Columbia, SC: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 82.7°F in Columbia, SC, the warmest summer since 2018, 6th warmest of 140.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 82.7°F; Warmest since 2018; 6th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 8.39 in; Driest since 1993; 10th driest of 140

A normal summer in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 80.9°F, between 79.7°F and 83.5°F in eight years of ten and 13.71 in of precipitation, between 8.94 in and 21.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Columbia, SC since 1887: 82.7°F in 2026; the highest is 84.8°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 79.7 to 83.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	Days missing
2026	82.7	6	92.8	17	72.6	5	8.39	131	0
2025	81.2	26	90.3	62	72.1	9	17.75	43	0
2024	81.9	13	92.2	23	71.5	15	19.36	29	0
2023	80.7	40	90.7	54	70.6	36	17.40	47	0
2022	81.4	21	91	43	71.7	12	13.67	89	0
2021	80.3	57	89.6	87	71.1	21	19.35	30	0
2020	81	32	90.2	65	71.8	10	16.13	57	0
2019	81.2	26	91.6	31	70.8	28	13.93	85	0
2018	83	5	93.4	9	72.6	5	10.38	117	0
2017	81.9	13	91.5	32	72.3	7	12.47	98	0
2016	84.8	1	95.8	1	73.9	1	9.01	125	0
2015	83.5	4	94.3	6	72.7	4	15.17	69	0
2014	82.3	9	92.4	22	72.2	8	9.12	124	0
2013	79.7	80	88	127	71.3	17	24.89	6	0
2012	81	32	91.3	39	70.7	34	20.95	19	0
2011	84.2	2	95.4	2	73	3	13.05	95	0
2010	83.9	3	94	8	73.7	2	17.46	46	0
2009	81.1	30	91.4	34	70.8	28	13.30	92	0
2008	80.8	36	91.4	34	70.1	56	15.13	70	0
2007	81.3	23	91.8	28	70.9	24	11.99	102	0
2006	80.6	47	90.9	48	70.3	50	19.46	28	0
2005	80.5	48	89.3	95	71.7	12	20.85	20	0
2004	79.9	68	89.1	100	70.8	28	18.09	40	0
2003	79.1	106	88.1	125	70.1	56	20.23	21	0
2002	81.4	21	92.1	24	70.6	36	8.95	128	0
2001	80.4	53	90.3	62	70.5	40	9.86	118	0
2000	80.7	40	91.3	39	70.1	56	9.34	122	0
1999	80.7	40	90.9	48	70.4	45	8.50	130	0
1998	82.3	9	93.4	9	71.3	17	10.49	116	0
1997	78.6	125	88.5	116	68.6	117	13.48	91	0
1996	79.8	75	89.9	75	69.7	78	8.87	129	0
1995	80.8	36	91.3	39	70.4	45	25.29	3	0
1994	79.9	68	90	73	69.8	73	20.11	24	0
1993	82.6	7	94.9	4	70.4	45	5.10	140	0
1992	79.5	89	90.1	68	68.9	110	18.13	39	0
1991	80.7	40	90.5	57	70.9	24	28.79	2	0
1990	81.7	17	93.4	9	70	67	12.92	96	0
1989	80.3	57	90.8	50	69.9	71	18.59	35	0
1988	80.5	48	92.8	17	68.2	126	16.65	52	0
1987	81.9	13	93.3	13	70.6	36	21.25	17	0
1986	82.6	7	94.5	5	70.8	28	11.68	106	0
1985	78.7	122	89.7	84	67.8	131	17.08	49	0
1984	79	109	90	73	68	128	18.39	37	0
1983	80.5	48	93	16	68	128	6.94	137	0
1982	78.5	129	88.4	119	68.6	117	20.09	25	0
