Charleston Downtown, SC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 51.3°F in Charleston Downtown, SC, the warmest winter since 2024, 65th warmest of 132.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 51.3°F; Warmest since 2024; 65th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 5.80 in; Driest since 2025; 30th driest of 133

A normal winter in Charleston Downtown, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.9°F, between 49.3°F and 55.8°F in eight years of ten and 7.16 in of precipitation, between 4.07 in and 12.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Charleston Downtown, SC since 1895: 51.3°F in 2026; the highest is 60.5°F, in 1932.

Normal range, 49.3 to 55.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	51.3	65	58.4	74	44.2	63	5.80	104	0
2025	51.1	68	58.1	81	44.2	63	4.74	114	0
2024	53.9	26	60.5	40	47.5	21	11.89	21	2
2023	56.3	6	63.3	8	49.2	4	8.32	68	0
2022	55.3	13	62.1	19	48.4	11	4.93	111	0
2021	53.5	32	60.2	47	46.8	26	7.60	74	0
2020	55.7	9	62.3	16	49.2	4	13.52	10	0
2019	55.3	13	62	20	48.6	9	11.62	22	0
2018	52.4	51	59.1	62	45.8	34	4.15	119	0
2017	57.2	4	64.6	4	49.9	3	6.92	81	0
2016	54.8	21	61.5	27	48.2	13	10.35	40	0
2015	51.1	68	59.4	59	42.8	82	8.73	58	2
2014	52.3	54	60.2	47	44.5	54	6.48	89	0
2013	55.3	13	62.7	13	47.8	18	12.66	14	0
2012	56.3	6	63.7	6	48.8	7	3.32	128	0
2011	48.2	117	55.7	119	40.7	115	7.06	78	0
2010	48.8	113	56.3	116	41.2	111	17.57	1	0
2009	52.9	38	60.1	53	45.7	37	3.46	124	0
2008	54.7	23	62.3	16	47.1	23	8.07	71	0
2007	54.5	25	61.5	27	47.5	21	6.83	83	0
2006	52.9	38	60.2	47	45.6	38	7.01	79	0
2005	51.1	68	58.1	81	44.5	54	4.75	113	6
2004	49.3	105	56.4	114	42.2	100	6.48	89	0
2003	49.3	105	56.3	116	42.3	97	7.79	73	0
2002	55.1	17	62	20	48.2	13	6.95	80	0
2001	49.9	97	58.3	77	41.5	108	4.13	120	0
2000	52.6	46	59.8	55	45.3	43	6.28	94	0
1999	56.5	5	64.3	5	48.7	8	8.62	64	0
1998	53.7	27	60.5	40	46.9	24	14.59	6	0
1997	53.5	32	60.8	36	46.2	30	7.31	75	0
1996	50.1	91	58	83	42.1	104	3.49	123	0
1995	52.1	57	58.6	70	45.6	38	7.27	76	0
1994	50.3	84	57.6	89	42.9	78	5.41	107	0
1993	52.5	47	58.9	65	46.1	31	8.87	55	0
1992	53.7	27	60.9	35	46.6	29	9.75	49	2
1991	54.9	19	61.9	22	48	16	10.52	33	0
1990	52.4	51	59.5	57	45.3	43	8.66	63	0
1989	53.4	35	61	34	45.8	34	4.63	115	0
1988	49.3	105	56.4	114	42.1	104	3.37	126	0
1987	50.1	91	56.3	116	43.8	69	15.38	4	0
1986	50.7	74	58.3	77	43	75	6.35	93	0
1985	50.8	73	58.9	65	42.7	86	3.30	129	0
1984	50.2	86	57.7	87	42.7	86	14.06	8	0
1983	51	71	57.6	89	44.4	57	12.80	13	0
1982	50.1	91	57.6	89	42.6	88	11.94	20	0
1981	48.2	117	56.6	111	39.8	121	5.91	102	0
1980	50.4	79	58	83	42.9	78	8.69	62	0
1979	48.6	114	56.9	105	40.4	116	11.51	25	0
1978	45.8	132	53.4	133	38.1	132	10.97	29	0
1977	46.4	130	54.4	130	38.5	131	10.08	44	0
1976	53.2	36	61.8	25	44.6	52	6.15	98	0
1975	53.6	31	61.1	32	46	32	9.41	53	0
1974	55.8	8	63.3	8	48.2	13	8.49	66	0
1973	51.4	64	58.7	68	44	66	13.01	12	0
1972	55.1	17	62.3	16	47.9	17	10.98	28	0
1971	51.8	61	59.6	56	44	66	9.99	45	0
1970	47.3	120	55	122	39.5	122	8.19	70	0
1969	47.9	119	55.6	120	40.3	117	6.05	101	0
1968	49	110	57	103	40.9	114	6.11	99	0
1967	50.6	75	58.4	74	42.8	82	10.84	30	0
1966	49.5	103	56.9	105	42.1	104	13.48	11	0
1965	52.5	47	60.2	47	44.8	51	10.12	43	0
1964	47.3	120	55.1	121	39.5	122	16.30	3	0
1963	46.9	124	55	122	38.9	126	8.73	58	0
1962	52.7	44	61.1	32	44.3	59	4.85	112	0
1961	48.5	115	56.9	105	40.2	118	8.78	57	0
1960	50.2	86	57.5	95	42.9	78	10.51	34	0
1959	49.9	97	57.6	89	42.2	100	10.55	32	0
1958	46.7	126	54.7	127	38.8	127	10.28	41	0
1957	55.7	9	63.6	7	47.8	18	5.62	105	0
1956	50.6	75	58.4	74	42.8	82	4.96	110	0
1955	50.4	79	58.5	72	42.3	97	9.85	48	0
1954	53.7	27	61.9	22	45.4	41	6.91	82	0
1953	52.5	47	59.9	54	45.2	46	8.20	69	0
1952	54.7	23	62.5	14	46.9	24	9.69	51	0
1951	49.1	109	57.3	97	41	113	6.28	94	0
1950	57.3	3	65.5	2	49.1	6	1.81	133	0
1949	57.8	2	65.3	3	50.2	2	6.54	87	0
1948	49	110	56.6	111	41.3	110	13.53	9	0
1947	52.7	44	60.8	36	44.5	54	1.99	132	0
1946	50.4	79	58.3	77	42.4	93	11.48	26	0
1945	49.7	102	57.3	97	42.1	104	6.49	88	0
1944	52	59	60.5	40	43.6	71	14.95	5	0
1943	50.6	75	58.8	67	42.4	93	7.09	77	0
1942	49.9	97	57.2	102	42.6	88	16.38	2	0
1941	50.2	86	57.3	97	43.1	74	6.55	86	0
1940	46.7	126	54.6	129	38.8	127	8.43	67	0
1939	53.7	27	61.9	22	45.6	38	12.19	18	0
1938	51.2	66	58.5	72	43.9	68	3.36	127	0
1937	55.2	16	61.7	26	48.6	9	11.58	23	0
1936	46.7	126	54.2	132	39.1	125	8.71	61	0
1935	51	71	59	64	42.9	78	6.36	92	0
1934	52.5	47	60.3	46	44.6	52	5.27	108	0
1933	55.4	11	63.1	10	47.8	18	10.46	36	0
1932	60.5	1	67.7	1	53.2	1	4.40	116	0
1931	49.3	105	57	103	41.5	108	6.09	100	0
1930	52.4	51	60.6	38	44.3	59	6.72	85	0
1929	52.2	56	59.2	61	45.2	46	10.61	31	0
1928	50.4	79	58.6	70	42.2	100	9.06	54	0
1927	54.9	19	63	11	46.8	26	3.72	121	0
1926	50.2	86	57.7	87	42.6	88	12.05	19	0
1925	52.9	38	60.6	38	45.3	43	9.62	52	0
1924	51.8	61	59.4	59	44.2	63	8.72	60	0
1923	53.5	32	61.2	31	45.9	33	7.85	72	0
1922	52.8	42	60.5	40	45.1	49	8.62	64	0
1921	52.3	54	60.2	47	44.4	57	5.84	103	0
1920	50.2	86	58	83	42.4	93	4.40	116	0
1919	52.1	57	59.1	62	45.1	49	10.36	39	0
1918	46.2	131	54.4	130	38	133	3.52	122	0
1917	52.8	42	61.3	30	44.3	59	6.23	97	0
1916	52	59	60.4	45	43.7	70	5.62	105	0
1915	49.9	97	56.6	111	43.3	73	12.32	17	0
1914	50.3	84	57.6	89	43	75	11.56	24	0
1913	55.4	11	62.5	14	48.3	12	10.42	37	0
1912	48.9	112	56.7	109	41.2	111	12.65	15	0
1911	51.2	66	59.5	57	42.8	82	2.88	131	0
1910	48.5	115	56.8	108	40.2	118	6.78	84	0
1909	54.8	21	62.9	12	46.7	28	3.41	125	0
1908	49.8	101	57.3	97	42.4	93	9.72	50	0
1907	52.9	38	60.5	40	45.2	46	4.32	118	0
1906	50.1	91	57.3	97	43	75	9.97	47	0
1905	47.1	122	55	122	39.3	124	6.47	91	0
1904	46.7	126	54.7	127	38.7	130	8.87	55	0
1903	51.5	63	58.7	68	44.3	59	11.47	27	0
1902	46.8	125	54.8	126	38.8	127	5.22	109	0
1901	49.5	103	56.7	109	42.2	100	10.48	35	0
1900	50.1	91	58	83	42.3	97	6.26	96	0
1899	50	96	57.6	89	42.6	88	9.98	46	2
1898	53	37	60.2	47	45.8	34	3.05	130	2
1897	50.5	78	57.4	96	43.5	72	14.21	7	0
1896	50.4	79	58.3	77	42.6	88	10.41	38	8
1895	47.1	122	54.9	125	40	120	12.59	16	8
1894			61.5	27	45.4	41	10.18	42	13
1893									35

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	60.5
1949	57.8
1950	57.3
2017	57.2
1999	56.5
2023	56.3
2012	56.3
1974	55.8
2020	55.7
1957	55.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	45.8
1918	46.2
1977	46.4
1958	46.7
1940	46.7
1936	46.7
1904	46.7
1902	46.8
1963	46.9
1905	47.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	17.57
1942	16.38
1964	16.30
1987	15.38
1944	14.95
1998	14.59
1897	14.21
1984	14.06
1948	13.53
2020	13.52

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	1.81
1947	1.99
1911	2.88
1898	3.05
1985	3.30
2012	3.32
1938	3.36
1988	3.37
1909	3.41
2009	3.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 20 February 2026, 27 December 2025
Coldest night: 22°F; 1 February 2026, 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.82 in; 18 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 5.80 in of precipitation in Charleston Downtown, SC, the driest winter since 2025, 30th driest of 133.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charleston Downtown, SC: 75°F on Friday 20 February 2026 and Saturday 27 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charleston Downtown, SC: a low of 22°F on Sunday 1 February 2026 and Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charleston Downtown, SC: 0.82 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.