Charleston, SC: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 51.4°F in Charleston, SC, the coldest February since 2015, tied 39th coldest of 89 (with 2013).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 51.4°F; Coldest since 2015; 39th coldest of 89
Precipitation: 2.57 in; Driest since 2025; 38th driest of 89

A normal February in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.2°F, between 49.5°F and 55.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.47 in of precipitation, between 1.20 in and 4.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Charleston, SC since 1938: 51.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 41.8°F, in 1968.

Normal range, 49.5 to 55.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Charleston, SC from 1938 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	51.4	50	62.6	50	40.3	47	2.57	52	0
2025	55.6	14	67.8	11	43.3	26	0.86	82	0
2024	55.2	18	66.6	18	43.8	23	3.46	34	0
2023	61.5	2	72.9	1	50.1	2	4.10	26	0
2022	56.3	10	67.4	14	45.1	13	0.92	81	0
2021	51.5	47	61.2	59	41.8	35	4.83	18	0
2020	54.6	27	64.6	32	44.6	16	5.03	14	0
2019	58.3	6	69.3	5	47.3	5	0.66	83	0
2018	62	1	72.6	2	51.3	1	1.41	69	0
2017	59.4	3	72	3	46.8	6	0.40	87	0
2016	52.2	41	63.3	45	41.2	40	4.89	17	0
2015	45.5	81	56.7	81	34.3	80	4.40	22	0
2014	53.4	33	64.6	32	42.3	33	2.18	62	0
2013	51.4	50	62.5	51	40.4	45	10.47	1	0
2012	55.3	17	66.7	17	44	21	2.27	58	0
2011	54.8	25	66	21	43.6	25	3.13	38	0
2010	45.9	79	56.4	83	35.4	77	2.61	51	0
2009	49.8	61	61.8	54	37.7	67	1.33	72	0
2008	55.2	18	67.7	13	42.8	29	2.72	49	0
2007	49.7	62	61.1	60	38.4	63	2.47	53	0
2006	50	60	61.6	56	38.4	63	3.30	37	0
2005	51.6	46	62.9	48	40.4	45	3.07	41	0
2004	47.8	73	57.6	78	38	66	4.40	22	0
2003	50.8	53	61.4	58	40.3	47	2.46	55	0
2002	51.8	44	64	36	39.6	56	2.19	61	0
2001	54.6	27	65.3	29	43.9	22	2.31	57	0
2000	53.1	36	66.2	19	40.1	51	2.01	64	0
1999	53.6	31	65.9	24	41.3	39	2.01	64	0
1998	53.6	31	63.2	46	44.1	20	10.17	2	0
1997	55.1	20	65.8	25	44.3	17	2.86	47	0
1996	51.8	44	63.6	40	40.1	51	1.36	71	0
1995	50.1	59	60	66	40.3	47	3.73	30	0
1994	53.3	35	64	36	42.7	31	1.23	76	0
1993	49.7	62	58.4	72	40.9	42	3.08	40	0
1992	54.9	23	64.6	32	45.3	11	2.23	59	0
1991	54.9	23	66.1	20	43.7	24	0.94	80	0
1990	59.2	4	68.9	7	49.5	3	1.68	68	0
1989	55	21	65.7	26	44.3	17	1.17	77	0
1988	49.1	66	60.2	65	38.1	65	2.38	56	0
1987	48.8	68	57.9	76	39.6	56	4.58	21	0
1986	55.5	15	65.7	26	45.3	11	4.17	24	0
1985	50.4	55	60.8	62	40.1	51	2.70	50	0
1984	52.8	37	63.9	38	41.7	37	3.51	33	0
1983	49	67	58.1	74	39.8	54	6.35	4	0
1982	51.5	47	61.5	57	41.5	38	3.64	31	0
1981	50.8	53	62.9	48	38.6	62	2.23	59	0
1980	45.9	79	57.5	79	34.3	80	1.25	75	0
1979	46.8	76	58	75	35.5	76	3.04	43	0
1978	42.7	88	53.2	89	32.2	85	1.82	66	0
