Charleston, SC: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 63.7°F in Charleston, SC, the warmest March since 2024, 7th warmest of 90.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 63.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 7th warmest of 90
Precipitation: 0.37 in; Driest since 2004; 2nd driest of 90

A normal March in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.9°F, between 55°F and 64.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.63 in of precipitation, between 0.70 in and 5.54 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Charleston, SC since 1937: 63.7°F in 2026; the highest is 65.5°F, in 1945.

Normal range, 55 to 64.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	Days missing
2026	63.7	7	76.8	3	50.5	16	0.37	89	0
2025	60.7	22	73.3	15	48.1	33	2.29	67	0
2024	64	6	74.7	7	53.4	4	8.12	6	0
2023	61.9	14	72.8	20	51.1	11	1.54	75	0
2022	62.1	12	73.5	12	50.8	13	2.08	71	0
2021	60.5	24	71.8	26	49.3	23	2.81	54	0
2020	64.4	3	74.5	8	54.3	1	3.84	42	0
2019	58.1	42	69.8	43	46.4	49	0.69	86	0
2018	56.5	60	67.7	59	45.3	59	2.23	69	0
2017	59.1	39	71.5	30	46.7	45	1.02	82	0
2016	64.3	4	75.3	5	53.3	5	3.19	47	0
2015	59.9	34	70.6	36	49.2	24	2.26	68	0
2014	55	73	66.3	71	43.6	75	4.93	26	0
2013	52.9	84	64.3	82	41.4	83	4.07	39	0
2012	65.3	2	76.9	2	53.6	3	5.51	22	0
2011	60	32	71.6	27	48.3	30	2.67	58	0
2010	55.9	66	67.2	62	44.5	66	4.53	30	0
2009	58	43	69.1	50	46.8	42	2.84	53	0
2008	58.6	40	70.9	33	46.3	50	2.41	64	0
2007	60.8	21	73.6	11	48.1	33	0.79	84	0
2006	57.1	54	69.1	50	45.2	60	0.44	88	0
2005	55.8	67	67.5	60	44.2	70	4.31	35	0
2004	59.7	35	72.6	23	46.8	42	0.36	90	0
2003	61.2	17	70.4	37	52	8	7.20	11	0
2002	60.4	28	72.7	22	48.2	32	4.48	31	0
2001	56.5	60	66.9	66	46.2	51	6.30	14	0
2000	60.9	19	72.9	19	48.9	27	3.66	44	0
1999	54.9	74	67.5	60	42.2	80	2.15	70	0
1998	56.2	63	66.2	73	46.1	52	5.51	22	0
1997	64.2	5	75.8	4	52.7	6	1.81	72	0
1996	53.7	82	64.3	82	43	77	4.04	41	0
1995	60.3	29	71.6	27	49.1	25	0.70	85	0
1994	61.3	15	72.6	23	49.9	20	4.44	32	0
1993	55.8	67	65.8	75	45.9	55	5.80	17	0
1992	57.9	45	69.3	46	46.5	48	3.59	45	0
1991	60.5	24	70.2	40	50.8	13	4.66	27	0
1990	62.5	9	72.8	20	52.1	7	6.63	13	0
1989	59.6	37	69.9	42	49.4	22	2.87	52	0
1988	57.4	51	69.1	50	45.7	58	1.78	73	0
1987	56.8	57	66.6	70	47	39	5.55	20	0
1986	58	43	69.3	46	46.7	45	2.67	58	0
1985	60.7	22	71.6	27	49.7	21	1.50	77	0
1984	57.6	48	68.4	56	46.8	42	5.63	19	0
1983	56.4	62	65.7	76	47.1	38	11.11	1	0
1982	59.2	38	70.7	34	47.7	35	1.26	80	0
1981	54.3	80	66.9	66	41.6	82	2.38	65	0
1980	54.6	77	64.8	80	44.4	68	7.99	7	0
1979	57.3	52	69.5	44	45.2	60	3.01	50	0
1978	55.2	72	66.9	66	43.5	76	3.25	46	0
1977	60.5	24	71.1	32	50	18	5.31	24	0
