Charleston, SC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 50.1°F in Charleston, SC, the coldest winter since 2025, tied 42nd coldest of 89 (with 1985, 1973 and 1938).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 50.1°F; Coldest since 2025; 42nd coldest of 89
Precipitation: 6.63 in; Driest since 2025; 21st driest of 89

A normal winter in Charleston, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.8°F, between 47.6°F and 54.3°F in eight years of ten and 8.87 in of precipitation, between 5.58 in and 14.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Charleston, SC since 1938: 50.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 44.3°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 47.6 to 54.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	50.1	45	61.3	44	39	47	6.63	69	0
2025	50	49	61.4	42	38.5	55	5.39	80	0
2024	53.8	16	65	12	42.7	16	12.28	20	0
2023	56.3	3	67.1	4	45.5	3	9.48	41	0
2022	54.2	11	65.3	9	43	14	6.40	70	0
2021	50.8	38	61	46	40.6	31	10.99	34	0
2020	54.8	6	64.6	16	44.9	4	13.06	13	0
2019	54	14	63.9	20	44.1	10	12.11	21	0
2018	52.6	24	62.9	29	42.3	22	6.68	68	0
2017	56.9	1	67.9	2	45.8	2	8.96	46	0
2016	54.6	7	64.9	14	44.3	8	11.43	29	0
2015	49.2	58	59.9	60	38.5	55	11.32	31	0
2014	51.7	30	63	27	40.5	33	7.00	64	0
2013	54.1	13	65.1	11	43.1	12	14.38	9	0
2012	54.3	9	66.4	5	42.2	25	3.56	84	0
2011	47	77	58.1	79	35.9	76	7.59	59	0
2010	47.1	76	57.2	82	37.1	67	19.13	2	0
2009	51.4	32	62.2	35	40.5	33	2.97	87	0
2008	53.7	18	65.2	10	42.1	26	10.18	38	0
2007	52.9	22	63.9	20	42	27	8.63	51	0
2006	51.1	35	62.5	32	39.7	39	9.48	41	0
2005	50.7	40	61.7	40	39.6	41	5.81	77	0
2004	47	77	58.4	77	35.6	78	7.83	57	0
2003	47.9	69	58.6	72	37.1	67	8.59	52	0
2002	53.2	20	64.8	15	41.6	29	6.32	71	0
2001	47.6	73	58.5	75	36.7	71	6.03	75	0
2000	50.2	44	61.9	38	38.6	53	8.59	52	0
1999	54.3	9	65.9	6	42.7	16	11.31	32	0
1998	51.9	29	61.5	41	42.4	21	22.94	1	0
1997	52.3	27	63	27	41.6	29	7.68	58	0
1996	49	62	60.7	50	37.4	62	3.43	85	0
1995	51.4	32	60.5	52	42.3	22	14.02	11	0
1994	49.3	55	59.8	61	38.8	50	11.03	33	0
1993	51.5	31	60.3	56	42.7	16	13.50	12	0
1992	52.9	22	62.7	31	43.1	12	8.78	50	0
1991	54	14	63.6	23	44.4	6	11.41	30	0
1990	52.4	25	62.5	32	42.3	22	10.38	36	0
1989	53.6	19	64.6	16	42.7	16	4.54	81	0
1988	48.6	63	58.7	70	38.5	55	6.71	67	0
1987	49.6	52	58.6	72	40.6	31	16.96	4	0
1986	49.6	52	60.4	54	38.7	51	7.43	61	0
1985	50.1	45	60.8	48	39.3	43	4.23	83	0
1984	49.2	58	59.3	65	39.1	46	12.98	15	0
1983	50.5	43	59.2	67	41.8	28	15.41	6	0
1982	47.4	75	58.1	79	36.8	70	11.55	27	0
1981	46.5	81	58.8	69	34.1	84	4.41	82	0
1980	47.8	71	58.4	77	37.2	64	7.86	56	0
1979	48.3	66	60.3	56	36.3	74	10.60	35	0
1978	45.5	83	56	88	34.9	80	12.01	22	0
1977	44.5	88	55.5	89	33.5	88	9.22	45	0
