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Charleston, SC 32.900°N, 80.041°W · station CHSthr · 90 years of record
96°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2023
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Charleston.
90° MON 7/13 88° TUE 7/14 91° WED 7/15 94° THU 7/16 96° FRI 7/17 95° SAT 7/18 95° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #4 / 89
warmest Jul 17 in 89 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 99°F
set in 1983
Coolest Jul 17 ever 79°F
set in 1947
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Charleston. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
79 89 99 1937: 93°F 1938: 89°F 1939: 90°F 1940: 81°F 1941: 87°F 1942: 97°F 1943: 94°F 1944: 92°F 1945: 82°F 1946: 84°F 1947: 79°F 1948: 88°F 1949: 89°F 1950: 89°F 1951: 87°F 1952: 89°F 1953: 88°F 1954: 89°F 1955: 91°F 1956: 91°F 1957: 87°F 1958: 91°F 1959: 85°F 1960: 81°F 1961: 91°F 1962: 89°F 1963: 87°F 1964: 89°F 1965: 88°F 1966: 83°F 1967: 83°F 1968: 94°F 1969: 91°F 1970: 91°F 1971: 92°F 1972: 89°F 1973: 90°F 1974: 89°F 1975: 82°F 1976: 95°F 1977: 91°F 1978: 86°F 1979: 95°F 1980: 90°F 1981: 93°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 99°F 1984: 91°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 98°F 1987: 88°F 1988: 95°F 1989: 91°F 1990: 90°F 1991: 90°F 1992: 91°F 1993: 95°F 1994: 95°F 1995: 91°F 1996: 88°F 1997: 89°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 87°F 2000: 95°F 2001: 87°F 2002: 95°F 2003: 92°F 2004: 91°F 2005: 92°F 2006: 93°F 2007: 93°F 2008: 89°F 2009: 93°F 2010: 92°F 2011: 88°F 2012: 91°F 2013: 96°F 2014: 89°F 2015: 90°F 2016: 94°F 2017: 80°F 2018: 92°F 2019: 94°F 2020: 92°F 2021: 90°F 2022: 85°F 2023: 96°F 2024: 95°F 2025: 92°F 96° forecast 1937 2025 1983 Forecast high · Jul 17 96°F Hottest this date since 2023 This-date record 99°F This-date rank #4 of 89
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 105°F (1999) Odds to tie/break 6.0% (daily) Period of record 1937–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Charleston in each calendar month, and for the whole 1937–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 83°F 1950 6°F 1985 Feb 87°F 1989 12°F 1973 Mar 90°F 1963 15°F 1980 Apr 95°F 2002 29°F 1944 May 101°F 2019 36°F 1963 Jun 103°F 1944 50°F 1972 Jul 104°F 1986 58°F 1952 Aug 105°F 1999 56°F 1979 Sep 99°F 1944 42°F 1967 Oct 94°F 1954 27°F 1952 Nov 88°F 1961 15°F 1950 Dec 83°F 1972 8°F 1962 All-time 105°F 1999 6°F 1985
Records set or tied at Charleston so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 4 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (90°F)
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 17 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 42 days
record run, ended Aug 7 1993
So far in 2026 35 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Charleston's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 92°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 60°F Jan: 39°F Feb: 64°F Feb: 42°F Mar: 70°F Mar: 48°F Apr: 77°F Apr: 55°F May: 84°F May: 63°F Jun: 89°F Jun: 70°F Jul: 91°F Jul: 74°F Aug: 90°F Aug: 73°F Sep: 86°F Sep: 68°F Oct: 78°F Oct: 58°F Nov: 69°F Nov: 47°F Dec: 63°F Dec: 42°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:21 AM Sunset 7:30 PM Solar noon 12:26 PM Daylight 14h 09m · losing 5 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 32.90°N, 80.04°W Charleston's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Charleston's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Charleston, coloured by temperature — 90 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Charleston — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
35 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 12th most in 90 years. Normal for this point: 24 . Record: 51 in 2011.
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