Columbia, SC: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 71.1°F in Columbia, SC, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2025, 42nd warmest of 140.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 71.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 42nd warmest of 140
Precipitation: 0.29 in; Driest since 2025; 61st driest of 140

A normal 1 to 9 October in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 67.3°F, between 64°F and 76.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.78 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 2.44 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Columbia, SC since 1887: 71.1°F in 2026; the highest is 80.2°F, in 1941.

Normal range, 64 to 76.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 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	71.1	42	82.1	35	60.1	49	0.29	76
2025	72.6	30	81	47	64.1	17	0.03	102
2024	73.7	19	84	20	63.3	23	0.00	123
2023	67.9	72	81.4	41	54.3	93	trace	111
2022	63.9	118	76.1	110	51.7	120	0.01	106
2021	74.9	15	82.2	34	67.6	8	0.90	49
2020	66.4	89	79.2	70	53.6	101	0.00	123
2019	78.7	3	89	4	68.3	6	0.04	101
2018	79.4	2	89.7	1	69.2	3	0.15	88
2017	75.2	13	85.7	11	64.7	16	0.65	58
2016	71.7	35	81	47	62.3	30	4.45	3
2015	66.7	86	74.7	120	58.8	59	11.52	1
2014	68.8	65	82.3	31	55.2	83	1.11	42
2013	71.6	37	83.6	23	59.7	50	1.95	25
2012	69.7	50	77.2	101	62.1	31	1.12	41
2011	63.8	120	77	104	50.6	127	0.00	123
2010	64.9	105	78.7	83	51.1	123	0.00	123
2009	67.3	78	79	76	55.7	79	2.06	22
2008	66.1	93	78.7	83	53.6	101	1.30	31
2007	76.9	5	86.3	9	67.4	9	0.09	96
2006	67.3	78	79.2	70	55.3	82	1.18	38
2005	76	8	82.1	35	69.9	2	2.24	18
2004	69.1	59	79	76	59.2	56	0.01	106
2003	64.6	108	75.1	117	54	96	0.91	47
2002	75.5	11	84.4	17	66.6	10	1.23	35
2001	63.8	120	78.4	88	49.1	131	0.03	102
2000	66.1	93	77.4	100	54.7	89	trace	111
1999	66.4	89	78.2	93	54.7	89	0.55	61
1998	73.3	23	81.3	43	65.2	14	0.25	83
1997	69.1	59	83.2	26	54.9	85	0.00	123
1996	64	117	71.2	138	56.8	73	2.31	17
1995	73.3	23	84.7	14	61.9	32	1.35	30
1994	66.1	93	77.6	99	54.7	89	1.63	26
1993	66.5	88	80.3	53	52.7	111	0.03	102
1992	63.1	130	74.1	123	52.1	115	3.58	8
1991	65.8	96	78.7	83	52.9	108	0.26	82
1990	73.7	19	88.7	5	58.7	62	0.24	84
1989	70.1	49	81.2	44	59	58	1.63	26
1988	62.7	133	73.3	131	52.1	115	0.77	54
1987	57	140	72.7	135	41.3	139	0.00	123
1986	75.8	9	86.1	10	65.4	13	3.82	7
1985	67.8	73	79.8	60	55.9	77	3.16	11
1984	64.7	106	80.2	56	49.1	131	0.01	106
1983	69	62	82	37	56	76	0.62	59
1982	70.3	46	81.9	39	58.7	62	0.29	76
1981	65.8	96	81.6	40	50	129	trace	111
1980	61.5	135	73.7	127	49.3	130	0.34	72
1979	65	104	79.2	70	50.8	125	1.37	29
1978	65.1	103	79.3	66	50.9	124	0.70	57
1977	64.2	115	77.7	98	50.7	126	0.46	65
1976	67.4	77	78.1	95	56.7	75	1.44	28
1975	69.2	56	80.3	53	58	69	0.29	76
1974	57.2	139	73.2	132	41.2	140	0.00	123
1973	74.1	17	85.7	11	62.6	26	0.02	105
1972	65.8	96	78.3	91	53.3	105	trace	111
1971	72.8	28	84.2	19	61.4	38	0.12	91
1970	67.2	80	80.9	49	53.4	103	0.33	73
1969	71.2	40	80.7	52	61.8	33	0.77	54
1968	66.6	87	79	76	54.1	94	1.20	36
1967	65.5	100	79.7	61	51.3	122	0.01	106
1966	63.8	120	78.7	83	49	134	0.36	70
1965	68	70	78.2	93	57.8	71	2.11	20
1964	62.7	133	72.1	137	53.2	107	4.17	4
1963	64.3	112	80.8	50	47.9	137	0.00	123
1962	72	34	82.6	30	61.4	38	0.84	51
1961	63.6	126	79.1	74	48.1	136	0.82	52
1960	73.5	22	83.9	21	63.1	25	1.26	34
1959	76.6	7	87	7	66.1	11	1.15	39
1958	63.2	129	74	124	52.3	114	2.48	16
1957	63.7	124	72.7	135	54.8	87	1.06	43
1956	70.8	43	83.6	23	58.1	67	0.52	63
1955	70.3	46	79.9	59	60.7	47	2.10	21
1954	75.6	10	89.6	3	61.7	34	trace	111
1953	69.1	59	81.2	44	56.9	72	trace	111
