Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS52 KCHS 020857 CLMCXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 457 AM EDT SAT SEP 02 2023 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 08/01/1999 LOW 59 08/29/1986 HIGHEST 94 08/08 MM MM 92 08/01 08/02 08/03 LOWEST 73 08/31 MM MM 73 08/14 08/17 08/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 88.6 86.4 2.2 86.1 AVG. MINIMUM 78.3 76.5 1.8 76.6 MEAN 83.5 81.4 2.1 81.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 6.7 5.3 4 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 16.71 1940 MINIMUM 0.18 1954 TOTALS 6.34 6.11 0.23 9.71 DAYS >= .01 10 11.7 -1.7 17 DAYS >= .10 5 8.2 -3.2 12 DAYS >= .50 3 3.7 -0.7 5 DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.1 0.9 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.42 08/16 TO 08/16 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 581 510 71 516 SINCE 1/1 1956 1861 95 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/160 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/170 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && RECORDS ESTABLISHED IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON DURING THE MONTH: *AUG 13 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 83 DEGREES *AUG 14 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 83 DEGREES *AUG 16 - RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 2.42 INCHES *AUG 21 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES $$