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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
408 PM EST FRI DEC 31 2010

...COLD WEATHER STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR OF 2010...

DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY COLD CONDITIONS DURING JANUARY...FEBRUARY AND
MARCH...AND AGAIN LATE THIS YEAR...AS THE YEAR CONCLUDES...2010 WILL
LIKELY BE REMEMBERED BY MANY.

AT THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT WE ESTABLISHED THE SECOND MOST DAYS DURING
A CALENDAR YEAR WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 32 DEGREES OR
COLDER...AND ALSO THE SECOND MOST DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FELL
TO 28 DEGREES OF COLDER. RECORDS AT SAVANNAH GO BACK TO 1874.

AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT IT WAS THE SIXTH MOST DAYS DURING A
CALENDAR YEAR WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 32 DEGREES OR
COLDER...AND ALSO THE SEVENTH MOST DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FELL
TO 28 DEGREES OR COLDER. RECORDS AT CHARLESTON GO BACK TO 1938.

AT DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON IT WAS THE SECOND MOST DAYS DURING A
CALENDAR YEAR WHERE THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 32 DEGREES OR COLDER.
DAYS WHERE IT WAS 28 DEGREES OR COLDER HOWEVER DID NOT MAKE THE
TOP 10. RECORDS AT DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON GO BACK TO 1893.


32 DEGREES OR COLDER DURING A CALENDAR YEAR...
SAVANNAH AIRPORT 
1. 64 DAYS...1968
2. 60 DAYS...2010
3. 52 DAYS...1969
YEARLY AVERAGE...19 DAYS


CHARLESTON AIRPORT
1. 68 DAYS...1968
2. 56 DAYS...1969
   56 DAYS...1960
4. 53 DAYS...1977
5. 52 DAYS...1941 
6. 51 DAYS...2010
   51 DAYS...1978
8. 50 DAYS...1981
   50 DAYS...1942
YEARLY AVERAGE...32 DAYS


DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON
1. 30 DAYS...1977
2. 26 DAYS...2010
3. 24 DAYS...1978
   24 DAYS...1963
YEARLY AVERAGE...11 DAYS



28 DEGREES OR COLDER DURING A CALENDAR YEAR...
SAVANNAH AIRPORT
1. 32 DAYS...1968
2. 30 DAYS...2010
3. 29 DAYS...2000
   29 DAYS...1970
YEARLY AVERAGE...9 DAYS


CHARLESTON AIRPORT
1. 38 DAYS...1977
   38 DAYS...1968
3. 31 DAYS...1981
4. 30 DAYS...1969
   30 DAYS...1960
6. 29 DAYS...1940
7. 27 DAYS...2010
8. 26 DAYS...1979
   26 DAYS...1978
YEARLY AVERAGE...16 DAYS 


THE DAYS OF 28 DEGREES OR COLDER DURING A CALENDAR YEAR DID NOT
MAKE THE TOP 10 AT DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.


FOR ADDITIONAL CLIMATE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT...
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CHS.

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