Charleston, SC: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 70.6°F in Charleston, SC, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 7th warmest of 89.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 70.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 7th warmest of 89
Precipitation: 26.58 in; Driest since 1954; 2nd driest of 89

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69°F, between 68.2°F and 70.5°F in eight years of ten and 43.64 in of precipitation, between 35.99 in and 54.77 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Charleston, SC since 1938: 70.6°F in 2026; the highest is 71.8°F, in 1990.

Normal range, 68.2 to 70.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Charleston, SC from 1937 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	70.6	7	81.1	4	60.1	13	26.58	88	0
2025	69.8	16	79.9	13	59.8	15	36.79	71	0
2024	71.3	3	81.1	4	61.5	2	47.86	24	0
2023	71.5	2	81.5	2	61.4	4	43.49	45	0
2022	69.5	19	79.4	23	59.6	17	44.64	39	0
2021	68.8	32	78.3	47	59.2	26	53.27	13	0
2020	70.2	11	79.5	18	60.9	7	47.13	27	0
2019	70.8	5	80.8	6	60.8	8	36.08	74	0
2018	70.5	8	80.2	9	60.8	8	40.76	56	0
2017	71.3	3	81.2	3	61.3	5	46.63	30	0
2016	70.8	5	80.6	8	61	6	54.74	10	0
2015	69	25	78.6	38	59.5	20	61.86	5	0
2014	69.5	19	79.5	18	59.6	17	44.00	42	0
2013	68.9	26	78.5	39	59.2	26	52.43	15	0
2012	70.4	9	80.7	7	60.1	13	38.02	65	0
2011	69.9	14	80.2	9	59.5	20	33.09	81	0
2010	68.6	41	78.5	39	58.7	33	53.96	12	0
2009	68.4	43	78.2	49	58.6	35	41.95	52	0
2008	68.9	26	79.2	25	58.5	38	35.30	76	0
2007	69.2	22	79.5	18	58.8	32	34.67	78	0
2006	69.1	24	79.6	16	58.6	35	40.49	60	0
2005	68.7	35	78.4	45	59	28	37.83	67	0
2004	68.3	44	78.2	49	58.5	38	36.07	75	0
2003	68.1	49	77.4	72	58.7	33	44.69	38	0
2002	69.7	18	79.9	13	59.6	17	43.55	44	0
2001	67.6	55	77.9	56	57.3	60	37.21	69	0
2000	68.5	42	78.9	32	58.2	48	40.57	58	0
1999	68.7	35	79.2	25	58.1	49	36.11	72	0
1998	70	12	79.5	18	60.5	10	63.18	4	0
1997	68.2	47	78.1	51	58.3	43	50.00	19	0
1996	67.4	62	77.4	72	57.4	58	41.53	53	0
1995	69.8	16	79.1	27	60.4	11	43.73	43	0
1994	68.7	35	78.5	39	58.9	31	55.07	8	0
1993	68.9	26	78.4	45	59.5	20	44.26	41	0
1992	68.3	44	77.5	70	59	28	46.57	31	0
1991	70.3	10	79.1	27	61.5	2	46.25	32	0
1990	71.8	1	81.9	1	61.8	1	31.45	84	0
1989	70	12	79.6	16	60.4	11	47.87	23	0
1988	67	78	77	79	56.9	68	40.54	59	0
1987	68	53	77.7	62	58.3	43	50.92	18	0
1986	69.9	14	80.1	11	59.7	16	37.77	68	0
1985	68.1	49	78	53	58.3	43	41.17	55	0
1984	67.2	70	76.6	82	57.8	52	42.53	51	0
1983	67.2	70	76.2	85	58.3	43	44.61	40	0
1982	67.4	62	76.9	80	57.9	51	39.41	61	0
1981	67.5	58	78.5	39	56.5	75	40.71	57	0
1980	67.6	55	77.6	65	57.5	57	36.09	73	0
1979	67.1	75	77.3	75	56.9	68	51.73	17	0
1978	66.6	82	76.7	81	56.5	75	34.71	77	0
1977	67.9	54	78.5	39	57.3	60	31.11	85	0
1976	67.3	67	78	53	56.6	73	37.21	69	0
1975	68.9	26	78.5	39	59.4	23	49.59	20	0
1974	68.9	26	78.8	37	59	28	47.43	26	0
1973	68.2	47	77.9	56	58.5	38	66.17	2	0
1972	67.4	62	77.8	59	56.9	68	30.95	86	0
1971	67.3	67	77.6	65	57	66	53.20	14	0
1970	67.3	67	77.7	62	56.9	68	38.33	64	0
1969	65.7	87	75.4	87	56	83	42.64	50	0
1968	66.3	85	77.3	75	55.2	88	33.04	82	0
1967	67.1	75	78	53	56.1	82	39.10	62	0
1966	65.8	86	75.8	86	55.8	86	49.28	22	0
1965	67.5	58	77.6	65	57.3	60	47.09	28	0
1964	67.4	62	77.6	65	57.2	63	67.76	1	0
1963	67.2	70	77.8	59	56.5	75	44.78	37	0
1962	67.4	62	77.8	59	57	66	57.35	6	0
1961	66.8	79	77.2	78	56.4	78	46.95	29	0
1960	66.4	84	76.6	82	56.3	80	49.37	21	0
1959	66.7	80	76.4	84	57.1	64	54.36	11	0
1958	65.4	88	74.8	89	56	83	65.74	3	0
1957	67.6	55	77.4	72	57.8	52	52.40	16	0
1956	67.2	70	77.7	62	56.6	73	45.21	35	0
1955	68.1	49	78.3	47	57.8	52	33.33	80	0
1954	68.8	32	80.1	11	57.6	56	19.63	89	0
1953	68.7	35	78.9	32	58.6	35	38.77	63	0
1952	68.8	32	79.3	24	58.3	43	43.49	45	0
1951	67.2	70	78.1	51	56.4	78	28.09	87	0
1950	68.7	35	79	30	58.4	41	41.31	54	0
1949	69.4	21	79.5	18	59.3	24	45.18	36	0
1948	67.1	75	77.5	70	56.8	72	55.81	7	0
1947	66.7	80	77.3	75	56.2	81	46.20	33	0
1946	68.1	49	78.9	32	57.4	58	43.17	48	0
1945	69.2	22	79.1	27	59.3	24	55.07	8	0
1944	68.3	44	78.9	32	57.8	52	37.91	66	0
1943	67.5	58	77.9	56	57.1	64	42.91	49	0
1942	67.5	58	78.9	32	56	83	33.69	79	0
1941	66.6	82	77.6	65	55.6	87	47.76	25	0
1940	64.3	89	75.4	87	53.2	89	45.72	34	0
1939	68.9	26	79.8	15	58	50	43.37	47	0
1938	68.7	35	79	30	58.4	41	32.95	83	2
1937									60

