Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
701 CXUS52 KCHS 011516 CLMCXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1110 AM EDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 05/27/2019 LOW 45 05/20/1894 HIGHEST 89 05/29 MM MM 88 05/17 LOWEST 61 05/11 MM MM 57 05/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.5 79.0 1.5 76.1 AVG. MINIMUM 70.5 68.0 2.5 65.8 MEAN 75.5 73.5 2.0 70.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.5 -1.5 0 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 11.93 1976 MINIMUM 0.02 2000 TOTALS 3.73 2.58 1.15 4.83 DAYS >= .01 11 6.8 4.2 9 DAYS >= .10 9 4.3 4.7 5 DAYS >= .50 3 1.6 1.4 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.86 05/19 TO 05/19 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 6 -6 3 SINCE 7/1 1291 1619 -328 MM COOLING TOTAL 333 269 64 195 SINCE 1/1 484 387 97 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 27/230 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/230 - 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: *MAY 4 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES *MAY 5 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES $$