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Charleston Downtown, SC 32.775°N, 79.924°W · station CXMthr · 134 years of record
92°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2002
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Charleston Downtown.
87° MON 7/13 85° TUE 7/14 88° WED 7/15 90° THU 7/16 92° FRI 7/17 91° SAT 7/18 91° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #15 / 133
warmest Jul 17 in 133 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 98°F
set in 2000
Coolest Jul 17 ever 79°F
set in 1935
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Charleston Downtown. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
79 88 98 1893: 93°F 1894: 83°F 1895: 89°F 1896: 89°F 1897: 84°F 1898: 96°F 1899: 90°F 1900: 88°F 1901: 86°F 1902: 92°F 1903: 85°F 1904: 88°F 1905: 85°F 1906: 88°F 1907: 87°F 1908: 90°F 1909: 91°F 1910: 89°F 1911: 89°F 1912: 83°F 1913: 86°F 1914: 93°F 1915: 95°F 1916: 83°F 1917: 85°F 1918: 87°F 1919: 82°F 1920: 90°F 1921: 87°F 1922: 87°F 1923: 90°F 1924: 90°F 1925: 97°F 1926: 82°F 1927: 86°F 1928: 86°F 1929: 85°F 1930: 88°F 1931: 90°F 1932: 96°F 1933: 88°F 1934: 93°F 1935: 79°F 1936: 93°F 1937: 91°F 1938: 88°F 1939: 88°F 1940: 81°F 1941: 88°F 1942: 94°F 1943: 90°F 1944: 91°F 1945: 84°F 1946: 82°F 1947: 90°F 1948: 89°F 1949: 88°F 1950: 89°F 1951: 82°F 1952: 85°F 1953: 83°F 1954: 89°F 1955: 91°F 1956: 94°F 1957: 84°F 1958: 89°F 1959: 84°F 1960: 81°F 1961: 90°F 1962: 86°F 1963: 85°F 1964: 84°F 1965: 85°F 1966: 84°F 1967: 82°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 86°F 1971: 89°F 1972: 88°F 1973: 89°F 1974: 85°F 1975: 82°F 1976: 96°F 1977: 89°F 1978: 83°F 1979: 90°F 1980: 89°F 1981: 87°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 95°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 89°F 1987: 82°F 1988: 88°F 1989: 86°F 1990: 85°F 1991: 84°F 1992: 87°F 1993: 89°F 1994: 92°F 1995: 88°F 1996: 87°F 1997: 85°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 84°F 2000: 98°F 2001: 85°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 87°F 2004: 84°F 2005: 90°F 2006: 87°F 2007: 89°F 2008: 85°F 2009: 89°F 2010: 88°F 2011: 83°F 2012: 86°F 2013: 90°F 2014: 86°F 2015: 87°F 2016: 88°F 2017: 82°F 2018: 87°F 2019: 89°F 2020: 90°F 2021: 87°F 2022: 84°F 2023: 91°F 2024: 89°F 2025: 88°F 92° forecast 1893 2000 2025 Forecast high · Jul 17 92°F Hottest this date since 2002 This-date record 98°F This-date rank #15 of 133
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 104°F (1944) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Charleston Downtown in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 82°F 1937 10°F 1985 Feb 83°F 1962 7°F 1899 Mar 94°F 1907 22°F 1980 Apr 94°F 1980 36°F 1907 May 100°F 2019 45°F 1894 Jun 104°F 1944 49°F 1913 Jul 103°F 1902 61°F 1933 Aug 103°F 1999 59°F 1986 Sep 100°F 1912 50°F 1942 Oct 95°F 1919 37°F 1910 Nov 87°F 1961 17°F 1950 Dec 81°F 1931 12°F 1917 All-time 104°F 1944 7°F 1899
Records set or tied at Charleston Downtown so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 4 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 18 days
record run, ended Aug 11 1979
So far in 2026 13 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Charleston Downtown's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 88°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 58°F Jan: 44°F Feb: 61°F Feb: 46°F Mar: 66°F Mar: 52°F Apr: 73°F Apr: 60°F May: 79°F May: 68°F Jun: 85°F Jun: 74°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 77°F Aug: 87°F Aug: 77°F Sep: 83°F Sep: 73°F Oct: 76°F Oct: 63°F Nov: 67°F Nov: 53°F Dec: 61°F Dec: 47°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:21 AM Sunset 7:29 PM Solar noon 12:25 PM Daylight 14h 08m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 32.77°N, 79.92°W Charleston Downtown'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 Downtown'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 Downtown, coloured by temperature — 134 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 Downtown — 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°
13 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 43rd most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 11 . Record: 37 in 1998.
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