Charleston, SC: Fall

9 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 77.4°F in Charleston, SC, the warmest 1 September to 9 October since 2019, 10th warmest of 90.

Fall 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 77.4°F; Warmest since 2019; 10th warmest of 90
Precipitation: 5.31 in; Driest since 2025; 40th driest of 90

A normal 1 September to 9 October in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.5°F, between 73.4°F and 78.5°F in eight years of ten and 7.35 in of precipitation, between 2.90 in and 14.26 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 9 October in Charleston, SC since 1937: 77.4°F in 2026; the highest is 81°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 73.4 to 78.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September 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
2026	77.4	10	86.4	12	68.4	14	5.31	50
2025	75.4	34	84.4	34	66.5	33	1.83	85
2024	76.3	20	84.2	38	68.4	14	3.56	69
2023	75.8	26	85.6	22	66	40	7.97	30
2022	73.9	59	82.8	62	64.9	60	7.92	31
2021	75.8	26	84.5	32	67.1	23	10.51	13
2020	75.1	39	83.3	52	66.9	25	7.31	37
2019	78.7	4	87.6	5	69.8	7	6.18	44
2018	81	1	89.3	1	72.8	1	2.54	79
2017	77.3	11	86.2	14	68.4	14	8.19	27
2016	78.3	8	86.6	10	70	4	22.75	1
2015	75.5	32	82.9	60	68	18	20.01	2
2014	76.7	16	84.7	30	68.6	9	8.67	23
2013	76.3	20	85.9	18	66.8	27	6.37	42
2012	75.7	28	84.9	29	66.5	33	2.89	74
2011	74.1	53	83.7	45	64.5	67	3.64	68
2010	76	24	86	16	66.1	39	8.12	28
2009	75.2	38	84.4	34	65.9	42	1.48	87
2008	74.7	45	83.7	45	65.7	46	7.38	36
2007	77.3	11	85.7	21	69	8	9.99	17
2006	74.1	53	83.7	45	64.5	67	4.41	60
2005	78.7	4	86.8	9	70.6	3	4.65	56
2004	75.4	34	83	58	67.8	20	4.34	61
2003	73.1	76	82.1	70	64	71	4.52	59
2002	78.5	7	86.2	14	70.8	2	6.69	40
2001	71.6	86	81.4	86	61.8	86	5.02	54
2000	73.6	69	81.8	76	65.3	53	8.88	21
1999	73.4	73	83.2	55	63.6	75	10.95	11
1998	76.9	14	85.4	25	68.4	14	16.69	5
1997	75.1	39	84.5	32	65.8	44	9.58	19
1996	73.4	73	81.5	84	65.3	53	13.55	9
1995	75.7	28	82.9	60	68.5	11	8.68	22
1994	73.9	59	82.8	62	65.1	57	13.99	8
1993	76.5	19	85.1	28	67.9	19	5.47	49
1992	74	57	81.7	78	66.3	37	7.87	32
1991	75.3	37	84.1	39	66.5	33	2.90	73
1990	78.9	3	89.3	1	68.5	11	0.23	90
1989	75.9	25	83.3	52	68.5	11	15.83	6
1988	73.8	65	81.6	83	66	40	10.22	15
1987	73.9	59	83	58	64.9	60	14.49	7
1986	78.6	6	87.3	6	70	4	6.13	46
1985	74.8	42	84.1	39	65.6	48	4.63	57
1984	71.4	88	80.3	90	62.5	82	5.29	52
1983	75.1	39	83.5	50	66.6	30	3.81	67
1982	73.9	59	82	73	65.9	42	4.12	65
1981	73.2	75	84.6	31	61.9	84	1.28	88
1980	76.7	16	86.5	11	67	24	2.73	77
1979	74.4	49	81.7	78	67.2	22	18.89	3
1978	74.8	42	84.4	34	65.3	53	5.06	53
1977	76.3	20	85.6	22	66.9	25	2.48	80
1976	72.9	77	82.2	69	63.6	75	7.53	35
1975	75.7	28	83.9	42	67.4	21	5.31	50
1974	71.7	85	80.6	88	62.8	80	4.80	55
1973	79	2	87.9	4	70	4	7.98	29
1972	74.6	48	85.4	25	63.8	73	1.87	84
1971	76.3	20	85.8	20	66.7	28	4.30	63
1970	75.4	34	86	16	64.8	62	2.59	78
1969	73.6	69	81.5	84	65.7	46	6.40	41
1968	74	57	84.3	37	63.8	73	2.04	82
1967	69.3	90	80.4	89	58.2	90	1.50	86
1966	74.1	53	83.6	49	64.6	66	3.84	66
1965	74.8	42	83.3	52	66.3	37	6.18	44
1964	73.7	67	83.2	55	64.3	69	9.94	18
1963	72.6	81	83.5	50	61.7	87	2.75	76
1962	74.1	53	83.8	43	64.3	69	6.73	39
1961	74.4	49	84	41	64.8	62	4.61	58
1960	75.5	32	85.4	25	65.5	51	8.46	26
1959	73.9	59	82.1	70	65.8	44	10.48	14
1958	73.6	69	82.5	65	64.7	65	7.09	38
1957	73.6	69	82	73	65.1	57	10.10	16
1956	71.8	84	81.7	78	61.9	84	6.02	47
1955	74.2	52	81.8	76	66.6	30	9.40	20
1954	76.8	15	87.1	7	66.6	30	2.10	81
1953	73.9	59	82.5	65	65.3	53	7.62	34
1952	72.9	77	82.5	65	63.2	77	8.50	25
1951	74.7	45	83.7	45	65.6	48	4.31	62
1950	72.8	80	81.7	78	64	71	6.22	43
1949	73.8	65	82	73	65.6	48	7.76	33
1948	72	83	81	87	63.1	78	11.29	10
1947	74.3	51	83.8	43	64.8	62	10.83	12
1946	72.9	77	83.1	57	62.8	80	4.20	64
1945	77.1	13	85.5	24	68.6	9	17.76	4
1944	76.7	16	87	8	66.4	36	2.80	75
1943	71.6	86	81.7	78	61.4	88	0.73	89
1942	74.7	45	86.4	12	63.1	78	3.22	71
1941	77.6	9	88.4	3	66.7	28	3.41	70
1940	70.7	89	82.1	70	59.3	89	1.96	83
1939	75.7	28	85.9	18	65.4	52	3.19	72
1938	72.5	82	82.8	62	62.2	83	8.56	24
1937	73.7	67	82.4	68	65.1	57	5.83	48

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	81
1973	79
1990	78.9
2019	78.7
2005	78.7
1986	78.6
2002	78.5
2016	78.3
1941	77.6
2026	77.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	69.3
1940	70.7
1984	71.4
2001	71.6
1943	71.6
1974	71.7
1956	71.8
1948	72
1938	72.5
1963	72.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	22.75
2015	20.01
1979	18.89
1945	17.76
1998	16.69
1989	15.83
1987	14.49
1994	13.99
1996	13.55
1948	11.29

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	0.23
1943	0.73
1981	1.28
2009	1.48
1967	1.50
2025	1.83
1972	1.87
1940	1.96
1968	2.04
1954	2.10

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 14 September 2026, 5 September 2026
Coldest night: 51°F; 27 September 2026
Wettest day: 1.81 in; 11 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 5.31 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest 1 September to 9 October since 2025, tied 40th driest of 90 (with 1975).
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: 95°F on Monday 14 September 2026 and Saturday 5 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: a low of 51°F on Sunday 27 September 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: 1.81 in on Friday 11 September 2026.