Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
535 CXUS52 KCHS 011514 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1110 AM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 101 05/29/2019 05/28/2019 LOW 36 05/02/1963 HIGHEST 94 05/28 MM MM 94 05/09 LOWEST 60 05/11 MM MM 48 05/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.3 83.6 2.7 81.1 AVG. MINIMUM 66.8 63.0 3.8 61.7 MEAN 76.5 73.3 3.2 71.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 4.8 4.2 2 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 10.62 2018 MINIMUM 0.27 1941 TOTALS 2.14 3.32 -1.18 2.98 DAYS >= .01 9 8.1 0.9 8 DAYS >= .10 8 5.1 2.9 4 DAYS >= .50 1 2.2 -1.2 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.58 05/09 TO 05/10 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 9 -9 8 SINCE 7/1 1389 1842 -453 MM COOLING TOTAL 366 266 100 214 SINCE 1/1 588 407 181 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/210 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/210 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 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: *MAY 5 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES *MAY 8 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES *MAY 14 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES *MAY 27 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES $$