Charleston, SC: 2025

31 December 2025: 2025 averaged 66.9°F in Charleston, SC, the warmest year since 2024, tied 17th warmest of 88 (with 2014).

2025

Mean temperature: 66.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 17th warmest of 88
Precipitation: 42.45 in; Driest since 2011; 13th driest of 88

A normal year in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.7°F, between 65.6°F and 68.1°F in eight years of ten and 51.84 in of precipitation, between 41.84 in and 63.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every year in Charleston, SC since 1938: 66.9°F in 2025; the highest is 69.3°F, in 1990.

Normal range, 65.6 to 68.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every year in Charleston, SC from 1937 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	66.9	17	77.1	17	56.6	23	42.45	76	0
2024	68.6	3	78.7	3	58.5	3	52.70	37	0
2023	68.7	2	78.9	2	58.5	3	54.64	28	0
2022	67.1	16	77	21	57.2	13	50.12	44	0
2021	66.6	25	76.6	28	56.7	19	58.71	18	0
2020	68.2	6	77.6	11	58.7	2	53.74	33	0
2019	68.1	7	78.1	6	58	11	49.45	50	0
2018	67.9	8	77.5	12	58.3	7	57.69	21	0
2017	68.3	5	78.3	5	58.2	9	52.87	36	0
2016	68.4	4	78.6	4	58.3	7	59.63	17	0
2015	67.9	8	77.5	12	58.4	5	74.89	1	0
2014	66.9	17	77.1	17	56.7	19	52.99	35	0
2013	66.7	21	76.6	28	56.8	18	58.11	19	0
2012	67.4	13	77.8	8	56.9	16	43.97	72	0
2011	67.3	14	78.1	6	56.6	23	37.01	84	0
2010	65.6	48	75.9	49	55.3	49	57.57	22	0
2009	66	36	75.7	53	56.2	29	55.97	26	0
2008	66.2	30	76.6	28	55.8	37	47.32	60	0
2007	67.2	15	77.7	10	56.6	23	42.05	77	0
2006	66.7	21	77.4	14	56	32	49.29	52	0
2005	66	36	76.1	41	56	32	46.16	66	0
2004	66	36	76	46	56	32	39.23	82	0
2003	65.7	44	75.6	56	55.8	37	50.99	41	0
2002	66.7	21	76.8	24	56.6	23	60.97	13	0
2001	66.1	33	76.8	24	55.5	44	39.98	81	0
2000	65	60	75.6	56	54.3	64	45.94	67	0
1999	66.2	30	76.8	24	55.6	41	46.41	64	0
1998	67.9	8	77.8	8	58.1	10	67.72	6	0
1997	65.3	55	75.1	73	55.4	46	62.57	9	0
1996	64.9	63	75.2	71	54.6	60	45.70	70	0
1995	66.4	27	76.1	41	56.7	19	49.47	49	0
1994	66.8	19	76.4	34	57.2	13	70.54	5	0
1993	66.2	30	75.8	51	56.7	19	52.69	38	0
1992	65.9	39	75.2	71	56.6	23	53.87	31	0
1991	67.6	11	76.8	24	58.4	5	49.67	48	0
1990	69.3	1	79.4	1	59.2	1	45.13	71	0
1989	66.8	19	76.6	28	57	15	56.06	25	0
1988	64.8	66	75.1	73	54.5	61	42.57	75	0
1987	65.7	44	75.6	56	55.8	37	56.70	23	0
1986	67.6	11	77.4	14	57.7	12	48.43	57	0
1985	66.6	25	76.3	35	56.9	16	50.35	43	0
1984	65.7	44	75.3	69	56	32	46.23	65	0
1983	64.8	66	74	85	55.7	40	54.09	30	0
1982	65.7	44	75.1	73	56.2	29	47.02	62	0
1981	64.4	77	75.4	64	53.3	78	49.44	51	0
1980	64.7	71	75	77	54.4	62	40.92	79	0
1979	64.8	66	75.3	69	54.2	67	57.98	20	0
1978	65.1	59	75.5	62	54.7	57	40.89	80	0
1977	65.5	50	76.1	41	54.8	51	41.24	78	0
1976	63.8	82	74.6	80	53.1	82	48.50	56	0
1975	66.4	27	76.5	33	56.3	28	56.19	24	0
1974	65.8	41	76.3	35	55.4	46	54.61	29	0
1973	66.1	33	76.3	35	56	32	72.17	3	0
1972	65.5	50	76.1	41	54.8	51	42.86	74	0
1971	65.9	39	76.2	40	55.6	41	60.54	16	0
1970	64.9	63	75.7	53	54.1	68	45.92	68	0
1969	63	87	73.1	87	53	84	52.12	40	0
1968	63.5	85	74.6	80	52.4	87	45.84	69	0
1967	64.4	77	76	46	52.9	85	43.65	73	0
1966	63.6	84	74.2	83	53.1	82	53.58	34	0
1965	64.8	66	75.4	64	54.3	64	53.87	31	0
1964	65.2	57	75.6	56	54.8	51	72.99	2	0
1963	64.3	80	75.4	64	53.3	78	54.97	27	0
1962	64.2	81	74.8	79	53.6	75	61.15	12	0
1961	64.6	74	75.4	64	53.7	74	50.04	45	0
1960	63.7	83	74.5	82	52.9	85	52.41	39	0
1959	64.5	75	74.1	84	54.8	51	67.16	7	0
1958	63.1	86	73	88	53.2	81	72.17	3	0
1957	64.9	63	75.1	73	54.8	51	60.85	14	0
1956	65	60	75.6	56	54.4	62	49.72	47	0
1955	64.7	71	75.4	64	54.1	68	36.11	86	0
1954	65.6	48	77	21	54.1	68	30.31	88	0
1953	65.8	41	76.3	35	55.3	49	47.53	59	0
1952	65.5	50	76.3	35	54.7	57	47.30	61	0
1951	65	60	75.7	53	54.3	64	34.06	87	0
1950	65.4	54	75.9	49	54.8	51	48.68	55	0
1949	66.7	21	77.1	17	56.2	29	48.91	53	0
1948	65.2	57	75.8	51	54.7	57	63.92	8	0
1947	64.5	75	74.9	78	54.1	68	60.59	15	0
1946	66.3	29	77.3	16	55.4	46	49.97	46	0
1945	65.8	41	76.1	41	55.5	44	62.42	10	0
1944	64.7	71	75.6	56	53.8	73	47.60	58	0
1943	64.4	77	75.5	62	53.3	78	48.83	54	0
1942	65.3	55	77	21	53.5	77	36.99	85	0
1941	64.8	66	76	46	53.6	75	61.73	11	0
1940	62.6	88	74	85	51.2	88	50.72	42	0
1939	65.5	50	77.1	17	54	72	46.57	63	0
1938	66.1	33	76.6	28	55.6	41	37.77	83	2
1937									60

