Columbia, SC: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 83.3°F in Columbia, SC, the warmest August since 2016, 7th warmest of 140.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 83.3°F; Warmest since 2016; 7th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 3.40 in; Driest since 2019; 38th driest of 140

A normal August in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 81.7°F, between 78.8°F and 83.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.92 in of precipitation, between 1.87 in and 8.23 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Columbia, SC since 1887: 83.3°F in 2026; the highest is 85.9°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 78.8 to 83.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Columbia, SC from 1887 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	83.3	7	93.2	14	73.5	4	3.40	103
2025	77.9	128	85.4	137	70.4	67	5.33	61
2024	80.4	59	89.7	66	71.1	44	6.39	43
2023	82.6	13	93.2	14	72.1	23	5.71	54
2022	80.1	68	88.9	87	71.4	37	4.48	83
2021	81.4	37	90	62	72.7	12	9.55	18
2020	81.6	33	90.1	60	73.1	7	3.74	96
2019	82.3	18	92.5	25	72.1	23	1.40	132
2018	82.8	11	92.9	18	72.7	12	3.25	107
2017	82.3	18	91.4	41	73.2	5	1.92	124
2016	84.3	3	93.8	9	74.8	1	4.83	71
2015	82.6	13	92.9	18	72.2	21	4.85	70
2014	82	26	92.2	29	71.7	30	4.88	68
2013	79.3	92	87.6	123	71	46	7.51	34
2012	80.4	59	89.5	71	71.3	38	9.81	14
2011	83.8	4	94.5	6	73	8	4.01	89
2010	83.5	5	92.3	27	74.6	2	5.56	57
2009	81.6	33	91	48	72.2	21	3.82	94
2008	79.6	81	89.2	81	70	83	8.82	23
2007	85.9	1	97.2	2	74.6	2	3.04	113
2006	82.1	24	91.2	44	73	8	8.16	27
2005	81.8	29	90.5	51	73	8	3.36	104
2004	78.4	122	87.2	128	69.5	98	4.62	79
2003	80.7	48	89.1	84	72.3	19	3.62	99
2002	80.9	44	91.5	39	70.4	67	5.09	66
2001	82.1	24	92.6	24	71.7	30	2.84	116
2000	80.4	59	90.2	58	70.6	59	3.68	98
1999	83.4	6	94.3	7	72.5	17	1.31	133
1998	81	42	91.7	34	70.3	71	3.52	101
1997	79.3	92	90.4	53	68.2	122	0.22	140
1996	78.8	109	88	111	69.6	95	3.76	95
1995	82.3	18	91.5	39	73.2	5	6.69	41
1994	78.3	125	88.5	101	68	124	5.31	62
1993	81.9	27	93.6	11	70.1	81	2.34	121
1992	78.8	109	88.3	105	69.2	104	9.61	16
1991	80.1	68	89.4	77	70.9	51	7.77	29
1990	81.6	33	92.4	26	70.9	51	6.51	42
1989	80.3	63	90.4	53	70.3	71	3.19	110
1988	82.6	13	93.2	14	72	25	11.75	4
1987	83.1	8	93.7	10	72.6	14	10.81	6
1986	79.8	79	89.9	64	69.7	92	9.55	18
1985	77.7	130	88	111	67.4	137	5.65	56
1984	79.2	95	89.9	64	68.5	118	3.23	108
1983	82.7	12	94.8	5	70.6	59	3.36	104
1982	77.9	128	87.7	119	68	124	5.88	53
1981	76	139	84.5	140	67.6	134	4.65	78
1980	80.5	52	93	17	68	124	3.29	106
1979	79.6	81	91.3	42	68	124	4.05	87
1978	80.3	63	91.1	46	69.5	98	4.45	84
1977	78.6	113	88.6	99	68.5	118	10.73	7
1976	79	105	90	62	68	124	1.02	136
1975	80.5	52	91.7	34	69.3	100	3.16	111
1974	78.6	113	87.7	119	69.6	95	6.20	47
1973	80.5	52	90.4	53	70.7	56	6.92	38
1972	79.1	98	89.4	77	68.8	112	2.87	115
1971	80	71	88.8	94	71.3	38	10.68	8
1970	81.3	38	90.3	56	72.3	19	7.13	37
1969	77.4	134	87.4	126	67.5	136	2.93	114
1968	82.9	10	94.9	4	70.9	51	1.11	135
1967	75.6	140	85.3	138	66	140	11.16	5
1966	79.2	95	89.7	66	68.7	114	3.22	109
1965	80.5	52	91.3	42	69.7	92	9.39	21
1964	78.4	122	87.7	119	69.1	107	9.97	11
1963	81.7	30	93.5	13	69.9	87	1.91	125
1962	80.5	52	91.9	31	69.2	104	3.10	112
1961	78.5	115	88.4	103	68.7	114	14.94	2
1960	81.1	39	91.7	34	70.5	63	5.52	58
1959	81.6	33	92.3	27	71	46	4.52	82
1958	81.7	30	92.9	18	70.6	59	1.93	123
1957	79.1	98	91	48	67.2	139	4.12	86
1956	81.9	27	93.6	11	70.2	77	1.77	127
1955	82.4	16	92.8	22	72	25	4.79	73
1954	83.1	8	95.7	3	70.5	63	5.91	52
1953	80.2	66	92.7	23	67.6	134	6.81	40
1952	80	71	90.2	58	69.7	92	11.95	3
