October 2011 Climate Summary
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
600 AM EDT WED NOV 02 2011
...OCTOBER 2011 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA...
...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AT BOTH AUGUSTA AND COLUMBIA...
...12TH COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA...
...FIRST MONTH SINCE JANUARY WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL AT BOTH AUGUSTA AND COLUMBIA...
...FIRST FROST OF THE SEASON AT MANY LOCATIONS ON THE 30TH...
...BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...
OCTOBER BROUGHT SOME MUCH NEEDED RELIEF FROM THE LONG STRING OF
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA. IT WAS THE FIRST MONTH
AT BOTH COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT AND AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD WHERE
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW NORMAL. THE MONTH WAS ALSO
THE 12TH COOLEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. HOWEVER...THE DRY
WEATHER CONTINUED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MONTH WITH MOST AREAS
AVERAGING AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RAINFALL CONTINUED TO BE BELOW
NORMAL AT BOTH COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT AND AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH
FIELD. THE COOL OCTOBER WEATHER WAS THE RESULT OF AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH THAT PERSISTED OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY FOR
MUCH OF THE MONTH. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE FIRST WEEK...THEN AGAIN THE THIRD AND FOURTH WEEKS OF
THE MONTH DUE TO THIS FEATURE. MANY LOCATIONS SAW THE FIRST FROST OF
THE FALL SEASON ON THE 30TH AS TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE UPPER
20S TO MIDDLE 30S.
HERE ARE THE PEAK WIND GUSTS FOR THE MONTH AT EACH STATION:
AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.....54 MPH ON THE 13TH
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD............33 MPH ON THE 13TH
ORANGEBURG AIRPORT..............33 MPH ON THE 19TH
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT..........40 MPH ON THE 13TH
OWENS FIELD DOWNTOWN AIRPORT....36 MPH ON THE 19TH
CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COOPERATIVE
WEATHER OBSERVERS MANY LOCATIONS ONLY RECEIVED AROUND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN DURING THE MONTH.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH:
WINNSBORO (WNBS1).................3.62 INCHES
SUMTER (SMRS1)....................3.18 INCHES
CLARKS HILL (CHDS1)...............3.16 INCHES
LONGTOWN (LNTS1)..................3.13 INCHES
LITTLE MOUNTAIN (LIMS1)...........3.11 INCHES
CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COCORAHS
(COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN...HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK) OBSERVERS
MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH:
SC-LN-04 (LANCASTER 2.0 NNW)......4.40 INCHES
SC-SL-04 (SALUDA 0.9 NE)..........4.24 INCHES
SC-LN-02 (FORT MILL 3.5 ENE)......3.97 INCHES
SC-RC-06 (BLYTHEWOOD 4.7 SSE......3.70 INCHES
GA-CU-03 (EVANS 2.1 NNW)..........3.45 INCHES
RAINFALL TOTALS AT OFFICIAL NWS ASOS SITES FOR THE MONTH:
COLUMBIA OWENS FIELD (CUB)........1.75 INCHES
ORANGEBURG AIRPORT (OGB)..........1.83 INCHES
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE)......2.01 INCHES
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (DNL)........2.92 INCHES
AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD (AGS).1.47 INCHES
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS...
ON THE 13TH...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...PRODUCED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER
AREA NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
VERY FAST WITH AN AVERAGE SPEED NEAR 50 MPH. THE STORMS DOWNED
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES. IN MCDUFFIE COUNTY...NEAR THOMSON...
A TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME. IN COLUMBIA COUNTY...IN THE SPRING
LAKES SUBDIVISION...A TREE FELL ON A TRUCK. FORTUNATELY...NO ONE WAS
INJURED DURING THE EVENT.
ON THE 18TH-19TH...A DEEP CLOSED LOW AND A STRONG ASSOCIATED SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND PRODUCED 1 TO 1.50
INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA.
ON THE 30TH...A COLD AIRMASS SETTLED IN OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCED
THE FIRST FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. HERE ARE SOME OF THE
MORNING LOWS ON THE 30TH:
PELION (PLNS1)......................27 DEGREES
CEDAR CREEK (BLYS1).................28 DEGREES
AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD (AGS)...30 DEGREES
LUGOFF (LUGS1)......................30 DEGREES
SALUDA (SADS1)......................30 DEGREES
TEMPERATURES...
RECORD DAILY TEMPERATURES FOR APRIL 2011 FOR COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN
AIRPORT (CAE) AND AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS):
AT COLUMBIA...
NO RECORDS WERE EITHER TIED OR BROKEN
AT AUGUSTA...
ON THE 2ND...TIED THE RECORD LOW OF 40 DEGREES SET IN 1984
COLDEST TEMP OF THE MONTH
CAE 32 30TH
AGS 30 30TH
WARMEST TEMP OF THE MONTH
CAE 87 17TH
AGS 87 17TH
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...
AVG HIGH/DEEP AVG LOW/DEEP 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
AUG 94.5/+3.8 73.0/+2.0 83.8 80.8 +3.0
SEP 86.9/+1.7 65.9/+1.7 76.4 74.7 +1.7
OCT 74.7/-1.4 49.3/-2.8 62.0 64.1 -2.1
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD (AGS) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...
AVG HIGH/DEEP AVG LOW/DEEP 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
AUG 97.7/+5.9 71.0/+1.7 84.4 80.5 +3.9
SEP 88.8/+2.1 62.7/+0.1 75.7 74.6 +1.1
OCT 75.4/-2.3 46.4/-4.6 60.9 64.4 -3.5
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
AUGUST 4.01 5.26 -1.25
SEPTEMBER 3.36 3.54 -0.18
OCTOBER 2.01 3.17 -1.16
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
AUGUST 1.19 4.32 -3.13
SEPTEMBER 1.56 3.22 -1.66
OCTOBER 1.47 3.27 -1.80
.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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