Columbia, SC: Fall

10 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 76.5°F in Columbia, SC, the warmest 1 September to 10 October since 2019, 19th warmest of 140.

Fall 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 76.5°F; Warmest since 2019; 19th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 2.91 in; Driest since 2025; 35th driest of 140

A normal 1 September to 10 October in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 73.7°F, between 70.9°F and 77.2°F in eight years of ten and 4.68 in of precipitation, between 1.98 in and 8.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 10 October in Columbia, SC since 1887: 76.5°F in 2026; the highest is 81.3°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 70.9 to 77.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 10 October 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	76.5	19	87.9	13	65.1	37	2.91	106
2025	74.1	53	84.8	42	63.5	60	1.59	130
2024	75.7	26	85	39	66.4	16	6.02	40
2023	73.2	71	84.4	52	62	89	4.43	66
2022	72.2	89	83.4	75	61	105	3.16	99
2021	74.6	43	84.6	46	64.6	46	4.99	53
2020	72.8	77	82.5	94	63.1	69	4.82	55
2019	80.1	2	91.8	1	68.5	4	1.99	123
2018	81.3	1	90.8	2	71.9	1	6.76	30
2017	76.8	15	88	11	65.7	27	5.21	50
2016	77.2	10	87	17	67.5	7	11.26	4
2015	74.3	49	83.1	85	65.5	30	19.14	1
2014	74.9	38	84.4	52	65.4	32	4.48	63
2013	75	35	86	25	63.9	55	3.99	74
2012	73.8	58	83.8	67	63.9	55	2.96	105
2011	73.3	67	84.3	56	62.4	79	3.44	93
2010	75.5	28	88.3	6	62.7	72	1.94	126
2009	73.6	62	83.7	71	63.6	58	7.67	20
2008	72.6	82	81.9	100	63.4	65	3.64	84
2007	77.1	11	88.2	7	66.1	24	0.81	136
2006	71.9	97	81.7	108	62.2	86	3.81	80
2005	77.6	6	87.6	14	67.7	6	2.45	115
2004	73.3	67	81.6	111	65	39	7.24	23
2003	70.8	121	80.7	124	60.9	107	5.34	47
2002	76.9	13	85	39	68.8	3	9.39	9
2001	70.4	128	81.8	104	59	132	1.87	127
2000	70.9	119	80.8	120	61.1	102	6.31	36
1999	71.4	108	83.4	75	59.5	130	4.15	70
1998	75.3	32	85.4	33	65.2	34	6.83	28
1997	73.5	63	85	39	62	89	4.55	60
1996	71.5	104	81.1	115	61.8	94	4.81	56
1995	73.9	56	83.8	67	64	53	6.86	27
1994	70.8	121	81.9	100	59.7	127	5.34	47
1993	74.2	51	86	25	62.4	79	3.93	77
1992	71.9	97	82.1	98	61.8	94	8.18	16
1991	72.8	77	85.4	33	60.2	118	2.71	108
1990	75.3	32	88.2	7	62.4	79	6.71	31
1989	73.3	67	82.9	86	63.6	58	6.79	29
1988	72.1	92	81.8	104	62.5	78	8.30	14
1987	70.7	125	82.6	91	58.8	134	5.27	49
1986	75.9	22	86.5	22	65.2	34	5.08	52
1985	71.2	114	84.2	60	58.3	135	3.26	96
1984	70	132	84.1	61	55.9	139	0.68	138
1983	72.1	92	83.3	81	60.8	110	3.87	78
1982	71.5	104	82.2	96	60.8	110	3.61	86
1981	69.9	133	83.4	75	56.4	138	0.76	137
1980	73.2	71	84.3	56	62.1	87	7.59	21
1979	71.3	112	80.6	126	62.1	87	9.24	10
1978	74.2	51	85.8	30	62.6	73	4.79	57
1977	72.5	83	84.1	61	60.9	107	1.97	125
1976	70.8	121	81.9	100	59.8	124	7.18	24
1975	73.8	58	84.1	61	63.5	60	3.61	86
1974	68.8	139	80	132	57.6	137	4.44	64
1973	77.4	8	88.1	9	66.6	14	4.49	61
1972	72.8	77	85.3	37	60.3	116	2.51	112
1971	75.8	24	86	25	65.7	27	6.66	33
1970	75.9	22	87.5	15	64.2	49	4.05	72
1969	72.3	87	81.7	108	62.9	71	3.94	76
1968	71	117	83.2	83	58.9	133	3.60	88
1967	66.8	140	79.7	135	54	140	2.44	116
1966	71.6	101	84	64	59.2	131	2.38	118
1965	73.4	65	83.3	81	63.5	60	8.10	17
1964	70.9	119	81.7	108	60.1	121	11.10	5
1963	70.2	130	82.7	89	57.8	136	3.98	75
1962	73.3	67	84.8	42	61.9	93	3.69	83
1961	73	75	85.9	29	60.2	118	2.28	120
1960	75.2	34	85.5	32	64.8	45	5.20	51
1959	74.8	42	84.6	46	64.9	41	10.78	6
1958	72.4	86	84.6	46	60.2	118	3.24	97
1957	73.1	73	82.8	88	63.5	60	7.80	19
1956	71.9	97	83.4	75	60.3	116	8.46	13
1955	74.4	47	84.4	52	64.4	48	3.48	92
1954	77.3	9	90.7	3	63.9	55	1.75	129
1953	73	75	84.5	51	61.6	97	8.78	11
1952	71.2	114	82.4	95	59.9	123	3.19	98
