PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
651 AM EST MON MAR 1 2010

...THE COLDEST FEBRUARY IN AT LEAST 30 YEARS...

FEBRUARY 2010 WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE COLDER FEBRUARYS ACROSS
THE LOCAL AREA. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS AT ITS
COLDEST IN 30 TO 32 YEARS.

HERE ARE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR FEBRUARY...

CHARLESTON AIRPORT...45.9 DEGREES. NORMAL IS 50.7 DEGREES.
THIS IS COLDEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1980 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS ALSO 45.9 DEGREES. THIS TIES FOR THE 9TH COLDEST FEBRUARY
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1938.

SAVANNAH AIRPORT...46.2 DEGREES. NORMAL IS 52.5 DEGREES. THIS IS
THE COLDEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1978 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
43.5 DEGREES. THIS MAKES IT THE 5TH COLDEST FEBRUARY SINCE RECORDS
BEGAN IN 1874.

DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...46.7 DEGREES. NORMAL IS 52.4 DEGREES. THIS
IS THE COLDEST FEBRUARY SINCE 1979 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 45.9 DEGREES. THIS MAKES IT THE 14TH COLDEST FEBRUARY SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893.

WHILE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER...THE 3 MONTH PERIOD OF DECEMBER...JANUARY
AND FEBRUARY HAS FINALLY COME TO AN END...THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH FROM
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER SUGGESTS IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE
COLD...WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

HERE ARE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS...FROM
DECEMBER 1 2009 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28 2010...

CHARLESTON AIRPORT...47.1 DEGREES. NORMAL IS 47.3 DEGREES.
SAVANNAH AIRPORT.....47.9 DEGREES. NORMAL IS 51.0 DEGREES.
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON..48.7 DEGREES. NORMAL IS 48.7 DEGREES.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT THE CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER WEB SITE AT...WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV.

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