1976	50	49	62.8	30	37.2	64	5.92	76	0
1975	53.1	21	63.3	25	42.8	15	11.46	28	0
1974	55	5	65.6	8	44.4	6	8.96	46	0
1973	50.1	45	60.8	48	39.3	43	14.52	8	0
1972	54.2	11	64	19	44.5	5	11.59	26	0
1971	50.6	42	62.3	34	38.9	48	13.06	13	0
1970	45.2	87	56.6	83	33.8	87	8.89	48	0
1969	45.4	84	56.5	84	34.4	82	6.89	65	0
1968	46.3	82	58.7	70	34	85	6.31	72	0
1967	49.3	55	61.1	45	37.5	61	11.81	23	0
1966	47.5	74	58.6	72	36.5	73	12.49	18	0
1965	50.8	38	61.8	39	39.8	38	10.19	37	0
1964	46.6	79	58	81	35.1	79	16.03	5	0
1963	45.4	84	56.5	84	34.3	83	9.50	40	0
1962	51.2	34	63.1	26	39.3	43	6.30	73	0
1961	46.6	79	59.3	65	34	85	8.05	55	0
1960	49.1	61	59.4	64	38.9	48	12.36	19	0
1959	48.5	64	59.2	67	37.8	60	14.34	10	0
1958	45.4	84	56.2	87	34.6	81	14.81	7	0
1957	54.4	8	65.7	7	43.2	11	5.73	78	0
1956	49.5	54	60.4	54	38.6	53	6.30	73	0
1955	49.2	58	60.9	47	37.4	62	9.28	44	0
1954	52.1	28	63.9	20	40.2	36	8.54	54	0
1953	51	37	62	37	40	37	8.85	49	0
1952	53.8	16	65	12	42.6	20	9.48	41	0
1951	47.9	69	60.1	58	35.8	77	5.44	79	0
1950	56.2	4	68.1	1	44.3	8	1.83	89	0
1949	56.9	1	67.3	3	46.6	1	7.27	62	0
1948	47.7	72	58.5	75	37	69	12.88	16	0
1947	51.1	35	63.4	24	38.7	51	2.54	88	0
1946	49.3	55	60.5	52	38	59	11.75	24	0
1945	48.5	64	59.8	61	37.2	64	7.51	60	0
1944	50.7	40	62.1	36	39.4	42	12.54	17	0
1943	49.8	51	61.4	42	38.2	58	7.04	63	0
1942	48.1	67	59.5	63	36.6	72	17.32	3	0
1941	48.1	67	60	59	36.2	75	6.77	66	0
1940	44.3	89	56.5	84	32	89	11.65	25	0
1939	52.4	25	64.3	18	40.4	35	9.53	39	0
1938	50.1	45	60.6	51	39.7	39	3.08	86	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	56.9
1949	56.9
2023	56.3
1950	56.2
1974	55
2020	54.8
2016	54.6
1957	54.4
2012	54.3
1999	54.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	44.3
1977	44.5
1970	45.2
1969	45.4
1963	45.4
1958	45.4
1978	45.5
1968	46.3
1981	46.5
1964	46.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	22.94
2010	19.13
1942	17.32
1987	16.96
1964	16.03
1983	15.41
1958	14.81
1973	14.52
2013	14.38
1959	14.34

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	1.83
1947	2.54
2009	2.97
1938	3.08
1996	3.43
2012	3.56
1985	4.23
1981	4.41
1989	4.54
2025	5.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 20 February 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.24 in; 3 January 2026

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Every answer in words

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.63 in of precipitation in Charleston, SC, the driest winter since 2025, 21st driest of 89.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charleston, SC: 82°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charleston, SC: a low of 19°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Charleston, SC: 1.24 in on Saturday 3 January 2026.