| DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA | ||||||||
| Five Wettest Months on Record | ||||||||
| January | February | March | April | May | June | |||
| 1) | 1964 | 1897 | 1983 | 1958 | 1976 | 1973 | ||
| 7.06 | 7.61 | 9.79 | 6.63 | 11.93 | 19.24 | |||
| 2) | 1966 | 1998 | 1970 | 1997 | 1967 | 1982 | ||
| 6.94 | 7.26 | 8.65 | 6.33 | 7.56 | 15.26 | |||
| 3) | 1991 | 1964 | 1980 | 1982 | 1972 | 1962 | ||
| 6.44 | 7.16 | 8.22 | 5.88 | 7.25 | 14.29 | |||
| 4) | 1984 | 1983 | 1965 | 1961 | 1966 | 1997 | ||
| 6.31 | 5.86 | 8.03 | 5.13 | 6.67 | 11.77 | |||
| 5) | 1987 | 1952 | 1959 | 2003 | 1949 | 1963 | ||
| 6.09 | 5.51 | 7.58 | 4.46 | 6.19 | 10.34 | |||
| July | August | September | October | November | December | |||
| 1) | 1964 | 1971 | 1987 | 1959 | 1969 | 1976 | ||
| 23.75 | 16.37 | 14.96 | 11.74 | 6.98 | 5.53 | |||
| 2) | 1950 | 1992 | 1989 | 1994 | 2002 | 1981 | ||
| 12.99 | 14.19 | 13.94 | 11.20 | 6.03 | 5.36 | |||
| 3) | 1898 | 1986 | 1955 | 1965 | 1972 | 1953 | ||
| 12.99 | 13.90 | 13.63 | 9.73 | 5.60 | 5.18 | |||
| 4) | 1990 | 1969 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1977 | ||
| 12.81 | 13.90 | 13.34 | 8.93 | 5.01 | 5.01 | |||
| 5) | 1960 | 2004 | 1979 | 2008 | 2005 | 1986 | ||
| 11.74 | 13.49 | 11.72 | 7.87 | 4.28 | 4.95 | |||
| Five Driest Months on Record | ||||||||
| January | February | March | April | May | June | |||
| 1) | 1898 | 1950 | 2004 | 1972 | 2000 | 1954 | ||
| 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.44 | Trace | 0.02 | 0.47 | |||
| 2) | 1950 | 1954 | 1955 | 1977 | 1996 | 1978 | ||
| 0.60 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 0.42 | 0.98 | |||
| 3) | 1949 | 1994 | 1968 | 1976 | 1898 | 1993 | ||
| 0.66 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.64 | 1.04 | |||
| 4) | 2001 | 1898 | 1994 | 2001 | 1994 | 2000 | ||
| 0.80 | 0.51 | 0.66 | 0.56 | 0.76 | 1.11 | |||
| 5) | 2003/1897 | 1988 | 2006 | 2007 | 1982 | 1959 | ||
| 0.84 | 0.52 | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.78 | 1.19 | |||
| July | August | September | October | November | December | |||
| 1) | 1986 | 1954 | 1985 | 2000 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| 0.54 | 0.18 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | |||
| 2) | 1993 | 1980 | 1971 | 1979 | 2001 | 1984 | ||
| 1.32 | 0.6 | 0.83 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.49 | |||
| 3) | 1972 | 1983 | 1990 | 1978 | 1996 | 1985 | ||
| 1.37 | 1.19 | 0.91 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.64 | |||
| 4) | 1988 | 1998 | 1981 | 1966 | 1982 | 1955 | ||
| 1.59 | 1.51 | 1.09 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.89 | |||
| 5) | 2005 | 1979 | 1967 | 1984 | 1998 | 1949 | ||
| 1.64 | 1.51 | 1.13 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.93 | |||
| ** Data history goes back to 1897. Updated January 22, 2009. ** | ||||||||