936	66.3	87	73.4	70	59.2	85	40.20	96	0
1935	66.4	78	73.5	62	59.3	78	54.06	17	0
1934	66.4	78	73.7	49	59.1	88	38.83	100	0
1933	68.1	14	75.4	3	60.9	24	52.85	21	0
1932	68.1	14	75.1	6	61	23	44.84	67	0
1931	67.1	39	74.5	20	59.7	59	28.80	132	0
1930	66	97	73	91	58.9	97	32.43	121	0
1929	66.5	64	73.4	70	59.6	64	44.96	66	0
1928	66	97	73	91	59.1	88	42.76	76	0
1927	67.5	27	75	9	60	49	29.86	131	0
1926	66.1	94	73.5	62	58.7	105	35.12	116	0
1925	67	40	74.1	34	59.9	53	33.42	118	0
1924	65.5	112	72.7	103	58.3	113	51.07	30	0
1923	66.4	78	73.3	79	59.5	66	46.58	54	0
1922	67.3	33	74.3	26	60.3	41	50.62	32	0
1921	67.9	19	75.4	3	60.5	34	45.62	59	0
1920	65	121	72.3	116	57.7	125	46.81	53	0
1919	67.3	33	74.1	34	60.5	34	36.68	109	0
1918	65.9	100	73.2	83	58.7	105	31.33	127	0
1917	64.6	130	72.2	118	57	132	33.57	117	0
1916	66.3	87	73.8	44	58.8	101	42.51	78	0
1915	66	97	73.2	83	58.9	97	46.55	55	0
1914	65	121	72	123	58	116	44.32	70	0
1913	66.5	64	73.6	55	59.4	72	41.49	86	0
1912	65.6	109	72.4	111	58.8	101	51.32	27	0
1911	67.3	33	74.5	20	60	49	31.68	124	0
1910	65.2	116	72.5	108	57.9	119	39.69	97	0
1909	66.1	94	73.1	89	59.1	88	38.68	102	0
1908	66.8	52	73.9	43	59.7	59	31.41	126	0
1907	66.5	64	73.6	55	59.4	72	31.71	123	0
1906	66.1	94	72.9	95	59.3	78	43.62	72	0
1905	65.6	109	72.4	111	58.9	97	35.25	114	0
1904	64.7	128	71.8	128	57.5	128	37.88	107	0
1903	65.2	116	72	123	58.4	110	42.86	75	0
1902	65.8	106	72.8	97	58.9	97	37.22	108	0
1901	64.3	132	71.2	131	57.4	130	32.70	120	0
1900	66.9	43	73.5	62	60.2	44	38.10	106	0
1899	66.8	52	73.6	55	59.9	53	44.33	69	2
1898	66.8	52	73.5	62	60.2	44	46.42	57	0
1897	67.2	36	73.5	62	60.8	26	50.65	31	2
1896	66.6	58	73.4	70	59.8	55	47.78	50	2
1895	65.4	113	72.2	118	57.9	119	55.18	14	20
1894	67.2	36	74.1	34	59.6	64	56.81	12	22
1893	66.5	64	73.7	49	59	92	70.99	3	15

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	70.4
1990	69.2
2021	69.1
2020	69.1
2017	68.9
2019	68.8
2023	68.7
2024	68.6
2016	68.5
2015	68.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1901	64.3
1940	64.6
1917	64.6
1988	64.7
1904	64.7
1983	64.8
1969	64.8
1958	64.8
1960	64.9
1963	65
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	74.87
1964	73.41
1893	70.99
1947	67.41
2015	66.84
1971	63.77
1941	62.63
1948	61.26
1973	60.76
1959	58.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	27.63
1931	28.80
1927	29.86
1996	30.22
1954	31.02
1938	31.10
1918	31.33
1908	31.41
2011	31.50
1911	31.68

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 27 July 2025
Coldest night: 25°F; 15 December 2025
Wettest day: 4.10 in; 22 August 2025

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	45.8°F 17th coldest of 131	1.63 in 44th driest of 133
February	55°F 33rd warmest of 132	1.04 in 18th driest of 133
March	60.5°F 37th warmest of 132	2.25 in 40th driest of 133
April	68.9°F 4th warmest of 133	0.78 in 15th driest of 132
May	75.7°F 12th warmest of 131	6.01 in 14th wettest of 132
June	81.5°F 13th warmest of 132	1.85 in 16th driest of 133
July	84.1°F 6th warmest of 131	4.55 in 43rd driest of 132
August	80.1°F 32nd coldest of 131	15.78 in 3rd wettest of 131
September	76.5°F 46th coldest of 132	1.04 in 9th driest of 132
October	67.4°F 44th coldest of 133	4.66 in 30th wettest of 133
November	60.9°F 42nd warmest of 130	0.29 in 7th driest of 132
December	52.9°F 55th warmest of 130	2.07 in 55th driest of 133

Hot days and freezes

Charleston Downtown, SC has had 20 days at 90°F or above in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2023, tied 100th most of 132 (with 2008 and 1997).
Charleston Downtown, SC has had 8 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2018, tied 71st most of 132 (with 1976, 1957, 1930 and 1 other year).
The first freeze of fall 2025 in Charleston Downtown, SC came on Tuesday 11 November 2025, the earliest since 2014, tied 9th earliest of 133 (with 1913).
The last freeze of spring 2025 in Charleston Downtown, SC came on Friday 21 February 2025, the latest since 2020, tied 58th latest of 132 (with 1959 and 1958).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
9 February	Warmest day	81°F	76°F 1921	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

Every month, season and year

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Charleston Downtown, SC the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

2025 brought 41.95 in of precipitation in Charleston Downtown, SC, the driest year since 2022, 50th driest of 133.
The hottest day of 2025 in Charleston Downtown, SC: 97°F on Sunday 27 July 2025.
The coldest night of 2025 in Charleston Downtown, SC: a low of 25°F on Monday 15 December 2025.
The wettest day of 2025 in Charleston Downtown, SC: 4.10 in on Friday 22 August 2025.