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1990	71.8
2023	71.5
2024	71.3
2017	71.3
2019	70.8
2016	70.8
2026	70.6
2018	70.5
2012	70.4
1991	70.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	64.3
1958	65.4
1969	65.7
1966	65.8
1968	66.3
1960	66.4
1978	66.6
1941	66.6
1959	66.7
1947	66.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	67.76
1973	66.17
1958	65.74
1998	63.18
2015	61.86
1962	57.35
1948	55.81
1994	55.07
1945	55.07
2016	54.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	19.63
2026	26.58
1951	28.09
1972	30.95
1977	31.11
1990	31.45
1938	32.95
1968	33.04
2011	33.09
1955	33.33

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 9 July 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 2.01 in; 10 July 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	48.1°F 43rd coldest of 89	2.38 in 37th driest of 89
February	51.4°F 39th coldest of 89	2.57 in 38th driest of 89
March	63.7°F 7th warmest of 90	0.37 in 2nd driest of 90
April	68.3°F 8th warmest of 90	0.24 in 2nd driest of 90
May	73.7°F 28th warmest of 90	3.56 in 42nd wettest of 90
June	80.8°F 18th warmest of 90	1.89 in 6th driest of 90
July	85.3°F 4th warmest of 90	4.83 in 20th driest of 90
August	83.6°F 4th warmest of 90	5.43 in 32nd driest of 90
September	78.5°F 13th warmest of 90	3.54 in 32nd driest of 90
October so far	73.8°F 20th warmest of 90	1.77 in 19th wettest of 90

Hot days and freezes

Charleston, SC has had 89 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2016, 5th most of 89.
Charleston, SC has had 1 day at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2019, tied 19th most of 89 (with 2008, 2005, 2000 and 6 other years).
Charleston, SC has had 25 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2010, tied 22nd most of 89 (with 1976).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Charleston, SC came on Wednesday 18 March 2026, the latest since 2021, tied 32nd latest of 89 (with 1978, 1976 and 1967).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
14 September	Warmest day	95°F	94°F 1991, 1938	Provisional
15 August	Warmest day	97°F	96°F 2023, 1995, 1957	Provisional
12 June	Warmest day	98°F	97°F 2016	Provisional
27 March	Warmest day	89°F	87°F 2021, 2020	Provisional
23 March	Warmest day	90°F	87°F 1995	Provisional
11 March	Warmest day	89°F	85°F 2015, 2009, 1967	Provisional
1 February	Coldest night	20°F	21°F 1977, 1940	Provisional
9 January	Warmest day	79°F	78°F 2012	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 26.58 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest 1 January to 9 October since 1954, 2nd driest of 89.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: 100°F on Thursday 9 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: a low of 19°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: 2.01 in on Friday 10 July 2026.