Charleston, SC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 48.1°F in Charleston, SC, the coldest January since 2025, 43rd coldest of 89.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 48.1°F; Coldest since 2025; 43rd coldest of 89
Precipitation: 2.38 in; Driest since 2025; 37th driest of 89

A normal January in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 49.6°F, between 45.2°F and 54.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.84 in of precipitation, between 1.05 in and 7.51 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Charleston, SC since 1938: 48.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 37.7°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 45.2 to 54.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	48.1	47	59.7	40	36.5	51	2.38	53	0
2025	43.5	79	54.8	78	32.2	82	2.09	57	0
2024	51.9	21	63.5	20	40.3	23	1.94	61	0
2023	55.7	5	66.7	5	44.6	11	3.74	31	0
2022	47.2	56	58.6	49	35.8	59	2.13	56	0
2021	50.7	27	60.5	32	40.9	21	4.44	19	0
2020	54.6	12	64.2	15	45	6	1.46	71	0
2019	50.9	25	61	29	40.8	22	1.70	64	0
2018	45.3	67	56.4	68	34.1	68	2.76	43	0
2017	56.6	4	67.1	4	46.1	4	3.78	30	0
2016	47.8	50	58.2	55	37.4	47	3.40	36	0
2015	48.6	42	59.3	43	38	42	3.53	33	0
2014	45.6	65	57	63	34.2	66	2.67	47	0
2013	55.3	9	66.5	6	44.1	12	0.35	89	0
2012	52.7	17	65.6	12	39.9	27	0.64	87	0
2011	44.4	76	55.2	76	33.6	74	1.98	59	0
2010	44.5	75	54.9	77	34.1	68	6.46	9	0
2009	48.2	45	58	58	38.4	38	1.29	74	0
2008	48.9	40	59.5	41	38.3	39	3.07	40	0
2007	52.4	20	62.7	23	42	18	3.83	29	0
2006	54.1	13	65.5	13	42.7	16	2.93	41	0
2005	50.7	27	61.3	28	40.2	24	1.70	64	0
2004	46.3	61	58.1	56	34.4	65	1.57	70	0
2003	44.7	72	55.7	73	33.7	73	1.04	80	0
2002	51.3	23	62.8	21	39.7	30	2.42	52	0
2001	46.4	59	58.1	56	34.6	63	1.07	77	0
2000	47.3	55	58.3	52	36.4	52	4.04	24	0
1999	53.6	15	66.1	9	41	20	4.96	13	0
1998	52.5	18	61.9	25	43	15	7.58	3	0
1997	49.7	34	59.9	37	39.5	33	2.68	46	0
1996	48	48	60	36	36.1	56	1.05	79	0
1995	49.6	35	59.4	42	39.9	27	3.94	27	0
1994	46.4	59	56.8	65	36.1	56	7.50	4	0
1993	53.6	15	62.3	24	45	6	8.92	1	0
1992	49.5	36	59.3	43	39.7	30	4.93	14	0
1991	50.8	26	58.9	46	42.7	16	7.78	2	0
1990	55.4	8	66.1	9	44.7	10	3.96	26	0
1989	55.5	7	66	11	44.9	8	2.65	48	0
1988	43.2	82	52.2	85	34.2	66	2.76	43	0
1987	47.2	56	56.4	68	38	42	7.17	6	0
1986	45.8	64	56.9	64	34.7	62	2.05	58	0
1985	42.6	85	53.1	84	32.1	83	0.87	84	0
1984	46.1	63	55.4	74	36.8	49	5.12	12	0
1983	45.5	66	53.3	83	37.8	45	4.86	17	0
1982	45	71	56.6	67	33.5	76	2.18	55	0
1981	41.5	86	54.6	79	28.5	88	0.93	82	0
1980	48.7	41	57.6	60	39.8	29	3.99	25	0
1979	45.3	67	57.6	60	33.1	78	3.43	35	0
1978	43.4	81	54.1	80	32.8	79	4.31	20	0
1977	38.6	88	48.6	89	28.7	87	2.72	45	0
