Charleston Downtown, SC: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 75.2°F in Charleston Downtown, SC, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2021, tied 28th warmest of 133 (with 2017).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 75.2°F; Warmest since 2021; 28th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 4.31 in; Wettest since 2016; 7th wettest of 134

A normal 1 to 9 October in Charleston Downtown, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.7°F, between 68.7°F and 77.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.59 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 5.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Charleston Downtown, SC since 1893: 75.2°F in 2026; the highest is 81.2°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 68.7 to 77.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	75.2	28	79.4	47	70.9	21	4.31	7	0
2025	73.3	46	77.9	77	68.8	33	1.82	31	0
2024	75	31	78.7	64	71.3	19	0.12	93	0
2023	71.4	72	78.1	73	64.7	71	0.00	118	0
2022	67.4	121	74	121	60.8	113	0.00	118	0
2021	76.6	16	80.6	30	72.7	10	1.65	39	0
2020	71.1	77	76.7	88	65.4	66	0.00	118	0
2019	76.7	15	81.2	25	72.1	12	0.87	55	0
2018	81.2	1	86.9	2	75.6	1	0.41	74	0
2017	75.2	28	79.6	43	70.8	22	0.50	69	0
2016	74.5	37	78.9	57	70.1	23	8.20	2	0
2015	70.1	84	75	109	65.1	68	16.43	1	0
2014			80.1	36			0.00	118	1
2013	73.3	46	79.2	55	67.4	48	0.83	58	0
2012	74.4	38	79.3	51	69.6	27	0.56	66	0
2011	68.1	111	74.9	112	61.3	112	0.05	101	0
2010	69.3	93	76.7	88	62	98	0.00	118	0
2009	73.6	45	80.6	30	66.6	52	1.04	53	0
2008	71.7	66	77.4	83	66	63	0.62	64	0
2007	77	12	81.6	21	72.4	11	1.76	35	0
2006	71.6	68	78.7	64	64.6	73	0.41	74	0
2005	77	12	81	27	73	8	3.57	11	0
2004	73.1	48	77.4	83	68.8	33	1.97	29	0
2003	69.3	93	75.2	107	63.4	85	0.13	92	0
2002	78.1	6	82.9	10	73.2	6	2.25	22	0
2001	68.8	104	78	75	59.7	122	0.07	99	0
2000	70.4	83	77.7	81	63.2	87	0.00	118	0
1999	69.3	93	74.6	117	64	81	0.00	118	0
1998	78.9	5	83.1	8	74.8	2	2.12	26	0
1997	75.7	25	82	17	69.4	29	0.00	118	0
1996	69.2	97	74.7	114	63.8	83	4.46	6	0
1995	75.8	21	79.8	40	71.9	13	2.38	21	0
1994	68.4	107	74	121	62.9	91	5.03	4	0
1993	71.6	68	77	85	66.2	59	0.39	76	0
1992	66.8	124	72	132	61.7	103	5.26	3	0
1991	69.8	87	75.6	104	64.1	79	0.46	71	0
1990	77.4	9	81.8	20	73	8	0.19	87	0
1989	72.4	61	80.3	32	64.4	74	2.50	18	0
1988	67	123	72.2	130	61.8	102	0.86	56	0
1987	65.1	130	72.4	129	57.8	129	0.00	118	0
1986	80.3	3	86.4	3	74.1	4	2.21	24	0
1985	72.3	63	78.1	73	66.6	52	0.37	78	0
1984	67.5	120	75.4	106	59.6	123	0.09	96	0
1983	72.6	60	80.2	34	65	69	0.00	118	0
1982	74.1	40	80.9	29	67.3	50	0.01	108	0
1981	69.6	91	77.6	82	61.6	109	0.00	118	0
1980	68.2	109	76	101	60.3	119	0.03	102	0
1979	71.2	75	79.3	51	63	88	0.26	82	0
1978	69.9	85	78.2	72	61.7	103	0.03	102	0
1977	70.5	82	78.9	57	62.1	97	0.02	106	0
1976	71.3	73	78.9	57	63.8	83	2.42	20	0
1975	71.7	66	78.4	70	65	69	0.20	86	0
1974	63.3	132	71.4	133	55.2	132	0.00	118	0
1973	76.5	18	82.9	10	70.1	23	0.08	97	0
1972	69.2	97	76.3	97	62	98	0.18	88	0
1971	75.8	21	82.4	13	69.2	30	3.14	12	0
1970	72.7	57	79.6	43	65.9	64	0.08	97	0
1969	73.9	42	79.4	47	68.4	37	1.12	50	0
1968	72.7	57	79.9	39	65.4	66	2.44	19	0
1967	70.6	81	78.9	57	62.3	96	0.42	73	0
1966	69.1	101	76.7	88	61.4	111	0.21	84	0
1965	72.7	57	78.9	57	66.4	56	0.91	54	0
1964	69.1	101	75.8	103	62.4	95	2.23	23	0
1963	69.3	93	77	85	61.7	103	0.00	118	0
1962	75.8	21	82.7	12	69	31	1.52	41	0
1961	68.3	108	74.7	114	62	98	3.70	10	0
1960	76.5	18	82	17	71	20	1.06	52	0
1959	77.6	8	83.4	7	71.7	15	0.84	57	0
1958	66.7	125	73.9	124	59.6	123	1.26	47	0
1957	67.8	116	74	121	61.7	103	1.81	32	0
1956	74.6	35	81.2	25	68	41	0.35	79	0
1955	74.2	39	79.8	40	68.6	36	0.00	118	0
