PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
905 AM EST MON JAN 11 2010

...DURATION OF CURRENT COLD EVENT QUITE UNUSUAL...
...2ND LONGEST DURATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 30 DEGREES
TIED AT CHARLESTON AIRPORT...
...3RD LONGEST DURATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 30 DEGREES
TIED AT SAVANNAH AIRPORT...
...2ND LONGEST DURATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 33 DEGREES
TIED IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON....

THE START OF 2010 IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN
GEORGIA HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY A LONG DURATION PERIOD OF
ABNORMALLY COLD TEMPERATURES. DESPITE THE DURATION OF THE COLD...NO
RECORD TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN BROKEN AND ONLY ONE RECORD HAS BEEN
TIED. ON JANUARY 4TH...THE LOW TEMPERATURE IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON
WAS TIED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 28 DEGREES.

EXCLUDING JANUARY 1ST AND INCLUDING THIS MORNING...THE LOW
TEMPERATURES AT BOTH THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AIRPORTS HAVE BEEN
AT OR BELOW 30 DEGREES...WITH MANY OF THE LOWS DURING THIS PERIOD IN
THE LOWER TO MID 20S. LOOKING BACK AT THE RECORDS...THIS PLACES THE
JANUARY 2ND TO JANUARY 11TH 2010 PERIOD IN TIE FOR THE SECOND
LONGEST STREAK OF LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 30 DEGREES AT THE
CHARLESTON AIRPORT AND TIED FOR 3RD FOR THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT. IN
ADDITION...IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...THE CURRENT STRING OF 10
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 33 DEGREES IS
TIED FOR SECOND LONGEST STRING. THE DETAILS FOLLOW.

...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...
RECORDS GO BACK TO 1938.
LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 30 DEGREES.

1. 12 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING FEBRUARY 4...1940.
2. 10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING JANUARY 11...2010.
   10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING DECEMBER 27...2000.
   10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING FEBRUARY 21...1958.

...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...
RECORDS GO BACK TO 1874.
LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 30 DEGREES.

1. 13 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING FEBRUARY 8...1966.
2. 11 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING DECEMBER 26...1960.
3. 10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING JANUARY 11...2010.
   10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING JANUARY 7...2001.

...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...
RECORDS GO BACK TO 1893.
LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 33 DEGREES.

1. 12 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING FEBRUARY 4...1940.
2. 10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING JANUARY 11...2010.
   10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING JANUARY 5...1918.
   10 DAYS IN A ROW...ENDING FEBRUARY 16...1895.

THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY MORNINGS TO BE BELOW 30 DEGREES AT BOTH CHARLESTON AND
SAVANNAH. IF THIS OCCURS....THE CURRENT STRING OF LOW TEMPERATURES
AT OR BELOW 30 DEGREES WILL BE THE LONGEST EVER RECORDED AT THE
CHARLESTON AIRPORT AND TIED FOR THE LONGEST EVER RECORDED AT THE
SAVANNAH AIRPORT.

THE CURRENT STRING OF LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 33 DEGREES IN
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON MAY COME TO AN END TONIGHT AS THE LOW IS
FORECAST TO BE 35.

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