NOUS42 KCHS 011329
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
929 AM EDT THU JUL 1 2010

...WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD SET IN NORTH CHARLESTON SC...
...2ND WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD SET IN SAVANNAH GA...
...3RD WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD SET IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...

JUNE 2010 WILL GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS ONE OF THE WARMEST
MONTHS ON RECORD...BASED ON AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.

IN NORTH CHARLESTON SC...OBSERVATIONS TAKEN FROM THE CHARLESTON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INDICATE THAT JUNE 2010 WAS THE WARMEST JUNE
ON RECORD WITH A DATA HISTORY GOING BACK TO 1938. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 83.4 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 5.2 DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.2 DEGREES. THIS
ECLIPSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD OF
82.8 DEGREES SET IN 1998. IN ADDITION...25 OF THE 30 DAYS HAD A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 OR ABOVE...INCLUDING 21 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM
THE 10TH THROUGH THE 30TH.

IN SAVANNAH GEORGIA...OBSERVATIONS TAKEN FROM THE SAVANNAH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INDICATE THAT JUNE 2010 WAS THE 2ND WARMEST
JUNE ON RECORD WITH A DATA HISTORY GOING BACK TO 1870. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 83.6 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 4.8 DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.8 DEGREES. THIS TIES
FOR THE 2ND WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD...LAST SET IN 1952. IN
ADDITION...25 OF THE 30 DAYS HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 OR
ABOVE...INCLUDING 20 STRAIGHT DAYS FROM THE 10TH THROUGH THE 29TH
AND THE 14TH HAD A HIGH OF 102 AND THE 15TH HAD A HIGH OF 100.

IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT WATERFRONT PARK
INDICATE THAT JUNE 2010 WAS THE 3RD WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD WITH A
DATA HISTORY GOING BACK TO 1870. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 83.3
DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 3.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.4 DEGREES. THIS TIES FOR THE 3RD WARMEST
JUNE ON RECORD...LAST SET IN 1981. IN ADDITION...14 OF THE 30 DAYS
HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 OR ABOVE.

TOP 5 WARMEST MONTHS OF JUNE AT NORTH CHARLESTON SC...
2010...83.4 DEGREES
1998...82.8 DEGREES
1981...82.7 DEGREES
1952...82.0 DEGREES
1986...81.4 DEGREES

TOP 5 WARMEST MONTHS OF JUNE AT SAVANNAH GA...
1981...84.5 DEGREES
2010/1952...83.6 DEGREES
1944...83.4 DEGREES
1943...83.1 DEGREES
1998...83.0 DEGREES

TOP 5 WARMEST MONTHS OF JUNE IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...
1998...85.5 DEGREES
1952...84.0 DEGREES
2010/1981...83.3 DEGREES
1985/1943...82.4 DEGREES
1977/1944...82.0 DEGREES

FOR THE MONTH OF JULY...HERE ARE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...
NORTH CHARLESTON SC...81.7 DEGREES
SAVANNAH GA...82.1 DEGREES
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...82.8 DEGREES

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