Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC
380 CXUS52 KCHS 011949 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 349 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 105 08/01/1999 LOW 56 08/18/1979 HIGHEST 97 08/01 MM MM 98 08/13 08/14 LOWEST 66 08/22 MM MM 69 08/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.7 89.8 -0.1 92.6 AVG. MINIMUM 73.4 73.1 0.3 75.3 MEAN 81.5 81.4 0.1 83.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 19 17.2 1.8 25 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 12.84 6.97 5.87 4.97 DAYS >= .01 11 13.1 -2.1 13 DAYS >= .10 5 8.9 -3.9 8 DAYS >= .50 5 4.3 0.7 2 DAYS >= 1.00 3 2.2 0.8 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 9.10 08/05 TO 08/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 519 510 9 592 SINCE 1/1 2235 1893 342 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/110 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/100 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 11 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 2 - 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: *AUG 5 - RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 4.71 INCHES *AUG 6 - RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES *AUG 7 - RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES $$