Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
040 CXUS52 KCHS 011932 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 230 PM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1937 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 83 12/11/1972 LOW 8 12/13/1962 HIGHEST 78 12/10 81 12/07 LOWEST 27 12/20 18 12/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.1 62.7 2.4 62.1 AVG. MINIMUM 44.0 41.6 2.4 42.2 MEAN 54.6 52.2 2.4 52.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 6.0 -1.0 6 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.08 1941 MINIMUM 0.35 2008 TOTALS 6.88 3.35 3.53 1.64 DAYS >= .01 6 9.3 -3.3 11 DAYS >= .10 4 5.7 -1.7 5 DAYS >= .50 3 2.3 0.7 1 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.8 2.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.25 12/17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 330 408 -78 401 SINCE 7/1 560 700 -140 MM COOLING TOTAL 14 9 5 8 SINCE 1/1 2651 2434 217 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/300 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/300 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - 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: *5TH WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD *DEC 3 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES *DEC 17 - RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 3.25 INCHES $$