1981	79.4	93	89.1	100	69.7	78	15.35	65	0
1980	79.4	93	91.4	34	67.4	135	6.80	138	0
1979	77.1	139	87.9	129	66.2	139	16.81	51	0
1978	79	109	90.2	65	67.9	130	11.28	107	0
1977	79.8	75	92	26	67.6	134	13.50	90	0
1976	77.8	135	88.4	119	67.1	137	19.24	31	0
1975	79.1	106	89.4	92	68.8	111	15.92	59	0
1974	79.2	100	89.2	97	69.2	94	15.10	71	0
1973	79.5	89	89.2	97	69.7	78	24.92	5	0
1972	77.4	138	88.5	116	66.4	138	18.28	38	0
1971	80.1	61	90.1	68	70.1	56	29.27	1	0
1970	81.2	26	92	26	70.3	50	13.92	87	0
1969	79.6	87	90.2	65	69.1	102	11.94	103	0
1968	80.4	53	91.7	29	69.2	94	15.80	61	0
1967	75.6	140	85.7	140	65.6	140	22.61	12	0
1966	78.6	125	89.9	75	67.3	136	9.75	119	0
1965	78.7	122	88.9	109	68.5	119	21.92	15	0
1964	79.2	100	89	104	69.4	87	23.26	10	0
1963	79.7	80	90.7	54	68.7	114	9.23	123	0
1962	79.8	75	91	43	68.7	114	10.55	115	0
1961	78.9	116	90.1	68	67.8	131	22.59	13	0
1960	80.4	53	91.7	29	69.1	102	12.68	97	0
1959	80.1	61	91	43	69.1	102	21.06	18	0
1958	80.7	40	91.4	34	69.9	71	14.24	77	0
1957	79.8	75	91.1	42	68.5	119	7.13	136	0
1956	81.3	23	93.4	9	69.2	94	7.15	135	0
1955	79.9	68	91.4	34	68.5	119	9.00	127	0
1954	82.3	9	95.4	2	69.2	94	9.64	120	0
1953	80.8	36	92.6	20	69	106	17.52	44	0
1952	82.3	9	94.1	7	70.6	36	15.56	63	0
1951	81.2	26	93.1	14	69.3	91	14.22	78	0
1950	79.4	93	89.9	75	68.8	111	20.06	27	0
1949	80.7	40	91	43	70.5	40	23.78	8	0
1948	81.1	30	92.8	17	69.4	87	8.11	132	0
1947	79	109	89.1	100	69	106	15.84	60	0
1946	79	109	88.8	111	69.2	94	7.65	134	0
1945	80.1	61	89.7	84	70.4	45	10.89	109	0
1944	79.7	80	89.9	75	69.6	83	14.99	72	0
1943	81.6	19	91.5	32	71.7	12	12.15	100	0
1942	80.7	40	90.3	62	71.1	21	16.59	54	0
1941	79.9	68	88.9	109	70.9	24	23.42	9	0
1940	79.9	68	89.5	89	70.3	50	10.83	112	0
1939	81	32	90.5	57	71.4	16	15.62	62	0
1938	79.5	89	89	104	70.1	56	15.45	64	0
1937	79.9	68	89.5	89	70.3	50	17.29	48	0
1936	80.9	35	91	43	70.8	28	18.47	36	0
1935	80.1	61	89.5	89	70.8	28	20.21	22	0
1934	81.3	23	90.8	50	71.8	10	11.26	108	0
1933	80	65	89.9	75	70.1	56	7.98	133	0
1932	80.8	36	90.4	60	71.1	21	16.27	56	0
1931	80.4	53	90.8	50	70	67	9.60	121	0
1930	78.8	119	89.1	100	68.5	119	12.04	101	0
1929	78.3	131	87.7	133	68.8	111	17.91	41	0
1928	79.6	87	88.5	116	70.7	34	22.76	11	0
1927	77.6	136	86.8	137	68.4	123	14.07	82	0
1926	80.5	48	89.8	81	71.2	19	13.94	84	0
1925	81.6	19	92.1	24	71.2	19	5.16	139	0
1924	80	65	89.7	84	70.4	45	16.03	58	0
1923	79.2	100	88.6	115	69.8	73	13.11	94	0
1922	78.7	122	87.8	131	69.6	83	14.11	80	0
1921	79.4	93	88.7	114	70.1	56	11.79	104	0
1920	79.1	106	88.4	119	69.7	78	13.20	93	0
1919	78.8	119	87.6	136	70.1	56	19.18	33	0
