Charleston, SC: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 85.3°F in Charleston, SC, the warmest July since 2016, 4th warmest of 90.

July 2026

Mean temperature: 85.3°F; Warmest since 2016; 4th warmest of 90
Precipitation: 4.83 in; Driest since 2020; 20th driest of 90

A normal July in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 82.6°F, between 80.9°F and 83.8°F in eight years of ten and 6.84 in of precipitation, between 3.72 in and 9.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every July in Charleston, SC since 1937: 85.3°F in 2026; the highest is 86.2°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 80.9 to 83.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July 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	85.3	4	94.5	4	76	2	4.83	71
2025	84.4	5	92.7	10	76	2	6.66	48
2024	84.4	5	92.9	9	75.9	5	8.08	30
2023	84.3	7	93.2	7	75.5	7	11.21	8
2022	82.4	33	90.3	43	74.6	16	9.47	14
2021	80.7	56	88.9	68	72.5	46	7.85	34
2020	83.6	13	92.4	17	74.9	12	2.47	88
2019	82.5	30	91.6	25	73.3	38	9.44	15
2018	82.3	35	90.5	39	74.1	20	8.95	19
2017	82.1	36	90.7	37	73.5	34	8.64	22
2016	86.2	1	95.5	2	76.9	1	4.38	74
2015	83.3	19	92.5	13	74.1	20	7.72	38
2014	83	21	91.2	32	74.9	12	7.41	39
2013	81.9	39	89.1	63	74.6	16	5.35	64
2012	83.7	10	93.2	7	74.1	20	4.78	72
2011	83.7	10	92.5	13	74.9	12	6.94	45
2010	82.7	25	91.6	25	73.7	28	9.86	12
2009	80.9	53	89.8	51	72	56	8.16	29
2008	81.1	49	90.3	43	72	56	4.97	69
2007	80.6	59	89.6	54	71.7	61	6.17	53
2006	82.1	36	91.5	31	72.8	44	3.87	79
2005	83.5	16	92	20	75	11	3.22	83
2004	82.7	25	91.6	25	73.7	28	3.77	81
2003	81.3	45	89.1	63	73.5	34	9.10	18
2002	82.7	25	91.8	22	73.6	31	6.55	49
2001	79.8	75	88.2	77	71.4	65	9.73	13
2000	81.5	43	90.5	39	72.5	46	10.81	10
1999	82.5	30	91.2	32	73.7	28	3.19	84
1998	83.8	9	92.7	10	74.9	12	6.74	46
1997	80.7	56	89.3	59	72.2	52	8.51	25
1996	81.9	39	90.1	46	73.6	31	7.34	41
1995	83.4	18	92.2	19	74.5	19	5.81	62
1994	82	38	90	48	74	24	8.07	31
1993	85.5	3	95.3	3	75.7	6	4.21	77
1992	83.9	8	92.4	17	75.4	8	4.36	75
1991	83.6	13	91.9	21	75.3	10	7.38	40
1990	83.6	13	92.5	13	74.6	16	5.95	56
1989	82.8	23	91.6	25	73.9	25	1.93	89
1988	81.8	42	90.7	37	72.9	43	4.13	78
1987	83	21	92.6	12	73.4	36	2.92	86
1986	86.1	2	96.1	1	76	2	5.07	68
1985	80.9	53	89.3	59	72.5	46	12.06	5
1984	79.9	70	87.9	80	71.9	58	4.87	70
1983	82.8	23	91.7	23	73.9	25	8.89	21
1982	81.2	46	88.9	68	73.4	36	5.40	63
1981	83.5	16	91.6	25	75.4	8	12.66	4
1980	82.4	33	91.6	25	73.2	39	6.97	44
1979	81.9	39	90.8	35	73.1	40	8.35	27
1978	81.1	49	89.7	52	72.4	50	6.19	52
1977	83.7	10	93.6	5	73.9	25	3.86	80
1976	81	52	89.7	52	72.3	51	4.48	73
1975	79.2	80	87.2	85	71.2	67	9.34	16
1974	78.2	87	86.8	88	69.6	85	3.09	85
1973	82.6	28	91.1	34	74.1	20	3.60	82
1972	80.1	67	89.3	59	70.9	75	1.76	90
1971	80.3	65	88.9	68	71.7	61	6.04	55
1970	82.5	30	92.5	13	72.5	46	5.93	57
1969	82.6	28	91.7	23	73.6	31	5.34	66
1968	81.5	43	90.4	41	72.6	45	7.77	36
1967	79.9	70	89	66	70.7	78	9.19	17
1966	79.6	76	88.2	77	71	73	11.48	6
1965	79	82	87.8	81	70.2	81	8.90	20
1964	78	88	85.8	90	70.2	81	18.46	1
1963	79.9	70	89.3	59	70.4	80	7.94	33
1962	80.8	55	89.4	56	72.1	55	5.93	57
1961	80.5	62	89.6	54	71.5	63	6.67	47
1960	80.1	67	89	66	71.2	67	14.10	3
1959	77.9	89	86.1	89	69.7	84	8.47	26
1958	81.2	46	89.4	56	73	41	7.74	37
1957	78.9	84	88.4	76	69.4	86	8.32	28
1956	79.9	70	88.8	73	71	73	10.60	11
1955	80.1	67	88.9	68	71.3	66	7.06	42
1954	81.2	46	90.8	35	71.5	63	5.90	60
1953	79.9	70	88.7	75	71.2	67	4.36	75
1952	81.1	49	90.4	41	71.8	60	5.86	61
1951	80.3	65	89.9	49	70.7	78	6.26	51
1950	79.2	80	87.2	85	71.2	67	14.32	2
1949	80.6	59	90.1	46	71.2	67	5.21	67
1948	80.7	56	90.2	45	71.2	67	8.03	32
1947	77.5	90	87.3	84	67.8	90	6.98	43
1946	79.5	78	89.1	63	69.9	83	8.54	24
1945	79.6	76	87.1	87	72.2	52	11.42	7
1944	78.6	85	87.8	81	69.4	86	2.87	87
1943	80.6	59	89.4	56	71.9	58	6.15	54
1942	83.2	20	93.4	6	73	41	5.35	64
1941	80.5	62	88.8	73	72.2	52	11.13	9
1940	79	82	88.9	68	69.2	89	7.79	35
1939	80.4	64	89.9	49	70.8	76	5.91	59
1938	78.5	86	87.6	83	69.3	88	6.30	50
1937	79.4	79	88.1	79	70.8	76	8.57	23

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	86.2
1986	86.1
1993	85.5
2026	85.3
2025	84.4
2024	84.4
2023	84.3
1992	83.9
1998	83.8
2012	83.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	77.5
1959	77.9
1964	78
1974	78.2
1938	78.5
1944	78.6
1957	78.9
1965	79
1940	79
1975	79.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	18.46
1950	14.32
1960	14.10
1981	12.66
1985	12.06
1966	11.48
1945	11.42
2023	11.21
1941	11.13
2000	10.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1972	1.76
1989	1.93
2020	2.47
1944	2.87
1987	2.92
1974	3.09
1999	3.19
2005	3.22
1973	3.60
2004	3.77

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 9 July 2026
Coldest night: 71°F; 3 July 2026, 2 July 2026
Wettest day: 2.01 in; 10 July 2026

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Every answer in words

July 2026 brought 4.83 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest July since 2020, 20th driest of 90.
The hottest day of July 2026 in Charleston, SC: 100°F on Thursday 9 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in Charleston, SC: a low of 71°F on Friday 3 July 2026 and Thursday 2 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in Charleston, SC: 2.01 in on Friday 10 July 2026.