Charleston, SC: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 68.3°F in Charleston, SC, the warmest April since 2025, tied 8th warmest of 90 (with 2015 and 1994).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 68.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 8th warmest of 90
Precipitation: 0.24 in; Driest since 1972; 2nd driest of 90

A normal April in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.5°F, between 63.2°F and 68.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.83 in of precipitation, between 0.93 in and 6.00 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Charleston, SC since 1937: 68.3°F in 2026; the highest is 70.1°F, in 2017.

Normal range, 63.2 to 68.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April 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
2026	68.3	8	80.8	2	55.8	17	0.24	89
2025	69.2	3	80.6	3	57.9	6	0.82	84
2024	67.7	15	78.9	18	56.5	13	3.53	28
2023	68.4	7	79.7	9	57.1	9	2.74	43
2022	64.9	45	76.6	45	53.1	50	3.28	31
2021	65	42	76.6	45	53.4	46	1.31	74
2020	65.6	36	77.1	38	54.1	35	8.13	2
2019	66.3	27	77.6	31	55.1	22	3.02	37
2018	63.7	65	75.4	62	51.9	62	4.11	19
2017	70.1	1	80.9	1	59.2	1	6.22	7
2016	66	30	77.3	34	54.7	29	2.61	49
2015	68.3	8	77.8	28	58.8	3	3.67	26
2014	68.1	11	79.3	13	56.9	11	5.98	8
2013	65.4	38	75.9	54	54.9	26	5.56	10
2012	67.1	20	78.6	20	55.5	21	1.32	73
2011	68.8	4	80.5	5	57	10	2.00	60
2010	66.9	22	79	16	54.8	27	0.70	85
2009	64.5	51	75.4	62	53.5	43	5.24	13
2008	65	42	76.3	51	53.7	40	2.49	52
2007	64.1	59	76.9	42	51.4	70	0.88	80
2006	68.1	11	80.6	3	55.6	19	2.99	38
2005	63.2	72	75.4	62	51	78	1.73	67
2004	64.9	45	77.2	36	52.5	58	4.10	21
2003	64.7	50	75.2	67	54.1	35	5.17	14
2002	69.5	2	80	7	59.1	2	1.57	71
2001	65.1	40	77.1	38	53.2	47	0.94	78
2000	62.8	75	74	78	51.5	69	1.78	65
1999	67.8	13	78.3	24	57.3	8	2.90	40
1998	65.1	40	75.5	58	54.8	27	4.01	22
1997	63.1	74	74.5	74	51.6	67	6.61	4
1996	64.2	57	75.5	58	52.8	54	2.70	46
1995	68.5	6	79.5	11	57.4	7	1.77	66
1994	68.3	8	80.2	6	56.4	14	0.39	88
1993	61.6	86	72.8	86	50.3	84	2.72	44
1992	63.6	66	73.9	79	53.2	47	2.75	42
1991	67.6	16	76.6	45	58.6	4	4.59	17
1990	66	30	77.3	34	54.7	29	1.65	69
1989	65.3	39	76.5	48	54.1	35	4.84	15
1988	64.3	53	76	52	52.7	56	3.21	33
1987	62.6	79	74.5	74	50.6	81	1.31	74
1986	66.1	29	79.2	14	52.9	52	0.83	83
1985	67.8	13	79.6	10	55.9	15	1.12	76
1984	63.9	63	73.7	83	54.2	34	6.30	6
1983	61	89	71.4	89	50.6	81	3.57	27
1982	61.7	85	72.6	87	50.9	79	6.51	5
1981	67.5	18	79.8	8	55.1	22	1.87	64
1980	64.3	53	75.7	56	52.9	52	3.43	30
1979	64.9	45	76.5	48	53.2	47	3.81	23
1978	66.5	25	78.5	23	54.4	32	1.97	62
1977	66.4	26	79.2	14	53.6	41	0.45	87
1976	64	60	77.8	28	50.1	85	0.62	86
1975	62.2	83	73.4	84	51.1	76	3.74	24
1974	63.6	66	76	52	51.2	73	0.86	81
1973	61.5	87	72.4	88	50.5	83	2.55	50
1972	64	60	76.8	44	51.2	73	0.01	90
1971	62.7	76	75.7	56	49.6	88	4.11	19
1970	66.2	28	76.9	42	55.6	19	1.34	72
1969	63.3	70	74.6	71	52	61	3.46	29
1968	65.7	35	77.9	26	53.5	43	1.99	61
1967	67.1	20	79.5	11	54.6	31	0.84	82
1966	63.2	72	75	69	51.4	70	2.83	41
1965	64.5	51	75.5	58	53.5	43	3.10	35
1964	66	30	77	41	55	24	2.72	44
1963	65.8	33	77.2	36	54.4	32	2.68	47
1962	62.1	84	74.1	77	50	86	2.52	51
1961	59.7	90	71.3	90	48.1	90	5.78	9
1960	65.8	33	77.9	26	53.6	41	2.05	58
1959	64.3	53	75.5	58	53.1	50	2.39	53
1958	64.3	53	74.7	70	53.8	38	9.50	1
1957	64.2	57	76.5	48	51.9	62	1.70	68
1956	63.3	70	74.6	71	51.9	62	2.39	53
1955	66.7	23	77.7	30	55.8	17	3.24	32
1954	67.3	19	78.6	20	55.9	15	2.25	57
1953	63.5	68	75.4	62	51.6	67	0.92	79
1952	62.7	76	74.4	76	50.9	79	2.30	55
1951	62.5	81	73.8	81	51.2	73	1.92	63
1950	62.5	81	75.1	68	49.9	87	1.65	69
1949	64	60	75.3	66	52.8	54	2.26	56
1948	66.6	24	78.2	25	55	24	5.39	11
1947	67.6	16	78.6	20	56.7	12	4.76	16
1946	65	42	77.5	32	52.5	58	2.96	39
1945	68.6	5	79	16	58.2	5	3.72	25
1944	62.6	79	73.2	85	51.9	62	4.39	18
1943	62.7	76	73.9	79	51.4	70	3.19	34
1942	64.9	45	78.8	19	51.1	76	1.08	77
1941	65.6	36	77.4	33	53.8	38	3.08	36
1940	61.4	88	73.8	81	49	89	2.05	58
1939	63.9	63	75.9	54	51.9	62	2.63	48
1938	64.9	45	77.1	38	52.6	57	5.33	12
1937	63.5	68	74.6	71	52.5	58	7.74	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	70.1
2002	69.5
2025	69.2
2011	68.8
1945	68.6
1995	68.5
2023	68.4
2026	68.3
2015	68.3
1994	68.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1961	59.7
1983	61
1940	61.4
1973	61.5
1993	61.6
1982	61.7
1962	62.1
1975	62.2
1951	62.5
1950	62.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	9.50
2020	8.13
1937	7.74
1997	6.61
1982	6.51
1984	6.30
2017	6.22
2014	5.98
1961	5.78
2013	5.56

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1972	0.01
2026	0.24
1994	0.39
1977	0.45
1976	0.62
2010	0.70
2025	0.82
1986	0.83
1967	0.84
1974	0.86

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 17 April 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 20 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.18 in; 30 April 2026

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 0.24 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest April since 1972, 2nd driest of 90.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Charleston, SC: 91°F on Friday 17 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Charleston, SC: a low of 42°F on Monday 20 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Charleston, SC: 0.18 in on Thursday 30 April 2026.