Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
Issued by NWS Columbia, SC
916 CXUS52 KCAE 021522 CLMCAE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1122 AM EDT TUE APR 02 2024 ................................... ...THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 03/23/1907 LOW 4 03/03/1980 HIGHEST 83 03/14 MM MM LOWEST 37 03/11 MM MM 03/19 03/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 71.1 68.3 1.8 AVG. MINIMUM 47.5 43.6 3.9 MEAN 59.3 55.9 3.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 4.4 -4.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.89 1973 MINIMUM 0.56 1985 TOTALS 7.48 3.57 3.91 DAILY AVG. 0.24 0.12 0.12 DAYS >= .01 12 8.9 3.1 DAYS >= .10 7 6.0 1.0 DAYS >= .50 3 2.4 0.6 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.1 1.9 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.71 03/05 TO 03/06 STORM TOTAL 2.68 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 4.1 1980 TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 SINCE 7/1 T 1.2 -1.2 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.1 -0.1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 176 302 -126 SINCE 7/1 2023 2345 -322 COOLING TOTAL 7 21 -14 SINCE 1/1 15 27 -12 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/15/1991 LATEST 04/03/1964 EARLIEST 11/01 LATEST 03/21 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/290 DATE 03/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/220 DATE 03/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 14 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$