Charleston Downtown, SC: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 62.5°F in Charleston Downtown, SC, the warmest March since 2024, 14th warmest of 133.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 62.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 14th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 0.54 in; Driest since 2019; 5th driest of 134

A normal March in Charleston Downtown, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.3°F, between 55.1°F and 63.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.04 in of precipitation, between 0.67 in and 5.27 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Charleston Downtown, SC since 1893: 62.5°F in 2026; the highest is 65.8°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 55.1 to 63.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Charleston Downtown, SC from 1893 to 2026, 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
2026	62.5	14	70.1	10	55	19	0.54	130	0
2025	60.5	38	67.2	45	53.9	31	2.25	93	0
2024	62.7	11	68.8	24	56.5	8	7.89	7	0
2023	62.2	16	68.3	30	56	11	1.31	115	0
2022	62.2	16	68.9	23	55.5	13	2.45	87	0
2021	61.8	22	68.4	29	55.1	17	3.99	41	0
2020	63.7	7	69.7	17	57.6	5	4.27	34	0
2019	59.2	57	65.5	74	52.9	41	0.52	131	0
2018	56.8	88	64.1	91	49.5	84	1.61	111	0
2017	59.6	49	66	64	53.2	38	1.14	120	0
2016	63.6	8	69.4	19	57.8	4	3.83	49	0
2015	59.1	59	67	49	51.1	62	2.92	74	0
2014	54.6	118	62.6	116	46.5	122	5.26	22	1
2013	53.5	124	61.3	122	45.7	125	4.33	33	0
2012	65.8	1	72.1	4	59.5	1	4.20	35	0
2011	60.1	42	67.3	42	52.9	41	1.90	102	0
2010	56.1	98	63.3	107	48.9	91	3.87	46	0
2009	57.2	81	63.4	105	50.9	68	2.59	82	0
2008	59.4	54	66.1	62	52.6	46	2.56	84	0
2007	60.9	31	67.6	39	54.1	26	1.29	116	0
2006	58.2	68	65.3	77	51	66	0.67	126	0
2005	55.9	102	63.5	99	48.3	100	6.58	12	0
2004	59.6	49	66	64	53.1	39	0.44	133	0
2003	60.8	32	66.4	57	55.3	15	4.74	28	0
2002	60.5	38	66.6	53	54.4	23	3.94	43	0
2001	58.9	61	67.2	45	50.6	70	5.39	20	0
2000	61.9	20	69	22	54.9	20	2.56	84	0
1999	56.2	96	64	94	48.5	98	1.85	104	0
1998	57	86	63.5	99	50.5	71	4.42	30	0
1997	65	4	71.5	7	58.4	2	1.78	106	0
1996	53.9	121	61.2	124	46.6	120	3.35	63	0
1995	59.4	54	65.9	68	52.9	41	1.02	122	0
1994	61.5	26	68.8	24	54.2	25	0.66	127	0
1993	55.1	114	62.1	118	48.2	101	6.60	11	0
1992	58.4	67	65.5	74	51.3	60	4.20	35	0
1991	61.1	30	67.5	40	54.7	22	3.15	64	0
1990	61.3	29	67.7	37	54.9	20	2.33	91	0
1989	57.4	78	64.2	89	50.5	71	2.79	77	0
1988	57.2	81	64.3	87	50	81	1.97	99	0
1987	55.8	103	62	119	49.6	83	4.80	27	0
1986	57.2	81	63.9	95	50.5	71	3.01	72	0
1985	60	44	67.9	33	52.2	51	1.68	109	0
1984	58.5	65	66.5	55	50.5	71	5.95	15	0
1983	56.3	95	63.6	98	49	88	9.79	2	0
1982	60	44	67.8	34	52.2	51	2.10	96	0
1981	55.3	110	63.7	97	47	116	2.72	78	0
1980	56.4	92	63.5	99	49.2	86	8.22	5	0
1979	56.5	91	64.4	84	48.7	95	3.13	66	0
1978	55	115	62.8	114	47.1	115	3.12	67	0
1977	61.6	24	69.3	20	54	29	5.67	17	0
1976	64	6	71.8	5	56.3	9	3.53	58	0
1975	56.6	90	64.3	87	48.8	93	3.41	62	0
1974	62.4	15	71.1	8	53.6	33	3.94	43	0
1973	60.7	35	67.3	42	54.1	26	6.75	10	0
1972	58.2	68	66	64	50.4	77	3.06	70	0
1971	53.3	125	61.1	125	45.6	126	3.84	48	0
1970	57.8	74	64.6	83	51.1	62	8.65	3	0
1969	53.1	127	60.9	127	45.3	128	6.00	14	0
1968	57.1	85	65.9	68	48.2	101	0.60	129	0
1967	60	44	67.7	37	52.3	48	2.25	93	0
1966	55.5	105	63.3	107	47.7	108	4.07	39	0
1965	55.2	112	62.8	114	47.5	112	8.03	6	0
1964	57.5	77	64.7	81	50.3	79	3.95	42	0
1963	60.7	35	69.1	21	52.3	48	2.03	98	0
1962	53.8	122	61	126	46.5	122	6.44	13	0
1961	61.7	23	69.8	16	53.5	35	5.27	21	0
1960	46.9	133	54.4	134	39.5	134	3.49	60	0
1959	56	100	63.5	99	48.6	97	7.58	8	0
1958	53.2	126	59.6	130	46.7	118	4.94	25	0