1952	64.7	106	78	97	51.4	121	0.54	62
1951	72.6	30	86.4	8	58.8	59	0.00	123
1950	67.7	74	79.4	63	55.9	77	0.09	96
1949	71.2	40	81.2	44	61.1	42	0.36	70
1948	64.4	109	75	119	53.9	98	2.64	15
1947	66.9	85	75.8	112	58.1	67	0.11	92
1946	65.2	102	76.4	107	53.9	98	3.53	9
1945	67.2	80	75.8	112	58.7	62	0.11	92
1944	74.3	16	84.7	14	63.9	20	0.11	92
1943	66.3	92	78.8	82	53.8	100	0.00	123
1942	67.6	75	80.3	53	54.9	85	0.11	92
1941	80.2	1	89.7	1	70.7	1	0.32	74
1940	66.4	89	78.9	80	54	96	0.05	99
1939	72.1	33	83.2	26	60.9	43	trace	111
1938	64.4	109	76.8	105	52	118	0.00	123
1937	70.3	46	77.2	101	63.3	23	1.29	33
1936	72.3	32	79.4	63	65.2	14	2.79	13
1935	60.4	136	73	134	47.8	138	trace	111
1934	68.5	69	76.3	108	60.7	47	0.29	76
1933	68.6	67	78.3	91	58.8	59	0.40	67
1932	63.4	128	73.4	130	53.4	103	2.03	23
1931	73.1	27	84.6	16	61.7	34	0.39	68
1930	63.8	120	74.7	120	52.9	108	0.00	123
1929	64.3	112	73.1	133	55.6	80	4.62	2
1928	71.7	35	80.8	50	62.6	26	0.88	50
1927	75.1	14	84.3	18	65.8	12	4.04	5
1926	72.7	29	83	28	62.4	29	0.00	123
1925	73.6	21	83.6	23	63.7	21	0.18	86
1924	65.6	99	76.1	110	55.1	84	0.00	123
1923	65.3	101	73.9	125	56.8	73	0.01	106
1922	73.9	18	83.9	21	64	18	2.15	19
1921	63.7	124	75.3	115	52.1	115	trace	111
1920	59.7	137	70.9	139	48.6	135	0.16	87
1919	78.3	4	87.6	6	69	4	0.15	88
1918	69.2	56	78.9	80	59.6	52	0.00	123
1917	63.1	130	73.6	129	52.7	111	0.29	76
1916	67.6	75	75.4	114	59.7	50	0.14	90
1915	69	62	77.1	103	60.9	43	2.68	14
1914	68	70	75.1	117	60.9	43	0.91	47
1913	69.3	53	79	76	59.6	52	0.57	60
1912	68.7	66	79.4	63	58	69	trace	111
1911	73.2	26	82.3	31	64	18	0.99	45
1910	73.3	23	83	28	63.7	21	1.96	24
1909	67	83	78.4	88	55.6	80	0.97	46
1908	62.8	132	73.7	127	52	118	0.81	53
1907	69.3	53	79.3	66	59.3	55	0.06	98
1906	68.6	67	78.4	88	58.7	62	0.46	65
1905	71.4	39	82	37	60.8	46	0.73	56
1904	68.9	64	79.3	66	58.6	66	trace	111
1903	70.7	44	80.2	56	61.2	41	0.37	69
1902	69.3	53	79.1	74	59.4	54	1.15	39
1901	63.9	118	73.8	126	54.1	94	0.32	74
1900	75.3	12	82.3	31	68.3	6	2.87	12
1899	59.7	137	68.9	140	50.6	127	3.98	6
1898	76.7	6	84.8	13	68.7	5	1.30	31
1897	67.2	80	80	58	54.4	92	0.00	123
1896	64.4	109	76.2	109	52.7	111	trace	111
1895	64.2	115	79.3	66	49.1	131	0.52	63
1894	69.7	50	78.1	95	61.3	40	3.36	10
1893	71.5	38	81.4	41	61.6	37	1.04	44
1892	70.6	45	78.6	87	62.6	26	0.05	99
1891	69.4	52	79.6	62	59.2	56	0.27	81
1890	69.2	56	76.8	105	61.7	34	1.19	37
1889	64.3	112	75.2	116	53.3	105	0.00	123
1888	63.6	126	74.4	122	52.8	110	0.24	84
1887	67	83	79.2	70	54.8	87	0.00	123

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1941	80.2
2018	79.4
2019	78.7
1919	78.3
2007	76.9
1898	76.7
1959	76.6
2005	76
1986	75.8
1954	75.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	57
1974	57.2
1920	59.7
1899	59.7
1935	60.4
1980	61.5
1988	62.7
1964	62.7
1908	62.8
1992	63.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	11.52
1929	4.62
2016	4.45
1964	4.17
1927	4.04
1899	3.98
1986	3.82
1992	3.58
1946	3.53
1894	3.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
2020	0.00
2011	0.00
2010	0.00
1997	0.00
1987	0.00
1974	0.00
1963	0.00
1951	0.00
1943	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 92°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.13 in; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.29 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2025, tied 61st driest of 140 (with 1982, 1975, 1934 and 1 other year).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Columbia, SC: 92°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Columbia, SC: a low of 52°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Columbia, SC: 0.13 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.