MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA FOR DECEMBER 2012.
.HEADLINES...
...8TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD AT COLUMBIA...
.SUMMARY...
AS A GENERAL RULE...THE FIRST HALF OF DECEMBER WAS QUITE WARM AND
DRY...THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH WAS COOLER WITH MORE RAIN.
.TEMPERATURE...
.COLUMBIA SC...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN
AIRPORT WAS 52.5 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 5.8 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE
NORMAL DECEMBER AVERAGE OF 46.7 DEGREES. THIS MADE DECEMBER 2012
THE 8TH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN COLUMBIA. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 76 ON THE 3RD AND THE 5TH. THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 26 ON THE 23RD AND 31ST.
.AUGUSTA GA...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD WAS 51.0
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 3.8 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL DECEMBER
AVERAGE OF 47.2 DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 77
ON THE 2ND AND 10TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 22 ON
THE 31ST.
.RAINFALL...
.COLUMBIA SC...
3.51 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT DURING THE
MONTH OF DECEMBER...WHICH IS 0.29 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL DECEMBER
MONTHLY VALUE OF 3.22 INCHES.
.AUGUSTA GA...
4.67 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD DURING THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER...WHICH IS 1.28 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL DECEMBER MONTHLY
VALUE OF 3.39 INCHES.
.NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...
NO SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS WERE REPORTED. THERE WERE TWO WINDY
DAYS...THE EVENING OF THE 20TH/EARLY MORNING OF THE 21ST...AND THE
AFTERNOON OF THE 23RD...WHERE WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH
WERE OBSERVED.
.PEAK MEASURED WIND GUSTS...
COLUMBIA SC METRO AIRPORT............51 MPH ON THE 20TH
AUGUSTA GA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.......44 MPH ON THE 20TH
ORANGEBURG SC COUNTY AIRPORT.........43 MPH ON THE 21ST
COLUMBIA SC HAMILTON OWENS FIELD.....43 MPH ON THE 21ST
AUGUSTA GA DANIEL FIELD..............37 MPH ON THE 26TH
.RAINFALL TOTALS AT OFFICIAL NWS GAGES FOR THE MONTH...
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS) ASOS................4.67 INCHES
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB) ASOS.........4.38 INCHES
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (DNL) ASOS..............4.34 INCHES
COLUMBIA HAMILTON OWENS AIRPORT (CUB) ASOS...3.59 INCHES
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE) ASOS............3.51 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...
SC-FR-01...WINNSBORO....5.96 INCHES
SC-MC-05...MCCORMICK....5.82 INCHES
SC-RC-18...BLYTHEWOOD...5.57 INCHES
SC-LX-49...CHAPIN.......5.37 INCHES
.CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COOPERATIVE
WEATHER OBSERVERS...HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED
DURING THE MONTH...
WINNSBORO.........FAIRFIELD CO SC...6.08 INCHES
LONGTOWN..........FAIRFIELD CO SC...5.93 INCHES
LITTLE MOUNTAIN...NEWBERRY CO SC....5.38 INCHES
LUGOFF............KERSHAW CO SC.....5.10 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
SEP 85.9/+0.7 65.1/+0.9 75.5 74.7 +0.8
OCT 76.6/+0.5 53.4/+1.3 65.0 64.1 +0.9
NOV 65.5/-1.8 42.3/-3.9 52.0 54.8 -2.8
DEC 63.2/+5.0 41.9/+6.6 52.5 46.7 +5.8
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
SEP 85.4/-1.3 62.2/-0.4 73.8 74.9 -0.8
OCT 77.4/-0.3 52.0/+1.0 64.7 64.4 +0.3
NOV 65.7/-3.4 41.4/-5.3 50.9 55.2 -4.3
DEC 62.7/+2.7 39.3/+4.8 51.0 47.2 +3.8
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
SEP 1.84 3.54 -1.70
OCT 1.42 3.17 -1.75
NOV 1.62 2.74 -1.12
DEC 3.51 3.22 +0.29
2012 TOTAL 42.76 44.59 -1.83
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
SEP 1.84 3.22 -1.38
OCT 1.36 3.27 -1.91
NOV 1.10 2.82 -1.72
DEC 4.67 3.39 +1.28
2012 TOTAL 36.08 43.57 -7.49
.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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