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CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
506 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013


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...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 20 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1938 TO 2013


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   1038 AM  97    1938  84     -1       85
  MINIMUM         72    544 AM  47    2002  63      9       59
  AVERAGE         78                        74      4       72

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  TODAY            0.08          1.16 1953   0.09  -0.01      T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.57                      1.80  -0.23     1.43
  SINCE MAR 1     11.20                      8.42   2.78     8.26
  SINCE JAN 1     22.02                     15.09   6.93    11.17

SNOWFALL (IN)
  TODAY            0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0
                                      2001
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0
  SINCE MAR 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      T                         0.5   -0.5
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    9                         8      1        0
  SINCE MAR 1    461                       335    126      146
  SINCE JUL 1   1846                      1971   -125     1408

 COOLING
  TODAY           13                         9      4        7
  MONTH TO DATE  124                       133     -9      172
  SINCE MAR 1    226                       244    -18      402
  SINCE JAN 1    247                       251     -4      419
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (200)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           500 AM
 LOWEST     74           800 AM
 AVERAGE    84

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THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   84        99      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        45      2002


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 20 2013...........SUNRISE   618 AM EDT   SUNSET   816 PM EDT
MAY 21 2013...........SUNRISE   617 AM EDT   SUNSET   817 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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IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON ALONG WATERFRONT PARK THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SO
FAR TODAY IS 78 DEGREES AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 74. THE NORMAL
HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY ARE 80 AND 68. THE RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY IS 95 DEGREES SET IN 1938. THE RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY IS 45 DEGREES SET IN 1894. RAINFALL SO FAR
TODAY IS 0.09 INCHES. THE MONTHLY TOTAL IS 0.78 INCHES AND THE
YEARLY TOTAL IS 18.00 INCHES.


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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