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1990	69.3
2023	68.7
2024	68.6
2016	68.4
2017	68.3
2020	68.2
2019	68.1
2018	67.9
2015	67.9
1998	67.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	62.6
1969	63
1958	63.1
1968	63.5
1966	63.6
1960	63.7
1976	63.8
1962	64.2
1963	64.3
1981	64.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	74.89
1964	72.99
1973	72.17
1958	72.17
1994	70.54
1998	67.72
1959	67.16
1948	63.92
1997	62.57
1945	62.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	30.31
1951	34.06
1955	36.11
1942	36.99
2011	37.01
1938	37.77
2004	39.23
2001	39.98
1978	40.89
1980	40.92

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 28 July 2025, 27 July 2025
Coldest night: 21°F; 15 December 2025, 25 January 2025
Wettest day: 4.16 in; 22 August 2025

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	43.5°F 10th coldest of 88	2.09 in 33rd driest of 88
February	55.6°F 14th warmest of 88	0.86 in 8th driest of 88
March	60.7°F 21st warmest of 89	2.29 in 23rd driest of 89
April	69.2°F 3rd warmest of 89	0.82 in 6th driest of 89
May	75.6°F 10th warmest of 89	7.39 in 9th wettest of 89
June	82.1°F 8th warmest of 89	3.17 in 18th driest of 89
July	84.4°F 4th warmest of 89	6.66 in 42nd driest of 89
August	79.5°F 21st coldest of 89	11.68 in 10th wettest of 89
September	75.9°F 37th coldest of 89	0.98 in 6th driest of 89
October	65.6°F 31st coldest of 89	4.15 in 21st wettest of 89
November	58.8°F 35th warmest of 89	0.68 in 10th driest of 89
December	51°F 41st warmest of 89	1.68 in 24th driest of 89

Hot days and freezes

Charleston, SC has had 71 days at 90°F or above in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2024, tied 21st most of 88 (with 2015 and 1991).
Charleston, SC has had 30 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2010, tied 35th most of 88 (with 2004, 2003, 1964 and 2 other years).
The first freeze of fall 2025 in Charleston, SC came on Tuesday 11 November 2025, the earliest since 1996, tied 21st earliest of 89 (with 1996, 1973 and 1968).
The last freeze of spring 2025 in Charleston, SC came on Monday 3 March 2025, the latest since 2022, 62nd latest of 88.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
27 December	Warmest day	79°F	78°F 2021, 2015, 1971	Provisional
9 February	Warmest day	84°F	80°F 1949	Provisional
7 February	Warmest day	84°F	80°F 2019	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2025 brought 42.45 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest year since 2011, 13th driest of 88.
The hottest day of 2025 in Charleston, SC: 99°F on Monday 28 July 2025 and Sunday 27 July 2025.
The coldest night of 2025 in Charleston, SC: a low of 21°F on Monday 15 December 2025 and Saturday 25 January 2025.
The wettest day of 2025 in Charleston, SC: 4.16 in on Friday 22 August 2025.