1954	75.9	20	83.1	8	68.8	33	0.33	80	0
1953	71.2	75	76.7	88	65.7	65	0.30	81	0
1952	69.7	88	76.6	94	62.9	91	1.07	51	0
1951	74.8	33	81.9	19	67.7	45	trace	112	0
1950	68.7	105	75.6	104	61.9	101	0.43	72	0
1949	72.9	51	77.8	79	68	41	0.71	62	0
1948	67.2	122	73.6	127	60.8	113	1.67	38	0
1947	69	103	75	109	63	88	0.74	60	0
1946	67.9	114	75.2	107	60.7	116	1.90	30	0
1945	72.2	64	77.8	79	66.6	52	1.53	40	0
1944	75.3	27	82.1	16	68.4	37	0.14	91	0
1943	68.2	109	76.4	95	59.9	120	0.03	102	0
1942	69.7	88	78.7	64	60.8	113	0.01	108	0
1941	79.4	4	85	4	73.8	5	2.10	27	0
1940	68.1	111	76.2	99	59.9	120	trace	112	0
1939	71	79	78.7	64	63.3	86	0.73	61	0
1938	64.1	131	72.6	128	55.7	131	0.00	118	0
1937	74.8	33	80	37	69.6	27	2.21	24	0
1936	75.4	26	81	27	69.9	25	2.00	28	0
1935	65.8	129	74.7	114	57	130	0.00	118	0
1934	72.9	51	79.2	55	66.6	52	4.29	8	0
1933	71.3	73	78.3	71	64.2	76	0.15	89	0
1932	67.9	114	74.2	119	61.7	103	1.73	37	0
1931	74.9	32	81.4	24	68.4	37	0.50	69	0
1930	67.8	116	74.9	112	60.7	116	0.02	106	0
1929	69.9	85	76.9	87	63	88	0.79	59	0
1928	73.1	48	78.8	62	67.4	48	0.58	65	0
1927	77.1	11	82.3	14	71.8	14	1.49	42	0
1926	74.6	35	81.6	21	67.7	45	0.21	84	0
1925	76.6	16	84.1	6	69	31	0.38	77	0
1924	69.6	91	76.2	99	62.9	91	trace	112	0
1923	69.2	97	74.1	120	64.2	76	1.79	34	0
1922	75.1	30	80.3	32	69.9	25	1.41	45	0
1921	68.1	111	76.7	88	59.6	123	0.69	63	0
1920	63.1	133	72.1	131	54.1	133	0.01	108	0
1919	81.1	2	87.9	1	74.3	3	0.00	118	0
1918	71.6	68	78.6	69	64.7	71	trace	112	0
1917	66.7	125	75	109	58.3	128	0.01	108	0
1916	69.2	97	74.3	118	64	81	1.20	48	0
1915	73.7	44	79.7	42	67.7	45	2.91	14	0
1914	72.1	65	76.4	95	67.8	44	3.08	13	0
1913	71.6	68	78.8	62	64.3	75	4.48	5	0
1912	71	79	77.9	77	64.1	79	0.06	100	0
1911	77.9	7	84.3	5	71.6	16	1.81	32	0
1910	76.9	14	82.3	14	71.4	17	2.52	17	0
1909	69.7	88	76.7	88	62.7	94	1.28	46	0
1908	66.6	127	73.9	124	59.2	126	0.54	67	0
1907	72.8	55	79.3	51	66.3	57	1.49	42	0
1906	72.8	55	79.4	47	66.2	59	1.74	36	0
1905	74	41	80	37	68	41	trace	112	0
1904	72.9	51	79.6	43	66.2	59	0.15	89	0
1903	72.9	51	79.6	43	66.3	57	0.03	102	0
1902	72.4	61	78.7	64	66.1	62	0.10	95	0
1901	67.7	118	73.8	126	61.7	103	0.54	67	0
1900	75.8	21	80.2	34	71.4	17	1.46	44	0
1899	65.9	128	71.1	134	60.7	116	1.15	49	0
1898	77.4	9	81.6	21	73.2	6	2.60	16	0
1897	71.1	77	78	75	64.2	76	trace	112	0
1896	68.7	105	75.9	102	61.6	109	0.25	83	0
1895	67.7	118	76.3	97	59.1	127	0.12	93	0
1894	73.9	42	79.4	47	68.3	40	4.04	9	0
1893	73	50	79.3	51	66.7	51	2.83	15	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	81.2
1919	81.1
1986	80.3
1941	79.4
1998	78.9
2002	78.1
1911	77.9
1959	77.6
1990	77.4
1898	77.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1920	63.1
1974	63.3
1938	64.1
1987	65.1
1935	65.8
1899	65.9
1908	66.6
1958	66.7
1917	66.7
1992	66.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	16.43
2016	8.20
1992	5.26
1994	5.03
1913	4.48
1996	4.46
2026	4.31
1934	4.29
1894	4.04
1961	3.70

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	0.00
2022	0.00
2020	0.00
2014	0.00
2010	0.00
2000	0.00
1999	0.00
1997	0.00
1987	0.00
1983	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 68°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 3.64 in; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 4.31 in of precipitation in Charleston Downtown, SC, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2016, 7th wettest of 134.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Charleston Downtown, SC: 86°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Charleston Downtown, SC: a low of 68°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Charleston Downtown, SC: 3.64 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.