1977	46.3	77	59.6	68	33	84	1.38	70	0
1976	55.9	12	69.4	4	42.4	32	0.95	79	0
1975	54.7	26	64.7	31	44.7	15	3.54	32	0
1974	51.5	47	63.5	41	39.4	59	2.96	44	0
1973	46.1	78	57.7	77	34.4	79	5.57	9	0
1972	48.8	68	58.5	71	39.2	60	5.18	12	0
1971	49.7	62	62.1	52	37.4	69	4.71	19	0
1970	48.5	70	60.8	62	36.2	74	2.86	47	0
1969	45.2	83	55.2	85	35.1	78	2.05	63	0
1968	41.8	89	54.5	87	29.1	89	1.27	74	0
1967	48.5	70	59.7	67	37.2	71	3.12	39	0
1966	49.6	65	60.3	64	38.9	61	4.61	20	0
1965	51.2	52	61.8	54	40.6	44	5.49	10	0
1964	47.5	74	58.4	72	36.6	73	6.32	5	0
1963	45.3	82	56.4	83	34.2	82	4.90	16	0
1962	56.1	11	69	6	43.3	26	1.28	73	0
1961	52.5	40	64.1	35	41	41	4.15	25	0
1960	48.4	72	59.1	69	37.7	67	4.06	27	0
1959	53.4	33	62	53	44.8	14	5.99	7	0
1958	43	87	54.4	88	31.6	86	4.04	28	0
1957	56.5	9	67.3	15	45.8	7	3.35	36	0
1956	56.8	8	68	9	45.6	9	2.91	46	0
1955	52.1	42	63.8	39	40.3	47	1.69	67	0
1954	54.3	29	66.8	16	41.8	35	0.56	85	0
1953	52.7	39	63.4	43	42	34	5.11	13	0
1952	51.9	43	63.1	47	40.7	43	5.99	7	0
1951	50.3	57	63.5	41	37.2	71	1.07	78	0
1950	55.4	16	67.9	10	43	28	0.37	88	0
1949	58.4	5	67.8	11	49	4	3.07	41	0
1948	50.4	55	61	61	39.7	55	3.98	29	0
1947	44	84	57.3	80	30.7	87	0.33	89	0
1946	52.8	37	66	21	39.6	56	2.94	45	0
1945	53.8	30	64.8	30	42.8	29	5.00	15	0
1944	55	21	65.6	28	44.3	17	5.27	11	0
1943	50.3	57	63.4	43	37.3	70	0.56	85	0
1942	44	84	55	86	33.1	83	3.36	35	0
1941	43.5	86	56.6	82	30.4	88	2.47	53	0
1940	47.3	75	58.8	70	35.8	75	7.50	3	0
1939	57	7	68.3	8	45.8	7	6.22	6	0
1938	55.9	12	66	21	45.5	10	0.63	84	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	62
2023	61.5
2017	59.4
1990	59.2
1949	58.4
2019	58.3
1939	57
1956	56.8
1957	56.5
2022	56.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1968	41.8
1978	42.7
1958	43
1941	43.5
1947	44
1942	44
1969	45.2
1963	45.3
2015	45.5
2010	45.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	10.47
1998	10.17
1940	7.50
1983	6.35
1964	6.32
1939	6.22
1959	5.99
1952	5.99
1973	5.57
1965	5.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1947	0.33
1950	0.37
2017	0.40
1954	0.56
1943	0.56
1938	0.63
2019	0.66
2025	0.86
2022	0.92
1991	0.94

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 20 February 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.78 in; 15 February 2026

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Every answer in words

February 2026 brought 2.57 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest February since 2025, 38th driest of 89.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Charleston, SC: 82°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Charleston, SC: a low of 19°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Charleston, SC: 0.78 in on Sunday 15 February 2026.