PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1201 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2009 ...SECOND DRIEST MONTH OF SEPTEMBER RECORDED AT CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... ...FOURTH DRIEST MONTH OF SEPTEMBER RECORDED AT DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC... FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2009...0.48 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS RECEIVED AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND 0.98 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS RECEIVED AT WATERFRONT PARK DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC. THIS PUTS CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 5.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON 5.15 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... 1990... 0.18 INCHES 2009... 0.48 INCHES 1971... 0.53 INCHES 1943... 0.73 INCHES 2005... 0.97 INCHES HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC... 1985... 0.51 INCHES 1971... 0.83 INCHES 1990... 0.91 INCHES 2009... 0.98 INCHES 1981... 1.09 INCHES $$