Charleston, SC: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 73.8°F in Charleston, SC, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2025, tied 20th warmest of 90 (with 1983 and 1971).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 73.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 20th warmest of 90
Precipitation: 1.77 in; Wettest since 2021; 19th wettest of 90

A normal 1 to 9 October in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 70.5°F, between 66.9°F and 76.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.67 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 4.94 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Charleston, SC since 1937: 73.8°F in 2026; the highest is 79.6°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 66.9 to 76.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 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	73.8	20	80.7	48	67	14	1.77	19
2025	74	19	82.3	25	65.7	18	0.85	42
2024	73.5	25	82	28	65	19	0.03	70
2023	71.2	40	82.2	26	60.2	44	0.00	84
2022	65.2	85	75.9	80	54.6	81	trace	76
2021	74.6	14	81.4	34	67.7	11	3.23	10
2020	69.3	50	78.6	62	60.1	45	0.17	57
2019	76.7	9	85	9	68.4	6	0.03	70
2018	79.6	1	88.9	2	70.2	1	0.58	47
2017	76.1	10	84.3	11	67.8	10	1.44	29
2016	73.3	29	80.9	45	65.8	17	10.48	2
2015	68.4	56	75.3	81	61.6	41	17.32	1
2014	71.3	39	82.6	22	60	47	0.01	74
2013	73.4	27	83.6	16	63.3	30	1.36	31
2012	73.6	24	81.3	36	65.9	16	0.87	40
2011	65.3	84	76.7	77	53.9	83	0.04	69
2010	66.9	71	78.4	63	55.4	75	0.00	84
2009	70.4	44	81	44	59.9	48	1.00	37
2008	69.7	47	80.9	45	58.4	58	1.70	21
2007	76.9	6	83.6	16	70.2	1	2.70	13
2006	69.4	49	80.8	47	58.1	60	0.10	63
2005	77.2	5	84.2	12	70.2	1	3.68	8
2004	72.3	33	81.3	36	63.2	32	0.63	45
2003	68.1	64	78.9	59	57.3	64	0.06	64
2002	76.9	6	85.7	7	68.1	8	1.77	19
2001	65.1	86	78.2	64	52	86	0.12	61
2000	68.2	61	77.8	69	58.6	57	trace	76
1999	69.2	52	79.4	57	59	54	0.14	59
1998	75.6	12	82.8	21	68.3	7	1.95	16
1997	72.4	32	83.4	19	61.4	42	trace	76
1996	66.9	71	73.8	88	60.1	45	4.78	6
1995	76	11	82.9	20	69.1	5	0.70	43
1994	68.3	58	77.6	71	59.1	51	5.91	3
1993	70.6	43	79.6	56	61.7	39	0.46	51
1992	66.7	74	74.7	83	58.8	56	4.83	5
1991	68.3	58	76.8	76	59.8	49	0.61	46
1990	78.1	3	88.9	2	67.3	13	0.05	66
1989	73.4	27	82	28	64.8	25	2.48	14
1988	65.4	83	73.8	88	57	66	0.50	49
1987	61.3	89	73.9	86	48.8	89	0.00	84
1986	78.8	2	87.6	4	70.1	4	1.53	26
1985	71.8	35	81.6	32	62	36	2.10	15
1984	66.1	79	76.4	78	55.8	74	0.02	73
1983	73.8	20	82.6	22	65	19	0.31	54
1982	72.3	33	81.2	42	63.3	30	0.20	56
1981	68	65	81.3	36	54.7	79	0.01	74
1980	66.6	75	78.1	67	55.1	77	0.13	60
1979	67.6	67	79.7	54	55.4	75	3.53	9
1978	66.4	76	78.7	60	54.1	82	trace	76
1977	68.3	58	80.3	51	56.3	71	trace	76
1976	69.5	48	79.9	53	59.1	51	1.50	28
1975	71.8	35	81.4	34	62.2	35	0.15	58
1974	60.8	90	73.4	90	48.2	90	0.00	84
1973	76.9	6	86.3	5	67.4	12	0.05	66
1972	68.6	55	79.7	54	57.4	61	0.05	66
1971	73.8	20	84	14	63.7	28	3.77	7
1970	69.2	52	81.9	30	56.6	68	0.06	64
1969	73.5	25	82.1	27	64.9	23	1.03	36
1968	70.7	42	81.7	31	59.7	50	0.38	53
1967	67.4	68	81.3	36	53.6	84	0.11	62
1966	68.4	56	79.4	57	57.4	61	1.64	23
1965	71	41	80	52	62	36	1.52	27
1964	68.2	61	77.2	75	59.1	51	5.83	4
1963	68.7	54	82.4	24	55	78	0.00	84
1962	74.6	14	84.1	13	65	19	2.92	11
1961	66.3	77	76.2	79	56.4	69	1.64	23
1960	74.1	18	84.4	10	63.8	26	0.86	41
1959	74.4	17	83.9	15	64.9	23	0.88	39
1958	65.5	82	74	85	57	66	1.55	25
1957	65.7	80	73.9	86	57.4	61	1.66	22
1956	71.6	38	81.6	32	61.7	39	1.21	34
1955	71.7	37	80.6	49	62.9	33	0.47	50
1954	74.8	13	86.1	6	63.4	29	0.55	48
1953	69.8	46	77.6	71	62	36	0.68	44
1952	67.2	70	78.2	64	56.1	73	1.26	33
1951	73.7	23	83.6	16	63.8	26	0.03	70
1950	67.9	66	77.6	71	58.2	59	0.29	55
1949	72.8	31	80.6	49	65	19	1.20	35
1948	65.6	81	74.8	82	56.4	69	1.86	17
1947	68.2	61	77.3	74	59	54	0.90	38
1946	66.3	77	77.9	68	54.7	79	2.92	11
1945	70.3	45	77.8	69	62.9	33	0.45	52
1944	73.2	30	85.4	8	60.9	43	trace	76
1943	67.3	69	78.2	64	56.3	71	trace	76
1942	66.9	71	81.2	42	52.6	85	0.00	84
1941	77.9	4	89.2	1	66.6	15	1.86	17
1940	64.8	87	78.7	60	51	87	trace	76
1939	69.3	50	81.3	36	57.2	65	1.43	30
1938	61.6	88	74.1	84	49	88	0.00	84
1937	74.6	14	81.3	36	67.9	9	1.29	32

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	79.6
1986	78.8
1990	78.1
1941	77.9
2005	77.2
2007	76.9
2002	76.9
1973	76.9
2019	76.7
2017	76.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	60.8
1987	61.3
1938	61.6
1940	64.8
2001	65.1
2022	65.2
2011	65.3
1988	65.4
1958	65.5
1948	65.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	17.32
2016	10.48
1994	5.91
1964	5.83
1992	4.83
1996	4.78
1971	3.77
2005	3.68
1979	3.53
2021	3.23

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	0.00
2010	0.00
1987	0.00
1974	0.00
1963	0.00
1942	0.00
1938	0.00
2022	trace
2000	trace
1997	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 61°F; 8 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.29 in; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.77 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2021, tied 19th wettest of 90 (with 2002).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: 90°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: a low of 61°F on Thursday 8 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Charleston, SC: 1.29 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.