PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
400 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012

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

...4TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT COLUMBIA...
...TIED FOR 6TH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA...


.TEMPERATURE...

.COLUMBIA SC...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN
AIRPORT WAS 85.0 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES WARMER THAN
NORMAL...AND ESTABLISHED JULY 2012 AS THE 4TH WARMEST JULY ON
RECORD FOR THE COLUMBIA AREA. 2 DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE 
SET OR TIED...AND 2 DAILY RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET. 
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 106 ON THE 1ST. THE COOLEST 
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 68 ON THE 4TH. NOTE...3 OUT OF THE TOP 
5 WARMEST JULYS ON RECORD AT COLUMBIA HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST 3 
CONSECUTIVE YEARS. THE WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT COLUMBIA WAS JULY 
1993...WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 86.2 DEGREES.

.AUGUSTA GA...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD WAS 83.7
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 
11TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD FOR THE AUGUSTA AREA. 3 DAILY RECORD 
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET...AND NO DAILY RECORD WARM MINIMUM 
TEMPERATURES WERE SET. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 104 
ON THE 1ST. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 65 ON THE 4TH. 
THE WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA WAS JULY 1993...WHEN THE 
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 86.2 DEGREES.


.RAINFALL...

.COLUMBIA SC...
6.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN 
JULY...WHICH WAS 1.50 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 5.46
INCHES. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL AT COLUMBIA 
SINCE JULY OF 2010.

.AUGUSTA GA...
ONLY 1.54 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD DURING THE
MONTH OF JULY...WHICH WAS 2.79 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL MONTHLY
VALUE OF 4.33 INCHES. THIS WAS TIED FOR THE 6TH DRIEST JULY ON 
RECORD AT AUGUSTA. 


.NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...

JULY 1ST...
A VERY HOT DAY AND A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OCCURRED ON 
THE 1ST. COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RECORDED 106 AND 104 DEGREES 
RESPECTIVELY...AND BOTH SITES ESTABLISHED NEW DAILY RECORD 
HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THAT DATE. EXTREME INSTABILITY LED TO SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN INCREDIBLE 
TOTAL OF 86 LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WIND GUST EVENTS OCCURRED 
ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA. FLASH FLOODING ALSO OCCURRED ALONG THE 
ROCKY BRANCH CREEK IN COLUMBIA.


.PEAK MEASURED WIND GUSTS...
COLUMBIA SC METRO AIRPORT............52 MPH ON THE 9TH
AUGUSTA GA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.......52 MPH ON THE 5TH 
ORANGEBURG SC AIRPORT................47 MPH ON THE 24TH
AUGUSTA GA DANIEL FIELD..............40 MPH (DATE N/A)
COLUMBIA SC HAMILTON OWENS FIELD.....36 MPH (DATE N/A)


.RAINFALL TOTALS AT OFFICIAL NWS ASOS SITES FOR THE MONTH...
HAMILTON-OWENS AIRPORT COLUMBIA (CUB)...9.32 INCHES
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB).........7.45 INCHES
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE)............6.96 INCHES
DANIEL FIELD AUGUSTA (DNL)..............4.07 INCHES
AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD (AGS).......1.54 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-1  (WINNSBORO 0.1 NE)....11.76 INCHES
SC-RC-42 (COLUMBIA 3.1 E)......10.89 INCHES
SC-OR-13 (ORANGEBURG 3.9 N).....9.79 INCHES
SC-MC-4  (MODOC 1.0 NNE)........9.55 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 SC (WNBS1).....11.24 INCHES
LUGOFF SC (LUGS1).........9.12 INCHES
USC COLUMBIA SC (USCS1)...8.58 INCHES
CLARKS HILL SC (CHDS1)....8.54 INCHES
ORANGEBURG SC (ORBS1).....8.49 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


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


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
YEAR TO DATE  24.56    26.66    -2.10


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
YEAR TO DATE  14.83    26.55    -11.72


.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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