PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
630 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA FOR AUGUST 2012.

...2ND WETTEST AUGUST AT AUGUSTA...
...5TH WETTEST MONTH OF ALL TIME AT AUGUSTA...


.SUMMARY...
AS A GENERAL RULE...IT WAS MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL AND SLIGHTLY 
COOLER THAN NORMAL. THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST...AN 
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS GENERALLY POSITIONED OVER THE EASTERN 
US...AND SEVERAL SURFACE BOUNDARIES ENTERED OUR REGION...IN SOME 
CASES STALLING OVER THE REGION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THIS COMBINED 
WITH A MOIST ATMOSPHERE LED TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL TOTALS. THE 
RAIN AND CLOUD COVER KEPT HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN. 


.TEMPERATURE...

.COLUMBIA SC...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN 
AIRPORT WAS 80.4 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 0.4 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE 
NORMAL AUGUST AVERAGE OF 80.8 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH OR 
LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET OR TIED. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE  
MONTH WAS 97 ON THE 2ND. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 63 
ON THE 25TH AND 26TH. 

.AUGUSTA GA...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD WAS 78.8 
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE NORMAL AUGUST 
AVERAGE OF 80.5 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES 
WERE SET OR TIED. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 95 ON THE 
2ND AND 3RD. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 62 ON THE 25TH 
AND 26TH. 


.RAINFALL...

.COLUMBIA SC...
9.81 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN 
AUGUST...WHICH WAS 4.55 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AUGUST MONTHLY VALUE 
OF 5.26 INCHES. THIS WAS THE WETTEST AUGUST IN 24 YEARS...AND IT WAS 
THE HIGHEST MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL AT COLUMBIA SINCE JULY 2005.

.AUGUSTA GA...
12.28 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD DURING THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST...WHICH WAS 7.96 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AUGUST MONTHLY VALUE 
OF 4.32 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 2ND WETTEST AUGUST EVER IN AUGUSTA...AND 
THE 5TH WETTEST MONTH OF ALL TIME. 

REGIONAL RAINFALL MAP FOR AUGUST 2012




.NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...

AUGUST 2ND...
A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...AND
PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

AUGUST 7TH...
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING OCCURED IN THE GREATER AUGUSTA 
AND MARTINEZ AREA.

AUGUST 9TH...
A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES
IN MANY LOCATIONS.

AUGUST 11TH...
SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN A VERY MOIST 
ENVIRONMENT AND PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING IN THE 
GREATER AUGUSTA AREA. 4.95 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT AUGUSTA DANIEL 
FIELD...4.16 INCHES OF THIS FELL IN ABOUT A 2 1/2 HOUR PERIOD. 
4.66 INCHES FELL AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD...ESTABLISHING A RECORD 
DAILY RAINFALL AMOUNT FOR THE DATE.

AUGUST 28TH/29TH...
THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE ISAAC 
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO BROUGHT A COPIOUS AMOUNT OF ATMOSPHERIC 
MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO OUR REGION ALONG WITH AN OLD FRONTAL 
BOUNDARY. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH SOME UPPER ENERGY AND DAYTIME 
HEATING TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. 


.PEAK MEASURED WIND GUSTS...

AUGUSTA GA DANIEL FIELD..............49 MPH ON THE 9TH
AUGUSTA GA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.......41 MPH ON THE 14TH
COLUMBIA SC METRO AIRPORT............40 MPH ON THE 9TH
ORANGEBURG SC AIRPORT................40 MPH ON THE 17TH
COLUMBIA SC HAMILTON OWENS FIELD.....29 MPH ON THE 4TH


.RAINFALL TOTALS AT OFFICIAL NWS GAGES FOR THE MONTH...

DANIEL FIELD AUGUSTA (DNL) ASOS.........12.99 INCHES 
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS) ASOS...........12.28 INCHES
AUGUSTA GA RIVERWALK (AGUG1)............10.49 INCHES
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE) ASOS........9.81 INCHES
USC COLUMBIA SC (UCSS1)..................8.13 INCHES
APPLING GA (APPG1).......................6.50 INCHES
HAMILTON-OWENS APT COLUMBIA (CUB) ASOS...6.21 INCHES
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB) ASOS.....3.66 INCHES


.CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COCORAHS 
(COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN...HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK) 
OBSERVERS...HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED DURING THE 
MONTH...

GA-MD-1....THOMSON 2.5 S.........12.83 INCHES
GA-MD-2....DEARING 1.1 SSE.......12.63 INCHES
SC-BW-3....BARNWELL 1.2 WSW......11.75 INCHES
SC-AK-23...AIKEN 1 SSW...........11.35 INCHES
SC-KR-4....CAMDEN 6.6 NE.........11.15 INCHES
SC-LX-49...CHAPIN 1.3 SSE........11.13 INCHES
SC-LX-51...CHAPIN 1.4 S..........11.05 INCHES
GA-CU-3....EVANS 2.1 NNW.........10.85 INCHES
SC-AK-13...NORTH AUGUSTA 3.3 N...10.79 INCHES


.CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COOPERATIVE 
WEATHER OBSERVERS...HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED 
DURING THE MONTH...

AIKEN 2E.........AIKEN CO SC.......13.63 INCHES
LONGTOWN.........FAIRFIELD CO SC...13.02 INCHES
BARNWELL 5ENE....BARNWELL CO SC....12.91 INCHES
PELION...........LEXINGTON CO SC....8.91 INCHES
BAMBERG..........BAMBERG CO SC......8.33 INCHES


.OTHER NOTABLE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OTHER SOURCES...
DEARING GA.....................GA EMN...13.99 INCHES
SPIRIT CREEK/US 1 AUGUSTA GA...USGS.....13.34 INCHES
CONGAREE NATL PARK.............RAWS.....10.63 INCHES
SRS SAVRIV.....................RAWS......9.61 INCHES
MIDVILLE GA....................GA EMN....8.39 INCHES
CAROLINA SANDHILLS NWR.........RAWS......7.54 INCHES
SRS SAVRAW.....................RAWS......7.39 INCHES


.YEAR TO DATE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS...

COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES 
AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP   AVG TEMP   NORM  DEPARTURE 
JAN 2012  61.8/+5.8      36.9/+3.2      49.4      44.8    +4.6 
FEB       64.1/+3.8      40.3/+3.5      52.2      48.5    +3.7 
MAR       77.7/+9.5      53.2/+10.2     65.4      55.6    +9.8 
APR       79.3/+3.0      54.7/+4.3      67.0      63.4    +3.6 
MAY       85.8/+2.0      64.9/+5.4      75.4      71.7    +3.7
JUN       88.4/-1.6      66.6/-1.6      77.5      79.1    -1.6
JUL       95.8/+3.1      74.2/+2.6      85.0      82.2    +2.8
AUG       89.5/-1.2      71.3/+0.3      80.4      80.8    -0.4


AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND 
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP  AVG TEMP    NORM  DEPARTURE
JAN 2012  63.4/+5.5      34.3/+1.5     48.8       45.4    +3.4 
FEB       65.6/+3.3      39.1/+3.2     52.4       49.1    +3.3 
MAR       77.0/+7.1      51.0/+9.0     64.0       55.9    +8.1  
APR       79.4/+2.0      51.3/+3.2     65.4       62.7    +2.7
MAY       86.0/+1.0      61.6/+4.3     73.8       71.1    +2.7
JUN       87.6/-3.4      61.8/-4.4     74.7       78.6    -3.9
JUL       96.0/+2.6      71.5/+1.7     83.7       81.6    +2.1
AUG       88.6/-3.2      69.0/-0.3     78.8       80.5    -1.7


COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL  DEPARTURE
              (INCHES)
JAN 2012       1.76     3.58    -1.82
FEB            2.46     3.61    -1.15
MAR            2.21     3.73    -1.52
APR            2.28     2.62    -0.34
MAY            4.71     2.97    +1.74
JUN            4.18     4.69    -0.51
JUL            6.96     5.46    +1.50
AUG            9.81     5.26    +4.55

YEAR TO DATE  34.37    31.92    +2.45


AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL   DEPARTURE  
              (INCHES)  
JAN 2012       1.40     3.91     -2.51 
FEB            1.12     3.92     -2.80
MAR            2.28     4.18     -1.90
APR            1.45     2.84     -1.39
MAY            4.56     2.65     +1.91
JUN            2.48     4.72     -2.24
JUL            1.54     4.33     -2.79
AUG           12.28     4.32     +7.96

YEAR TO DATE  27.11    30.87     -3.76


.NOTE...
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1887 AND FOR AUGUSTA  
BACK TO 1873. PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1878 AND 
FOR AUGUSTA BACK TO 1871. 

ADDITIONAL CLIMATE INFORMATION...INCLUDING CURRENT AND
ARCHIVED DAILY AND MONTHLY SUMMARIES...CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC HOME PAGE AT 
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAE.

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