Charlotte, NC: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 80.5°F in Charlotte, NC, the warmest summer since 2016, tied 5th warmest of 148 (with 2015, 1987 and 1881).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 80.5°F; Warmest since 2016; 5th warmest of 148
Precipitation: 10.34 in; Driest since 2022; 42nd driest of 148

A normal summer in Charlotte, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.2°F, between 76.9°F and 80.6°F in eight years of ten and 11.45 in of precipitation, between 6.17 in and 17.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Charlotte, NC since 1879: 80.5°F in 2026; the highest is 81.5°F, in 1993.

Normal range, 76.9 to 80.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer in Charlotte, NC from 1879 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	80.5	5	90.3	12	70.7	4	10.34	107
2025	80.3	10	89.5	23	71.1	2	13.06	61
2024	80.2	11	89.8	17	70.6	6	13.72	55
2023	78.6	43	88.4	51	68.9	33	15.09	40
2022	79.9	13	90.3	12	69.4	21	9.29	119
2021	79.3	20	89.5	23	69.1	28	11.68	88
2020	79.3	20	89	43	69.7	17	10.20	111
2019	79.2	24	89.4	29	69	31	17.66	19
2018	79.7	15	90.1	15	69.4	21	13.20	58
2017	78.4	50	88.3	57	68.5	49	14.04	48
2016	81.3	2	91.9	2	70.7	4	6.25	143
2015	80.5	5	91.8	3	69.3	24	7.95	130
2014	77	100	86.8	90	67.2	100	10.97	97
2013	76.9	103	85.4	123	68.4	54	16.57	29
2012	78.1	62	89.1	38	67	115	8.11	128
2011	79.8	14	91.2	6	68.4	54	11.81	82
2010	81	3	91.6	4	70.5	8	10.12	112
2009	77.4	86	87.6	69	67.2	100	11.09	93
2008	78.3	52	89.4	29	67.3	94	15.64	37
2007	78.8	32	90.5	10	67.2	100	5.02	146
2006	77.2	91	87.8	61	66.7	124	18.25	16
2005	77.9	70	87.2	82	68.5	49	13.25	57
2004	75.9	134	85.2	129	66.5	132	20.47	10
2003	75.7	137	84.8	139	66.6	128	23.70	3
2002	78.3	52	89.5	23	67.1	109	6.76	140
2001	77.2	91	87.6	69	66.8	118	4.78	147
2000	76.4	122	86.9	86	66	141	8.21	126
1999	77.2	91	87.2	82	67.2	100	8.83	124
1998	79.2	24	89.7	18	68.7	42	10.03	114
1997	77.7	75	87.3	78	68.2	63	16.89	25
1996	77.5	80	86.8	90	68.3	61	10.35	106
1995	78.1	62	87.3	78	69	31	17.39	21
1994	78.7	38	87.8	61	69.6	18	12.94	64
1993	81.5	1	92.1	1	70.9	3	5.48	145
1992	77.5	80	86.3	105	68.7	42	12.07	79
1991	79.4	19	88.4	51	70.3	11	14.27	47
1990	79.6	16	89.5	23	69.8	15	7.08	135
1989	78.5	48	87.4	75	69.6	18	12.49	73
1988	78.6	43	89.2	34	68	70	9.67	117
1987	80.5	5	90.5	10	70.5	8	7.12	134
1986	80.7	4	90.9	7	70.6	6	8.10	129
1985	76.3	124	86	111	66.5	132	16.95	24
1984	76.5	116	85.9	113	67.1	109	12.86	65
1983	78.3	52	89.2	34	67.4	88	7.91	131
1982	76.5	116	84.8	139	68.2	63	10.38	105
1981	77.3	89	85.8	117	68.8	38	11.09	93
1980	78.3	52	88.6	47	67.9	75	6.84	138
1979	75.6	139	84.9	135	66.2	136	10.73	103
1978	78	67	87.8	61	68.2	63	16.33	31
1977	79.1	27	89.6	22	68.6	47	6.38	142
1976	75.2	143	84.9	135	65.4	146	7.00	136
1975	76.7	110	85.9	113	67.4	88	13.92	49
1974	75	145	84	146	65.9	144	12.83	66
1973	76.6	114	85.8	117	67.4	88	10.84	100
1972	75.1	144	85.2	129	65.1	147	10.21	110
1971	76.1	128	85	133	67.2	100	12.97	63
1970	77.6	77	86.9	86	68.4	54	12.38	76
1969	77.9	70	87.3	78	68.4	54	10.94	99
1968	76.7	110	86.7	92	66.7	124	12.64	69
1967	74.9	146	83.4	147	66.3	135	17.44	20
1966	77	100	87.8	61	66.2	136	6.80	139
1965	76.4	122	85.9	113	66.8	118	16.36	30
1964	76.5	116	86.1	108	67	115	12.33	77
1963	77.4	86	87.9	59	66.9	117	7.75	133
1962	76.8	107	86.4	103	67.1	109	8.97	123
1961	75.7	137	85.4	123	66	141	13.76	54
1960	78.3	52	89.1	38	67.6	81	11.55	89
1959	78.6	43	89.4	29	67.8	77	17.87	18
1958	78.1	62	88.5	48	67.8	77	12.39	74
1957	78.3	52	90	16	66.6	128	9.92	116
1956	78.8	32	90.9	7	66.7	124	6.85	137
1955	78.6	43	89.7	18	67.4	88	9.17	121
1954	79.5	18	91.3	5	67.6	81	8.20	127
1953	78.2	58	89	43	67.4	88	7.88	132
1952	79	29	89.5	23	68.4	54	16.28	32
1951	78.5	48	89.7	18	67.3	94	9.43	118
1950	76.6	114	86.9	86	66.2	136	13.00	62
1949	78.1	62	87.5	74	68.7	42	16.14	33
1948	79	29	89.1	38	68.9	33	10.26	109
