CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED FOR PRECIP TOTAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1047 AM EST WED JAN 14 2009 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1860 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 08/01/1999 LOW 6 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 100 08/06 MM MM 99 08/22 08/06 08/10 LOWEST 19 01/04 MM MM 25 12/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.6 76.0 0.6 77.6 AVG. MINIMUM 55.7 54.8 0.9 56.5 MEAN 66.2 65.4 0.8 67.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 59 58.0 1.0 70 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 28.0 -4.0 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 74.87 1945 MINIMUM 28.80 1931 TOTALS 47.32 51.53 -4.21 42.05 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.14 -0.01 0.11 DAYS >= .01 118 112.0 6.0 95 DAYS >= .10 74 76.0 -2.0 66 DAYS >= .50 32 34.0 -2.0 27 DAYS >= 1.00 12 14.0 -2.0 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 6.57 10/24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1802 2013 -211 1582 SINCE 7/1 723 746 -23 502 COOLING TOTAL 2333 2313 20 2469 SINCE 1/1 2333 2313 20 2469 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/240 DATE 03/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/250 DATE 03/15 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 50 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 56 RAIN 62 LIGHT RAIN 140 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 221 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 25 HAZE 98 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$