Columbia, SC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 46.6°F in Columbia, SC, the coldest winter since 2021, tied 58th coldest of 139 (with 1993, 1985, 1946 and 2 other years).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 46.6°F; Coldest since 2021; 58th coldest of 139
Precipitation: 7.80 in; Driest since 2025; 36th driest of 139

A normal winter in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.9°F, between 44.5°F and 51°F in eight years of ten and 10.22 in of precipitation, between 6.18 in and 15.54 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Columbia, SC since 1888: 46.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 40.1°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 44.5 to 51°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Columbia, SC from 1888 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	46.6	77	58.2	60	35.1	87	7.80	104
2025	46.9	72	58.8	48	35	89	5.57	125
2024	48.9	37	61	23	36.8	63	10.07	78
2023	51.2	10	62.1	12	40.3	20	12.31	44
2022	50.4	22	62.3	9	38.5	40	9.84	83
2021	46.5	83	57.1	79	36	79	15.20	15
2020	51.1	13	61.3	21	40.9	11	20.63	1
2019	49.6	29	60.3	31	38.8	34	11.14	64
2018	50.5	19	61.5	20	39.5	26	7.32	111
2017	53.4	3	64.9	3	41.9	6	11.99	47
2016	51.2	10	61.8	16	40.6	15	13.08	34
2015	46	87	57	81	35	89	11.26	60
2014	46.8	75	58.3	56	35.3	85	12.20	45
2013	51	15	62.2	11	39.8	23	10.23	76
2012	51	15	63.4	8	38.6	38	5.33	129
2011	44.3	117	55.8	104	32.7	122	7.31	112
2010	42.3	134	52.8	132	31.8	127	15.37	13
2009	48	51	59.1	44	36.8	63	7.47	108
2008	50	25	61.8	16	38.3	42	12.56	42
2007	48.1	50	60	33	36.1	75	8.73	92
2006	47.1	68	58.7	50	35.4	84	10.21	77
2005	47.6	59	59.3	42	36	79	7.27	113
2004	43.5	123	55.3	110	31.7	128	8.09	99
2003	44.6	112	55.3	110	33.9	106	9.13	87
2002	49	35	61	23	37	60	5.55	126
2001	44.5	113	55.5	107	33.4	117	4.74	132
2000	46.5	83	58.6	51	34.5	99	11.48	56
1999	50.4	22	62.3	9	38.4	41	8.58	94
1998	47.8	56	58.2	60	37.4	54	17.54	2
1997	48.5	44	60.1	32	36.9	61	11.46	57
1996	45	104	56.9	84	33.2	120	6.25	120
1995	47.4	62	58	66	36.7	65	17.02	5
1994	45.7	93	57.7	72	33.7	110	10.61	67
1993	46.6	77	56.3	91	36.9	61	14.04	27
1992	49	35	61.3	21	36.7	65	9.92	82
1991	49.8	27	60.8	26	38.8	34	8.99	90
1990	49.5	30	61.9	15	37.1	59	10.28	73
1989	48.4	47	60.7	27	36.2	73	5.95	123
1988	44.5	113	56.1	95	32.8	121	7.62	105
1987	45.3	98	55.6	105	35	89	16.27	9
1986	45	104	58.2	60	31.7	128	3.39	139
1985	46.6	77	59.5	39	33.6	113	12.17	46
1984	44.2	118	56.2	94	32.3	124	15.45	12
1983	45.8	90	56.5	89	35.1	87	12.76	40
1982	44.4	115	55.1	114	33.7	110	16.67	7
1981	43.3	126	56.8	85	29.7	137	6.25	120
1980	43.5	123	54.9	117	32.1	126	8.11	98
1979	45.3	98	58.3	56	32.3	124	15.11	16
1978	40.1	139	51	137	29.1	139	14.23	24
1977	41.8	138	54	126	29.6	138	12.96	38
1976	48.2	48	62.1	12	34.3	102	9.48	85
1975	50.5	19	61.8	16	39.1	30	15.30	14
1974	53.3	4	65.5	2	41.1	10	17.31	4
1973	46.8	75	58.6	51	35	89	16.39	8
1972	51.1	13	61.8	16	40.4	16	14.10	26
1971	47.3	64	59.9	35	34.7	96	14.33	22
1970	43.2	127	56	98	30.3	136	10.37	71
1969	42.9	130	54.8	119	31	134	8.93	91
1968	43.6	122	55.9	103	31.3	130	9.67	84
1967	45.2	101	57.2	78	33.3	118	10.46	69
1966	44.7	111	56	98	33.5	115	12.40	43
1965	47.9	53	59.7	37	36.1	75	11.34	59
1964	42.4	133	53.5	129	31.3	130	16.72	6
1963	42.3	134	54.2	123	30.5	135	11.59	54
1962	47.9	53	59.5	39	36.4	70	14.88	18
1961	44	119	56.8	85	31.2	132	13.98	29
1960	46	87	57.3	77	34.7	96	15.10	17
1959	45.4	96	57.4	75	33.5	115	11.78	51
1958	42.9	130	54.6	121	31.2	132	10.40	70
1957	53	5	64.4	4	41.6	9	6.22	122
1956	46.1	86	57.9	68	34.2	103	7.50	107
1955	45.7	93	58.1	65	33.3	118	9.01	89
1954	48.5	44	60.9	25	36.2	73	11.60	52
1953	47.9	53	59.8	36	36	79	11.17	63
1952	50.4	22	62.1	12	38.7	37	11.53	55
1951	45	104	57.4	75	32.6	123	6.44	117
1950	52.5	7	64.3	5	40.7	14	5.51	127
1949	52.9	6	64.1	6	41.7	8	11.20	62
1948	45.1	102	55.3	110	34.9	93	14.81	19
1947	48.7	39	59.1	44	38.3	42	5.11	130
1946	46.6	77	56.1	95	37.2	57	10.87	66
1945	46.6	77	56	98	37.3	55	5.46	128
1944	48.7	39	58.2	60	39.2	29	10.89	65
1943	48	51	57.7	72	38.2	45	8.05	100
1942	46.9	72	56.4	90	37.3	55	10.03	79
1941	47.3	64	57	81	37.6	53	4.28	134
1940	43.4	125	53.1	131	33.7	110	7.56	106
1939	50.5	19	60.6	30	40.4	16	13.49	33
1938	48.5	44	57.8	71	39.3	27	3.67	137
1937	51.3	9	59	47	43.7	3	13.05	37
1936	42.3	134	51	137	33.6	113	13.06	35
1935	46.6	77	56	98	37.2	57	4.43	133
1934	48.6	41	58.3	56	38.9	33	5.67	124
1933	50.8	17	59.6	38	41.9	6	10.25	75
1932	54.9	2	63.7	7	46.1	2	14.32	23
1931	46	87	55.3	110	36.7	65	6.40	118
1930	49.4	31	59.2	43	39.6	24	7.97	102
1929	47.3	64	56.3	91	38.3	42	11.60	52
1928	46.9	72	57	81	36.7	65	13.63	32
1927	51.5	8	60.7	27	42.3	4	6.40	118
1926	47.1	68	56.1	95	38	47	11.97	48
1925	49.1	34	58	66	40.2	21	17.48	3
1924	47.5	61	57.1	79	38	47	8.27	97
1923	49.7	28	58.6	51	40.8	13	7.98	101
1922	49.4	31	58.5	54	40.4	16	9.16	86
1921	47.8	56	56.8	85	38.8	34	10.01	80
1920	45.4	96	54.4	122	36.4	70	8.64	93
1919	48.6	41	57.5	74	39.6	24	11.22	61
1918	43	128	52	134	33.9	106	4.82	131
1917	48.6	41	57.9	68	39.3	27	7.37	109
1916	48.9	37	58.8	48	39	32	6.49	116
1915	45.8	90	54	126	37.7	50	11.40	58
1914	47	71	56.3	91	37.7	50	10.30	72
1913	51.2	10	60	33	42.3	4	7.16	114
1912	44	119	53.3	130	34.7	96	15.63	10
1911	47.8	56	57.9	68	37.7	50	3.76	136
1910	44.4	115	54.2	123	34.5	99	11.85	49
1909	50.8	17	60.7	27	40.9	11	8.36	96
1908	44.9	109	54.2	123	35.6	82	14.23	24
1907	49.3	33	58.5	54	40	22	7.01	115
1906	46.5	83	55.1	114	37.9	49	13.06	35
1905	42.2	137	50.6	139	33.8	109	9.12	88
1904	42.8	132	51.3	136	34.2	103	7.33	110
1903	47.1	68	55.5	107	38.6	38	13.96	30
1902	43	128	51.8	135	34.1	105	11.85	49
1901	45.1	102	55.6	105	34.5	99	12.62	41
1900	45	104	56	98	33.9	106	10.51	68
1899	44.8	110	54.9	117	34.8	95	15.46	11
1898	47.4	62	58.2	60	36.6	69	4.28	134
1897	45.3	98	55.1	114	35.6	82	14.77	20
1896	45.8	90	56.6	88	34.9	93	14.43	21
1895	44	119	52.7	133	35.2	86	12.81	39
1894	49.9	26	59.4	41	40.4	16	9.97	81
1893	45.6	95	54.7	120	36.4	70	7.86	103
1892	47.6	59	59.1	44	36.1	75	13.96	30
1891	48.2	48	58.3	56	38.1	46	8.48	95
1890	56.8	1	66.2	1	47.4	1	3.40	138
1889	45	104	54	126	36.1	75	14.00	28
1888	47.3	64	55.4	109	39.1	30	10.28	73

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	56.8
1932	54.9
2017	53.4
1974	53.3
1957	53
1949	52.9
1950	52.5
1927	51.5
1937	51.3
2023	51.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	40.1
1977	41.8
1905	42.2
2010	42.3
1963	42.3
1936	42.3
1964	42.4
1904	42.8
1969	42.9
1958	42.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	20.63
1998	17.54
1925	17.48
1974	17.31
1995	17.02
1964	16.72
1982	16.67
1973	16.39
1987	16.27
1912	15.63

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	3.39
1890	3.40
1938	3.67
1911	3.76
1941	4.28
1898	4.28
1935	4.43
2001	4.74
1918	4.82
1947	5.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 84°F; 20 February 2026
Coldest night: 15°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 18 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 7.80 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest winter since 2025, 36th driest of 139.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Columbia, SC: 84°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Columbia, SC: a low of 15°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Columbia, SC: 1.26 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.