Climatological Report (Daily)
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
509 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2024

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...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2024...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2024


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 TODAY
  MAXIMUM         83    308 PM  96    1963  84     -1       92
  MINIMUM         69    535 AM  49    1967  63      6       70
                                      1984
  AVERAGE         76                        74      2       81

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.00          0.88 1980   0.10  -0.10     0.39
  MONTH TO DATE    1.75                      1.54   0.21     0.77
  SINCE MAR 1     13.40                      8.18   5.22     5.05
  SINCE JAN 1     18.80                     14.60   4.20    12.89

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         5     -5        2
  SINCE MAR 1    128                       307   -179      205
  SINCE JUL 1   1389                      1842   -453     1274

 COOLING
  TODAY           11                         9      2       16
  MONTH TO DATE  184                       122     62      126
  SINCE MAR 1    379                       252    127      353
  SINCE JAN 1    406                       263    143      426
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.5


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           600 AM
 LOWEST     61          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    79

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THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        96      1960
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        50      1940
                                             1973


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2024...........SUNRISE   619 AM EDT   SUNSET   814 PM EDT
MAY 18 2024...........SUNRISE   619 AM EDT   SUNSET   815 PM EDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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