Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
730 CXUS52 KCHS 022040 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 438 PM EDT THU MAY 02 2024 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 04/20/2002 LOW 29 04/06/1944 HIGHEST 91 04/20 87 04/19 LOWEST 42 04/06 44 04/12 04/23 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.9 77.1 1.8 79.7 AVG. MINIMUM 56.5 54.5 2.0 57.1 MEAN 67.7 65.8 1.9 68.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.6 1.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.50 1958 MINIMUM 0.01 1972 TOTALS 3.53 3.29 0.24 2.74 DAYS >= .01 4 7.9 -3.9 10 DAYS >= .10 3 5.4 -2.4 8 DAYS >= .50 2 2.1 -0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.91 04/11 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 49 75 -26 39 SINCE 7/1 1389 1837 -448 MM COOLING TOTAL 137 99 38 151 SINCE 1/1 222 141 81 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/130 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/130 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && RECORDS ESTABLISHED AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE MONTH: *APR 3 - RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 1.37 INCHES *APR 11 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES *APR 11 - RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 1.91 INCHES $$