Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
000 CXUS52 KCHS 020854 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 454 AM EDT SAT SEP 02 2023 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 105 08/01/1999 LOW 56 08/18/1979 HIGHEST 98 08/13 MM MM 96 08/01 08/14 LOWEST 69 08/24 MM MM 66 08/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 92.6 89.8 2.8 88.6 AVG. MINIMUM 75.3 73.1 2.2 72.9 MEAN 83.9 81.4 2.5 80.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 25 17.2 7.8 12 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 17.24 1940 MINIMUM 0.73 1980 TOTALS 4.97 6.97 -2.00 9.83 DAYS >= .01 13 13.1 -0.1 15 DAYS >= .10 8 8.9 -0.9 9 DAYS >= .50 2 4.3 -2.3 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 2.2 -1.2 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.74 08/30 TO 08/31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 592 510 82 495 SINCE 1/1 2112 1893 219 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/280 32/160 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/130 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 13 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && *WAMEST AUGUST ON RECORD *AUG 13 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES *AUG 14 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES *AUG 15 - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES *AUG 22 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES TIED $$