CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Five Wettest Months on Record
January February March April May June
1) 1993 1998 1983 1958 1957 1973
8.92 10.17 11.11 9.50 9.28 27.24
2) 1991 1940 1959 1997 1967 1962
7.78 7.5 11.11 6.61 8.91 16.07
3) 1998 1983 1944 1982 1976 1941
7.58 6.35 10.23 6.51 8.87 16.01
4) 1994 1964 1947 1984 1948 1963
7.50 6.32 8.16 6.30 8.30 14.34
5) 1958 1939 1948 1961 1979 1997
7.20 6.22 8.15 5.78 8.09 13.76
July August September October November December
1) 1964 1940 1945 1994 1972 1941
18.46 17.24 17.31 12.11 7.35 11.08
2) 1950 1974 1979 2008 1992 1953
14.32 16.99 15.36 11.10 5.76 7.09
3) 1960 1971 1998 1959 2002 1994
14.1 16.32 14.74 9.12 5.66 6.35
4) 1981 1943 1987 2002 1985 1977
12.66 14.53 14.49 8.44 5.49 5.88
5) 1985 1986 1989 1964 1969 1981
12.06 13.41 13.35 7.53 5.49 5.73
Five Driest Months on Record
January February March April May June
1) 1950 1947 2004 1972 1941 1970
0.63 0.33 0.36 0.01 0.27 0.96
2) 1951 1950 2006 1994 2000 1954
0.76 0.37 0.44 0.39 0.57 0.96
3) 1949 1954 1938 1977 1944 1959
0.77 0.56 0.66 0.45 0.68 1.36
4) 1985 1943 1995 1976 1951 1948
0.87 0.56 0.70 0.62 0.70 1.43
5) 1954 1968 2007 1986 1983 1938
0.89 0.79 0.79 0.83 0.75 1.70
July August September October November December
1) 1972 1980 1990 2000 2007 2008
1.76 0.73 0.18 Trace 0.03 0.35
2) 1989 1979 1971 1942 1998 1984
1.93 0.88 0.53 0.04 0.16 0.66
3) 1944 2001 1943 1943 1966 1988
2.87 1.65 0.73 0.08 0.48 0.72
4) 1987 1984 2005 1978 1964 1955
2.92 1.96 0.97 0.18 0.52 0.83
5) 1974 1997 1981 1972 1958 1949
3.09 2.15 1.27 0.25 0.52 0.83
** Data history goes back to 1938. Updated September 9, 2009 **