1976	44.7	72	57.2	62	32.3	81	1.62	68	0
1975	53.7	14	63.9	17	43.6	14	4.92	16	0
1974	61.8	1	70.9	2	52.7	1	1.42	73	0
1973	48	48	58.3	52	37.7	46	4.59	18	0
1972	54.8	11	64.7	14	44.8	9	4.13	23	0
1971	49.9	32	59.8	39	40	25	5.45	11	0
1970	41	87	51.3	87	30.6	86	2.51	51	0
1969	44.6	74	55.8	72	33.4	77	1.19	75	0
1968	43.5	79	55.4	74	31.6	85	2.25	54	0
1967	50.5	30	62.8	21	38.3	39	4.93	14	0
1966	43.9	78	53.8	82	34	71	6.68	7	0
1965	48.3	44	60.8	30	35.9	58	1.69	66	0
1964	48.5	43	60.3	33	36.7	50	6.53	8	0
1963	45.3	67	56.1	70	34.5	64	3.14	39	0
1962	47.1	58	58.3	52	35.8	59	3.59	32	0
1961	44.3	77	56.7	66	31.9	84	1.77	63	0
1960	49.2	37	58.9	46	39.4	35	5.81	10	0
1959	46.3	61	58.6	49	33.9	72	4.20	22	0
1958	42.9	84	52.2	85	33.6	74	7.20	5	0
1957	50	31	60.6	31	39.5	33	1.43	72	0
1956	45.1	70	56.1	70	34.1	68	2.56	50	0
1955	47.6	52	59	45	36.2	54	3.29	37	0
1954	51.5	22	63.7	18	39.3	36	0.89	83	0
1953	52.5	18	63.6	19	41.3	19	1.86	62	0
1952	55.2	10	66.4	7	44	13	1.06	78	0
1951	49	39	61.6	26	36.4	52	0.76	86	0
1950	60.6	2	72.3	1	48.9	2	0.63	88	0
1949	58.4	3	69.8	3	47	3	0.77	85	0
1948	43.2	82	54.1	80	32.4	80	3.50	34	0
1947	55.7	5	66.3	8	45.1	5	1.15	76	0
1946	50.7	27	61.5	27	40	25	4.29	21	0
1945	47.6	52	58.4	51	36.9	48	1.66	67	0
1944	49.2	37	60.2	34	38.2	41	3.24	38	0
1943	49.8	33	59.9	37	39.6	32	3.93	28	0
1942	47.7	51	60.1	35	35.3	61	2.88	42	0
1941	47.5	54	58.8	48	36.2	54	1.59	69	0
1940	37.7	89	48.7	88	26.7	89	2.62	49	0
1939	51.1	24	64.2	15	38	42	1.95	60	0
1938	48.2	45	57.9	59	38.8	37	0.99	81	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	61.8
1950	60.6
1949	58.4
2017	56.6
2023	55.7
1947	55.7
1989	55.5
1990	55.4
2013	55.3
1952	55.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	37.7
1977	38.6
1970	41
1981	41.5
1985	42.6
1958	42.9
1988	43.2
1948	43.2
1978	43.4
2025	43.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	8.92
1991	7.78
1998	7.58
1994	7.50
1958	7.20
1987	7.17
1966	6.68
1964	6.53
2010	6.46
1960	5.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2013	0.35
1950	0.63
2012	0.64
1951	0.76
1949	0.77
1985	0.87
1954	0.89
1981	0.93
1938	0.99
2003	1.04

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 79°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 31 January 2026, 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.24 in; 3 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 2.38 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest January since 2025, 37th driest of 89.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Charleston, SC: 79°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Charleston, SC: a low of 20°F on Saturday 31 January 2026 and Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Charleston, SC: 1.24 in on Saturday 3 January 2026.