1951	74.3	49	85.4	33	63.2	67	4.70	58
1950	71.5	104	81.8	104	61.2	101	6.55	34
1949	72.5	83	82.6	91	62.4	79	2.99	104
1948	70.3	129	80.8	120	59.8	124	9.93	8
1947	73.7	61	83.4	75	64.1	50	3.71	82
1946	72.2	89	82.1	98	62.3	83	4.89	54
1945	74.9	38	83.6	72	66.2	23	10.65	7
1944	75.5	28	84.7	45	66.3	19	3.53	90
1943	70.8	121	81.9	100	59.8	124	2.65	109
1942	74	54	84.6	46	63.5	60	2.77	107
1941	78	4	88.6	5	67.4	8	1.59	130
1940	71.9	97	83.2	83	60.6	115	1.23	132
1939	76.8	15	86.9	18	66.8	12	6.06	38
1938	72.7	80	82.9	86	62.6	73	3.03	102
1937	72	95	81	116	63.1	69	2.56	111
1936	75.8	24	84.3	56	67.3	10	5.68	43
1935	70.7	125	80.4	130	61.1	102	5.65	44
1934	74.9	38	83.4	75	66.4	16	4.44	64
1933	76.6	18	86.5	22	66.6	14	2.59	110
1932	71.5	104	80.5	128	62.6	73	4.49	61
1931	77.1	11	88	11	66.1	24	0.95	134
1930	74.6	43	83.8	67	65.5	30	3.78	81
1929	71.3	112	79.3	136	63.3	66	7.89	18
1928	72.7	80	81.4	113	64.1	50	15.52	2
1927	76.2	20	86.1	24	66.3	19	6.68	32
1926	76.9	13	86.7	20	67.2	11	1.09	133
1925	79.9	3	90.4	4	69.5	2	2.08	121
1924	69.5	136	78	138	61.1	102	11.48	3
1923	73.4	65	82.2	96	64.5	47	3.14	100
1922	75.5	28	85.3	37	65.7	27	4.36	67
1921	76.7	17	87.5	15	66	26	1.83	128
1920	72.2	89	81.8	104	62.6	73	4.33	69
1919	75.5	28	86	25	64.9	41	0.23	140
1918	69.9	133	79.8	133	60.1	121	3.31	95
1917	69.2	138	77.7	139	60.7	114	3.36	94
1916	71.6	101	80.9	118	62.3	83	2.37	119
1915	74.4	47	83.9	65	65	39	3.64	84
1914	70.5	127	79.1	137	61.8	94	3.51	91
1913	71.4	108	80.8	120	62	89	5.35	46
1912	75.6	27	84.4	52	66.7	13	5.98	41
1911	77.5	7	86.8	19	68.3	5	7.44	22
1910	74.9	38	84.6	46	65.2	34	7.13	25
1909	71.4	108	81.3	114	61.6	97	2.01	122
1908	69.7	135	79.8	133	59.7	127	3.02	103
1907	74.5	46	83.9	65	65.1	37	5.82	42
1906	75	35	83.8	67	66.3	19	4.10	71
1905	75	35	84.8	42	65.3	33	3.58	89
1904	73.9	56	83.6	72	64.1	50	2.50	113
1903	72	95	80.9	118	63.2	67	3.05	101
1902	71.6	101	80.6	126	62.6	73	4.01	73
1901	71.4	108	80.7	124	62	89	6.46	35
1900	77.8	5	88.1	9	67.4	8	6.16	37
1899	70.2	130	80.8	120	59.7	127	7.11	26
1898	76.1	21	85.8	30	66.3	19	4.34	68
1897	72.3	87	83.5	74	61	105	2.50	113
1896	73.1	73	85.4	33	60.8	110	0.87	135
1895	74	54	86.6	21	61.4	100	1.99	123
1894	73.8	58	82.7	89	64.9	41	8.54	12
1893	74.6	43	84.3	56	64.9	41	3.83	79
1892	73.5	63	80.5	128	66.4	16	4.69	59
1891	72.5	83	82.6	91	62.3	83	5.39	45
1890	72.1	92	80.2	131	64	53	8.28	15
1889	71	117	81	116	60.9	107	2.41	117
1888	69.5	136	77.5	140	61.5	99	6.03	39
1887	71.2	114	81.6	111	60.8	110	0.56	139

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	81.3
2019	80.1
1925	79.9
1941	78
1900	77.8
2005	77.6
1911	77.5
1973	77.4
1954	77.3
2016	77.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	66.8
1974	68.8
1917	69.2
1924	69.5
1888	69.5
1908	69.7
1981	69.9
1918	69.9
1984	70
1963	70.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	19.14
1928	15.52
1924	11.48
2016	11.26
1964	11.10
1959	10.78
1945	10.65
1948	9.93
2002	9.39
1979	9.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1919	0.23
1887	0.56
1984	0.68
1981	0.76
2007	0.81
1896	0.87
1931	0.95
1926	1.09
1940	1.23
2025	1.59
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 102°F; 5 September 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 26 September 2026
Wettest day: 1.08 in; 10 October 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 2.91 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest 1 September to 10 October since 2025, 35th driest of 140.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Columbia, SC: 102°F on Saturday 5 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Columbia, SC: a low of 46°F on Saturday 26 September 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Columbia, SC: 1.08 in on Saturday 10 October 2026.