1957	56.2	96	63.3	107	49	88	3.89	45	0
1956	57.8	74	66.4	57	49.3	85	2.58	83	0
1955	60.8	32	69.9	13	51.8	56	0.47	132	0
1954	56.8	88	65.1	79	48.5	98	1.96	100	0
1953	60.7	35	68.5	28	52.9	41	3.65	54	0
1952	58.5	65	66.2	60	50.8	69	3.86	47	0
1951	58.1	71	65.2	78	51	66	3.74	52	0
1950	55.6	104	63.5	99	47.8	107	5.13	24	0
1949	57.8	74	66.5	55	49.1	87	1.60	112	0
1948	60.2	41	67.3	42	53.1	39	8.29	4	0
1947	50.9	131	58.8	131	43.1	131	7.26	9	0
1946	62.6	12	70	12	55.2	16	3.80	50	0
1945	65.7	2	73.1	2	58.3	3	1.07	121	0
1944	58.7	63	66.3	59	51.1	62	10.51	1	0
1943	55.5	105	63.4	105	47.6	110	5.49	19	0
1942	58.1	71	66.1	62	50.1	80	4.92	26	0
1941	51.3	129	58.5	132	44.2	129	3.55	57	0
1940	55	115	63.3	107	46.7	118	2.62	80	0
1939	61.5	26	69.5	18	53.5	35	1.87	103	0
1938	63.2	10	70.9	9	55.6	12	0.33	134	0
1937	57	86	65.9	68	48.1	105	1.84	105	0
1936	59.9	47	67.8	34	52	53	5.51	18	0
1935	63.4	9	71.6	6	55.1	17	1.02	122	0
1934	56.1	98	64.4	84	47.7	108	1.18	119	0
1933	58.2	68	65.9	68	50.5	71	0.99	125	0
1932	55.3	110	63.8	96	46.9	117	2.62	80	0
1931	53.7	123	61.3	122	46.2	124	2.88	75	0
1930	54.8	117	62.3	117	47.4	113	4.17	37	0
1929	61.4	28	68.8	24	53.9	31	2.05	97	0
1928	57.4	78	64.4	84	50.4	77	3.08	68	0
1927	58.9	61	65.9	68	51.9	55	2.97	73	0
1926	52.4	128	60.8	128	44	130	3.61	56	0
1925	59.2	57	66.7	51	51.6	59	1.28	117	0
1924	54	120	61.4	121	46.6	120	3.68	53	0
1923	59.6	49	67.1	48	52	53	2.38	89	0
1922	59.1	59	67	49	51.1	62	3.15	64	0
1921	65.1	3	73	3	57.2	6	2.66	79	0
1920	54.5	119	61.7	120	47.4	113	4.65	29	0
1919	59.5	52	66.7	51	52.3	48	4.05	40	0
1918	62	19	69.9	13	54	29	1.65	110	0
1917	59.4	54	67.2	45	51.7	57	3.05	71	0
1916	55.2	112	65	80	45.4	127	1.96	100	0
1915	49.6	132	57.7	133	41.5	133	2.83	76	0
1914	51.2	130	59.8	129	42.6	132	2.34	90	0
1913	60.1	42	66.6	53	53.6	33	3.80	50	0
1912	56	100	63	112	49	88	4.14	38	0
1911	57.2	81	65.4	76	48.9	91	1.27	118	0
1910	60.5	38	68.6	27	52.4	47	0.63	128	0
1909	58.1	71	65.7	73	50.5	71	5.89	16	0
1908	62.2	16	70.1	10	54.3	24	2.16	95	0
1907	65	4	74	1	56.1	10	1.01	124	0
1906	55.5	105	62.9	113	48.2	101	2.32	92	0
1905	59.5	52	66.2	60	52.8	45	2.50	86	0
1904	58.6	64	66	64	51.2	61	1.54	114	0
1903	62.6	12	68.3	30	57	7	3.44	61	0
1902	57.3	80	64.7	81	49.9	82	4.36	32	0
1901	56.4	92	64.1	91	48.8	93	2.40	88	0
1900	56.4	92	64.2	89	48.7	95	3.51	59	0
1899	59.9	47	68.1	32	51.7	57	1.60	112	0
1898	61.6	24	67.8	34	55.4	14	1.71	108	0
1897	60.8	32	67.5	40	54.1	26	4.38	31	0
1896	55.5	105	63.5	99	47.6	110	3.64	55	0
1895			64.1	91	48.2	101	5.22	23	6
1894	61.9	20	69.9	13	53.4	37	1.78	106	2
1893	55.5	105	63.2	111	48.1	105	3.07	69	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	65.8
1945	65.7
1921	65.1
1997	65
1907	65
1976	64
2020	63.7
2016	63.6
1935	63.4
1938	63.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	46.9
1915	49.6
1947	50.9
1914	51.2
1941	51.3
1926	52.4
1969	53.1
1958	53.2
1971	53.3
2013	53.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	10.51
1983	9.79
1970	8.65
1948	8.29
1980	8.22
1965	8.03
2024	7.89
1959	7.58
1947	7.26
1973	6.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1938	0.33
2004	0.44
1955	0.47
2019	0.52
2026	0.54
1968	0.60
1910	0.63
1994	0.66
2006	0.67
1933	0.99

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.32 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.54 in of precipitation in Charleston Downtown, SC, the driest March since 2019, 5th driest of 134.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Charleston Downtown, SC: 85°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Charleston Downtown, SC: a low of 38°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Charleston Downtown, SC: 0.32 in on Monday 16 March 2026.