Public Information Statement
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
610 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
...JULY 2011 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA...
HEADLINES...
...3RD WARMEST JULY AT COLUMBIA...
...6TH WARMEST JULY TIED AT AUGUSTA...
SUMMARY...
JULY 2011 WAS A HOT MONTH FOR COLUMBIA SC AND AUGUSTA GA...WITH NEAR
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS...
ON THE EVENING OF JULY 10TH...A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCED 2.80 INCHES OF RAIN AT AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD...MOST OF WHICH
FELL IN JUST ONE HOUR. AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD ENDED UP WITH A TOTAL OF
8.69 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH.
A TYPICAL SCATTERING OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON SOME
DAYS...MAINLY ON THE 2ND...5TH...6TH...AND 13TH...RESULTING MAINLY
IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AT SOME LOCATIONS. A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCED A 59 MPH WIND GUST AT AIKEN AIRPORT ON THE 13TH.
A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 107 WAS OBSERVED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA ON THE 22ND.
TEMPERATURES...
THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 OR HIGHER ON 9 DAYS OF THE MONTH AT
COLUMBIA...AND ON 10 DAYS AT AUGUSTA.
RECORD DAILY TEMPERATURES FOR JULY 2011:
AT COLUMBIA...NO DAILY RECORD HIGHS ESTABLISHED. RECORD DAILY WARM
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 79 OCCURRED ON THE 24TH...AND 78 (TIED) ON
THE 13TH.
AT AUGUSTA...DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 103 ON THE 30TH.
COLDEST TEMP OF THE MONTH
CAE 68 18TH
AGS 65 17TH
WARMEST TEMP OF THE MONTH
CAE 104 22ND AND 23RD
AGS 104 13TH
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORMAL DEPARTURE
JAN 2010 52.4/-2.7 29.6/-4.4 41.0 44.6 -3.6
FEB 51.8/-7.7 31.2/-5.1 41.5 47.9 -6.4
MAR 65.7/-1.7 41.1/-2.4 53.4 55.4 -2.0
APR 80.3/+4.6 51.3/+0.6 65.8 63.2 +2.6
MAY 86.6/+3.5 65.3/+5.3 76.0 71.6 +4.4
JUN 94.6/+5.5 72.8/+4.9 83.7 78.5 +5.2
JUL 95.1/+3.0 73.7/+1.9 84.4 82.0 +2.4
AUG 92.3/+2.3 74.6/+4.6 83.5 80.3 +3.2
SEP 91.3/+6.5 66.6/+2.0 78.9 74.7 +4.2
OCT 79.8/+4.0 51.2/-0.3 65.5 63.7 +1.8
NOV 68.3/+1.6 41.9/-0.7 55.1 54.7 +0.4
DEC 51.1/-6.7 28.2/-7.9 39.6 47.0 -7.4
ANNUAL 75.8/+0.5 52.3/+0.7 64.0 63.6 +0.4
JAN 2011 52.7/-2.4 30.7/-5.5 41.7 44.6 -2.9
FEB 64.6/+5.1 39.7/+3.4 52.2 47.9 +4.3
MAR 68.6/+1.2 45.7/+2.2 57.1 55.4 +1.7
APR 80.9/+5.2 54.6/+3.9 67.8 63.2 +4.6
MAY 85.5/+2.4 62.8/+2.8 74.2 71.6 +2.6
JUN 95.2/+6.1 71.4/+3.5 83.3 78.5 +4.8
JUL 96.4/+3.7 74.6/+3.0 85.5 82.2 +3.3
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD (AGS) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORMAL DEPARTURE
JAN 2010 53.9/-2.6 29.5/-3.6 41.7 44.8 -3.1
FEB 53.6/-7.7 30.6/-4.9 42.1 48.4 -6.3
MAR 66.0/-3.2 39.5/-3.0 52.8 55.9 -3.1
APR 80.9/+4.2 47.7/+0.4 64.3 62.4 +1.9
MAY 86.9/+3.0 61.4/+4.2 74.2 70.5 +3.7
JUN 95.9/+6.3 69.6/+4.2 82.8 77.5 +5.3
JUL 95.8/+3.8 71.5/+1.9 83.6 80.8 +2.8
AUG 92.4/+2.2 72.2/+4.3 82.3 79.3 +3.0
SEP 91.5/+6.2 61.9/-0.5 76.7 73.8 +2.9
OCT 81.1/+4.6 47.3/-2.3 64.2 63.1 +1.1
NOV 70.1/+2.3 39.7/-1.2 54.9 54.4 +0.5
DEC 52.9/-6.2 26.0/-8.7 39.4 46.9 -7.5
ANNUAL 76.8/+1.1 49.7/-1.0 63.2 63.2 0.0
JAN 2011 54.1/-2.4 29.2/-3.9 41.7 44.8 -3.1
FEB 65.9/+4.6 36.9/+1.4 51.4 48.4 +3.0
MAR 71.4/+2.2 43.9/+1.4 57.6 55.9 +1.7
APR 82.6/+5.9 51.6/+3.5 67.1 62.4 +4.7
MAY 86.7/+2.8 57.7/+0.5 72.2 70.5 +1.7
JUN 96.2/+6.6 67.9/+2.5 82.0 77.5 +4.5
JUL 97.3/+3.9 71.8/+2.0 84.6 81.6 +3.0
PRECIPITATION...
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DIFFERENCE
(INCHES)
JANUARY 2010 3.18 4.66 -1.48
FEBRUARY 2.88 3.84 -0.96
MARCH 2.34 4.59 -2.25
APRIL 0.91 2.98 -2.07
MAY 2.10 3.17 -1.07
JUNE 4.20 4.99 -0.79
JULY 7.70 5.54 +2.16
AUGUST 5.56 5.41 +0.15
SEPTEMBER 1.94 3.94 -2.00
OCTOBER 1.83 2.89 -1.06
NOVEMBER 1.46 2.88 -1.42
DECEMBER 1.40 3.38 -1.98
ANNUAL 35.50 48.27 -12.77
JANUARY 2011 1.70 4.66 -2.96
FEBRUARY 4.21 3.84 +0.37
MARCH 4.00 4.59 -0.59
APRIL 2.76 2.98 -0.22
MAY 2.74 3.17 -0.43
JUNE 2.87 4.99 -2.12
JULY 6.17 5.46 +0.71
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DIFFERENCE
(INCHES)
JANUARY 2010 5.39 4.50 +0.89
FEBRUARY 2.37 4.11 -1.74
MARCH 3.20 4.61 -1.41
APRIL 1.20 2.94 -1.74
MAY 1.36 3.07 -1.71
JUNE 2.19 4.19 -2.00
JULY 5.86 4.07 +1.79
AUGUST 2.04 4.48 -2.44
SEPTEMBER 1.89 3.59 -1.70
OCTOBER 0.67 3.20 -2.53
NOVEMBER 1.30 2.68 -1.38
DECEMBER 1.17 3.14 -1.97
ANNUAL 28.61 44.58 -15.97
JANUARY 2011 2.11 4.50 -2.39
FEBRUARY 4.31 4.11 +0.20
MARCH 5.45 4.61 +0.84
APRIL 1.93 2.94 -1.01
MAY 2.50 3.07 -0.57
JUNE 1.98 4.19 -2.21
JULY 4.05 4.33 -0.28
.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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