1951	82.2	23	94.2	8	70.2	77	1.27	134
1950	78.4	122	89.4	77	67.4	137	4.72	75
1949	79.8	79	89.2	81	70.3	71	16.72	1
1948	79.5	85	91.2	44	67.7	133	2.76	117
1947	80.6	51	89.7	66	71.5	35	6.33	44
1946	78.7	112	88.5	101	68.8	112	2.74	118
1945	79.1	98	88.3	105	70	83	4.05	87
1944	78.5	115	87.9	116	69.2	104	1.82	126
1943	81.7	30	91.8	32	71.6	33	3.84	93
1942	79.1	98	88.3	105	70	83	4.68	76
1941	80.7	48	89.7	66	71.7	30	4.95	67
1940	79.5	85	88.1	110	71	46	5.18	64
1939	79.6	81	88.9	87	70.2	77	6.16	48
1938	82.3	18	92.2	29	72.5	17	0.91	138
1937	79.5	85	88	111	70.9	51	6.30	45
1936	81	42	90.3	56	71.8	28	9.82	13
1935	79.9	75	88.8	94	71	46	10.26	9
1934	80.7	48	89.5	71	71.9	27	3.69	97
1933	80.3	63	89.3	80	71.3	38	3.85	92
1932	79.9	75	88.8	94	71.1	44	7.32	35
1931	79.2	95	88.6	99	69.8	90	2.20	122
1930	78.1	126	88.3	105	67.8	132	1.59	129
1929	79.5	85	88.9	87	70.2	77	6.05	49
1928	80.4	59	88.9	87	71.8	28	10.19	10
1927	77.1	135	86.1	134	68.1	123	3.86	91
1926	82.4	16	91.8	32	73	8	2.68	119
1925	80.8	46	91.7	34	70	83	0.94	137
1924	80.9	44	91.1	46	70.7	56	4.58	80
1923	80	71	88.7	98	71.2	41	5.47	60
1922	76.9	137	85.9	136	68	124	1.76	128
1921	78.5	115	87.1	129	69.9	87	3.62	99
1920	78.5	115	86.7	132	70.4	67	7.68	32
1919	78.8	109	87.5	125	70.1	81	5.70	55
1918	80.8	46	90.6	50	71	46	4.78	74
1917	79	105	87.6	123	70.3	71	1.52	130
1916	80.2	66	89.1	84	71.2	41	4.87	69
1915	79.3	92	88.2	109	70.4	67	4.56	81
1914	79.4	89	88	111	70.8	55	3.44	102
1913	79.1	98	88.9	87	69.3	100	1.46	131
1912	79.4	89	88.9	87	69.8	90	4.80	72
1911	79.9	75	89.2	81	70.5	63	6.03	50
1910	78.5	115	87.1	129	69.9	87	8.20	26
1909	79.1	98	88.9	87	69.3	100	4.18	85
1908	79	105	88.4	103	69.6	95	7.65	33
1907	79.9	75	89.5	71	70.3	71	4.67	77
1906	81.1	39	89.5	71	72.6	14	6.85	39
1905	77.6	132	87.4	126	67.9	130	9.30	22
1904	77.7	130	87.1	129	68.3	121	7.69	31
1903	80.5	52	89.5	71	71.5	35	9.47	20
1902	78.5	115	88	111	69	110	7.14	36
1901	79.1	98	87.9	116	70.3	71	7.76	30
1900	85.1	2	97.6	1	72.6	14	0.61	139
1899	82.3	18	92.9	18	71.6	33	6.28	46
1898	80	71	88.8	94	71.2	41	9.85	12
1897	78.5	115	87.9	116	69.1	107	5.13	65
1896	81.1	39	91.6	38	70.7	56	2.38	120
1895	79.6	81	90.1	60	69.1	107	9.57	17
1894	79.4	89	89.5	71	69.3	100	5.95	51
1893	78.1	126	87.7	119	68.5	118	8.64	24
1892	80.5	52	90.5	51	70.5	63	9.72	15
1891	78.9	108	89.1	84	68.6	117	8.13	28
1890	77	136	86.1	134	67.9	130	3.93	90
1889	76.7	138	84.7	139	68.7	114	8.30	25
1888	80.1	68	89.6	70	70.6	59	5.49	59
1887	77.5	133	86.2	133	68.9	111	5.21	63

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	85.9
1900	85.1
2016	84.3
2011	83.8
2010	83.5
1999	83.4
2026	83.3
1987	83.1
1954	83.1
1968	82.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	75.6
1981	76
1889	76.7
1922	76.9
1890	77
1927	77.1
1969	77.4
1887	77.5
1905	77.6
1985	77.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1949	16.72
1961	14.94
1952	11.95
1988	11.75
1967	11.16
1987	10.81
1977	10.73
1971	10.68
1935	10.26
1928	10.19

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	0.22
1900	0.61
1938	0.91
1925	0.94
1976	1.02
1968	1.11
1951	1.27
1999	1.31
2019	1.40
1913	1.46

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 17 August 2026
Coldest night: 66°F; 25 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.63 in; 1 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 3.40 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest August since 2019, 38th driest of 140.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Columbia, SC: 100°F on Monday 17 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Columbia, SC: a low of 66°F on Tuesday 25 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Columbia, SC: 1.63 in on Saturday 1 August 2026.