1918	79.3	98	89	104	69.7	78	9.01	125	0
1917	79	109	88.1	125	70	67	10.88	110	0
1916	79	109	87.7	133	70.3	50	16.60	53	0
1915	79	109	88.8	111	69.2	94	10.61	114	0
1914	80	65	89.9	75	70.1	56	14.16	79	0
1913	79.2	100	89.4	92	69.1	102	10.82	113	0
1912	78.3	131	87.7	133	69	106	14.36	75	0
1911	80.2	60	90.4	60	70	67	14.74	73	0
1910	77.5	137	86.4	139	68.7	114	20.09	25	0
1909	78.9	116	88.3	122	69.4	87	13.93	85	0
1908	78.6	125	88.2	124	69	106	15.32	66	0
1907	79.2	100	89.2	97	69.2	94	10.86	111	0
1906	79.2	100	87.9	129	70.5	40	24.02	7	0
1905	79.3	98	89	104	69.6	83	17.06	50	0
1904	78.2	133	88	127	68.3	124	13.95	83	0
1903	78.5	129	87.8	131	69.3	91	22.38	14	0
1902	79.7	80	89.6	87	69.8	73	14.35	76	0
1901	79.7	80	88.8	111	70.5	40	15.28	67	0
1900	81.7	17	92.5	21	70.9	24	11.76	105	0
1899	81.8	16	93.1	14	70.5	40	14.11	80	0
1898	80.3	57	90.5	57	70.1	56	25.14	4	0
1897	79.7	80	90.1	68	69.4	87	19.22	32	0
1896	80.5	48	90.8	50	70.1	56	16.53	55	0
1895	79.5	89	90.7	54	68.2	126	18.66	34	0
1894	78.8	119	89.3	95	68.3	124	13.85	88	0
1893	79.7	80	90.1	68	69.2	94	20.12	23	0
1892	79.9	68	89.8	81	70.3	50	17.52	44	2
1891	78.6	125	89.4	92	67.7	133	17.79	42	0
1890	78.9	116	88.3	122	69.5	86	14.40	74	0
1889	78.1	134	86.8	137	69.3	91	21.58	16	0
1888	79.8	75	89.8	81	69.8	73	12.24	99	0
1887	79.4	93	89	104	69.8	73	15.22	68	4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	84.8
2011	84.2
2010	83.9
2015	83.5
2018	83
2026	82.7
1993	82.6
1986	82.6
2014	82.3
1998	82.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	75.6
1979	77.1
1972	77.4
1910	77.5
1927	77.6
1976	77.8
1889	78.1
1904	78.2
1929	78.3
1912	78.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1971	29.27
1991	28.79
1995	25.29
1898	25.14
1973	24.92
2013	24.89
1906	24.02
1949	23.78
1941	23.42
1964	23.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	5.10
1925	5.16
1980	6.80
1983	6.94
1957	7.13
1956	7.15
1946	7.65
1933	7.98
1948	8.11
2026	8.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 17 August 2026, 28 July 2026
Coldest night: 53°F; 4 June 2026
Wettest day: 1.63 in; 1 August 2026

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought 8.39 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest summer since 1993, 10th driest of 140.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Columbia, SC: 100°F on Monday 17 August 2026 and Tuesday 28 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Columbia, SC: a low of 53°F on Thursday 4 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Columbia, SC: 1.63 in on Saturday 1 August 2026.