1976	62.3	10	74	9	50.6	15	2.33	66	0
1975	56.8	57	67.8	58	45.9	55	4.54	29	0
1974	62	13	73.5	12	50.5	16	3.04	48	0
1973	61	18	70.7	34	51.3	10	6.15	15	0
1972	56.9	56	68.8	55	44.9	64	2.52	61	0
1971	51.9	86	63.2	85	40.6	86	4.05	40	0
1970	57	55	67.2	62	46.9	41	7.72	10	0
1969	50.6	87	61.8	88	39.3	87	5.14	25	0
1968	55.6	69	70	41	41.3	85	1.35	79	0
1967	60	32	73.3	15	46.7	45	2.81	54	0
1966	53.9	81	66.3	71	41.4	83	2.65	60	0
1965	54.5	78	64.7	81	44.2	70	7.99	7	0
1964	57.5	49	69.2	48	45.9	55	4.40	34	0
1963	60.9	19	73.5	12	48.3	30	0.99	83	0
1962	53.1	83	63.5	84	42.8	78	7.88	9	0
1961	61.3	15	73.7	10	48.9	27	5.83	16	0
1960	46.3	90	56.4	90	36.2	90	2.72	56	0
1959	54.8	76	65.6	77	44	74	11.11	1	0
1958	52.3	85	62.1	87	42.5	79	5.78	18	0
1957	55.3	71	65.4	79	45.1	63	5.53	21	0
1956	56.8	57	69.2	48	44.5	66	2.45	63	0
1955	60.3	29	73	18	47.6	36	1.06	81	0
1954	56.1	64	68.1	57	44.2	70	1.38	78	0
1953	60.2	31	71.4	31	49.1	25	4.59	28	0
1952	57.5	49	69.1	50	46	53	4.08	37	0
1951	57.2	53	67.1	65	47.4	37	3.81	43	0
1950	54.9	74	65.5	78	44.4	68	4.43	33	0
1949	57.8	47	70.4	37	45.2	60	2.48	62	0
1948	59.7	35	69.4	45	50	18	8.15	5	0
1947	49.1	89	59.8	89	38.5	89	8.16	4	0
1946	62.2	11	73.2	17	51.1	11	3.00	51	0
1945	65.5	1	77.2	1	53.7	2	1.52	76	0
1944	57.9	45	68.9	54	47	39	10.23	3	0
1943	55.4	70	66.1	74	44.7	65	6.84	12	0
1942	58.2	41	70.4	37	46	53	4.25	36	0
1941	50.6	87	62.4	86	38.7	88	4.08	37	0
1940	54.4	79	66.7	69	42.2	80	3.04	48	0
1939	60.5	24	72.5	25	48.5	29	2.68	57	0
1938	63.1	8	74.8	6	51.4	9	0.66	87	0
1937	56	65	67.2	62	44.2	70	1.57	74	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1945	65.5
2012	65.3
2020	64.4
2016	64.3
1997	64.2
2024	64
2026	63.7
1938	63.1
1990	62.5
1976	62.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	46.3
1947	49.1
1969	50.6
1941	50.6
1971	51.9
1958	52.3
2013	52.9
1962	53.1
1996	53.7
1966	53.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	11.11
1959	11.11
1944	10.23
1947	8.16
1948	8.15
2024	8.12
1980	7.99
1965	7.99
1962	7.88
1970	7.72

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.36
2026	0.37
2006	0.44
1938	0.66
2019	0.69
1995	0.70
2007	0.79
1963	0.99
2017	1.02
1955	1.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 23 March 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.27 in; 16 March 2026

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 0.37 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest March since 2004, 2nd driest of 90.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Charleston, SC: 90°F on Monday 23 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Charleston, SC: a low of 31°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Charleston, SC: 0.27 in on Monday 16 March 2026.