Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
662 CXUS52 KCHS 011556 CLMCXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1021 AM EST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 82 01/23/1937 LOW 10 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 71 01/25 72 01/03 LOWEST 26 01/21 34 01/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.0 58.0 1.0 62.7 AVG. MINIMUM 45.0 43.6 1.4 48.7 MEAN 52.0 50.8 1.2 55.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 3.5 -2.5 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.68 1895 MINIMUM 0.19 1898 TOTALS 1.50 2.56 -1.06 3.23 DAYS >= .01 7 8.4 -1.4 13 DAYS >= .10 2 5.1 -3.1 6 DAYS >= .50 1 1.6 -0.6 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.06 01/09 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 395 442 -47 280 SINCE 7/1 867 1003 -136 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 50/180 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/180 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$