1947	77.3	89	87.1	84	67.4	88	11.79	84
1946	76.8	107	86.5	98	67.2	100	9.96	115
1945	78.2	58	87.8	61	68.6	47	10.97	97
1944	78.2	58	88.5	48	68	70	16.61	27
1943	80.4	9	90.3	12	70.5	8	15.75	36
1942	79.2	24	88.5	48	69.9	14	15.88	35
1941	78.8	32	87.9	59	69.8	15	14.90	42
1940	78.2	58	87.6	69	68.7	42	14.70	44
1939	79.6	16	89.2	34	70	13	18.22	17
1938	77.6	77	86.9	86	68.4	54	12.54	72
1937	78.8	32	88.4	51	69.2	26	13.85	51
1936	79.3	20	89.5	23	69.1	28	16.68	26
1935	78.6	43	88.1	58	69.1	28	11.47	90
1934	78.8	32	87.4	75	70.2	12	14.66	45
1933	77.5	80	86.6	97	68.5	49	8.66	125
1932	79.3	20	89.3	32	69.2	26	15.18	39
1931	79.1	27	89.7	18	68.5	49	17.35	22
1930	77.9	70	88.4	51	67.3	94	11.17	92
1929	76.5	116	86.3	105	66.8	118	12.18	78
1928	78.7	38	88.4	51	68.9	33	19.39	13
1927	75.5	140	85.1	131	65.9	144	11.95	80
1926	78.8	32	89.1	38	68.5	49	12.77	67
1925	80	12	90.8	9	69.3	24	5.57	144
1924	78	67	87.8	61	68.2	63	11.81	82
1923	78	67	87.8	61	68.2	63	11.03	96
1922	77.1	96	86.4	103	67.8	77	10.67	104
1921	77.9	70	87.3	78	68.4	54	9.03	122
1920	76.1	128	85.4	123	66.8	118	16.58	28
1919	77.1	96	86.3	105	68	70	13.77	53
1918	76.7	110	86.7	92	66.6	128	6.51	141
1917	76.5	116	85.9	113	67.1	109	15.39	38
1916	76	131	84.7	142	67.3	94	24.80	2
1915	76.2	127	85.1	131	67.3	94	13.12	59
1914	78.7	38	88.4	51	68.9	33	9.20	120
1913	77.5	80	87.4	75	67.7	80	13.11	60
1912	75.8	136	84.9	135	66.6	128	10.82	101
1911	79	29	89.1	38	68.8	38	11.08	95
1910	75.5	140	84.3	145	66.8	118	16.08	34
1909	76.3	124	85	133	67.6	81	14.90	42
1908	76	131	84.8	139	67.2	100	22.88	7
1907	76.5	116	85.8	117	67.3	94	11.33	91
1906	77.1	96	85.3	127	68.9	33	18.96	15
1905	77.1	96	86	111	68.2	63	15.03	41
1904	76.1	128	85.6	121	66.7	124	22.93	6
1903	76.8	107	86.1	108	67.5	85	11.79	84
1902	77.8	74	87.6	69	68	70	12.39	74
1901	77.5	80	86.1	108	68.8	38	23.51	4
1900	78.7	38	88.7	46	68.8	38	13.91	50
1899	78.7	38	89.2	34	68.2	63	12.62	71
1898	77.7	75	87	85	68.3	61	17.35	22
1897	76.9	103	86.7	92	67.1	109	12.63	70
1896	77.2	91	86.5	98	67.9	75	10.78	102
1895	76.9	103	86.7	92	67.2	100	10.05	113
1894	76.3	124	86.5	98	66.1	140	11.70	87
1893	76.7	110	86.7	92	66.8	118	19.51	11
1892	77	100	86.5	98	67.5	85	13.71	56
1891	75.9	134	85.3	127	66.5	132	14.38	46
1890	77.6	77	87.6	69	67.6	81	11.94	81
1889	75.4	142	84.7	142	66.2	136	23.24	5
1888	78.4	50	89.3	32	67.5	85	10.27	108
1887	77.5	80	87.7	68	67.2	100	20.92	8
1886	74.8	147	84.6	144	65.1	147	25.43	1
1885	77.2	91	85.6	121	68.7	42	13.80	52
1884	74.6	148	83.3	148	66	141	19.45	12
1883	78.1	62	86.5	98	69.6	18	12.68	68
1882	77.4	86	85.4	123	69.4	21	11.71	86
1881	80.5	5	89	43	71.9	1	4.33	148
1880	76.9	103	85.8	117	68	70	20.85	9
1879	76	131	84.9	135	67.1	109	19.19	14

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1993	81.5
2016	81.3
2010	81
1986	80.7
2026	80.5
2015	80.5
1987	80.5
1881	80.5
1943	80.4
2025	80.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1884	74.6
1886	74.8
1967	74.9
1974	75
1972	75.1
1976	75.2
1889	75.4
1927	75.5
1910	75.5
1979	75.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1886	25.43
1916	24.80
2003	23.70
1901	23.51
1889	23.24
1904	22.93
1908	22.88
1887	20.92
1880	20.85
2004	20.47

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1881	4.33
2001	4.78
2007	5.02
1993	5.48
1925	5.57
2016	6.25
1977	6.38
1918	6.51
2002	6.76
1966	6.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 2 July 2026
Coldest night: 53°F; 3 June 2026
Wettest day: 2.05 in; 23 July 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 10.34 in of precipitation in Charlotte, NC, the driest summer since 2022, 42nd driest of 148.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Charlotte, NC: 99°F on Thursday 2 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Charlotte, NC: a low of 53°F on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Charlotte, NC: 2.05 in on Thursday 23 July 2026.