Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS52 KCHS 021546 CLACXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1034 AM EST THU JAN 2 2020 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 06/02/1985 06/24/1944 LOW 7 02/14/1899 HIGHEST 100 05/27 96 LOWEST 33 01/22 22 AVG. MAXIMUM 74.5 72.9 1.6 73.9 AVG. MINIMUM 63.0 60.6 2.4 61.9 MEAN 68.7 66.8 1.9 67.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 27 27.6 -0.6 19 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 7.4 -7.4 11 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 74.87 1945 MINIMUM 27.63 2000 TOTALS 40.78 44.42 -3.64 47.32 DAYS >= .01 99 101.2 -2.2 117 DAYS >= .10 61 65.4 -4.4 74 DAYS >= .50 22 27.6 -5.6 29 DAYS >= 1.00 11 12.1 -1.1 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.08 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1310 1734 -424 1631 SINCE 7/1 517 606 -89 522 COOLING TOTAL 2792 2376 416 2811 SINCE 1/1 2792 2376 416 2811 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/020 DATE 09/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/200 DATE 04/19 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && 2019 BECOMES THE 4TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON. $$