| 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 ** | ||||||||