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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
947 PM EST MON JAN 3 2011

...VERY COLD DECEMBER 2010 ACROSS THE AREA...

DECEMBER 2010 WAS UNUSUALLY COLD ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND 
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR CHARLESTON 
AIRPORT...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH WERE ALL CLOSE TO THE 
COLDEST MONTHS OF DECEMBER ON RECORD. IN ADDITION...THERE WERE A 
RECORD NUMBER OF DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES AS WELL 
AS BELOW 28 DEGREES. LASTLY...THE 0.2 INCHES OF SNOW AT CHARLESTON 
AIRPORT MAKES IT THE 4TH SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.


...CHARLESTON AIRPORT...

AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 
DECEMBER WAS 42.7 DEGREES...7.8 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE OF 50.5 DEGREES. THIS PLACES 2010 AS THE SECOND COLDEST 
DECEMBER IN RECORDED HISTORY BEHIND 2000 WHEN THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE WAS 42.6 DEGREES. ADDITIONALLY...THE LOW TEMPERATURE 
DROPPED TO 32 DEGREES OR LESS ON 21 DAYS OUT OF THE MONTH...THE 
MOST EVER ON RECORD DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE LOW 
TEMPERATURE FELL TO 28 DEGREES OR LESS 12 TIMES DURING THE 
MONTH...TIED FOR THE THIRD MOST IN RECORDED HISTORY. RECORDS GO BACK 
TO 1938.

DECEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...
1. 42.6...2000
2. 42.7...2010
3. 43.1...1989
4. 43.7...1960
5. 43.8...1963
30 YEAR /1971-2000/ CLIMATE NORMAL TEMPERATURE...50.5

DECEMBER DAYS WITH LOWS 32 DEGREES OR LESS...
1. 21 DAYS...2010
2. 20 DAYS...1963 
   20 DAYS...1944 
4. 19 DAYS...1960
DECEMBER AVERAGE...9 DAYS
YEARLY AVERAGE....28 DAYS

DECEMBER DAYS WITH LOWS 28 DEGREES OR LESS...
1. 14 DAYS...2000
   14 DAYS...1960
3. 12 DAYS...2010
   12 DAYS...1944 
DECEMBER AVERAGE...5 DAYS
YEARLY AVERAGE....16 DAYS


...SAVANNAH...

AT SAVANNAH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WAS 
43.7 DEGREES...7.7 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 51.4 
DEGREES. THIS PLACES DECEMBER 2010 AS TIED FOR THE SECOND COLDEST 
DECEMBER IN RECORDED HISTORY BEHIND 2000 WHEN THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE WAS 43.6 DEGREES AND TIED WITH 1963 AND 1989. 
ADDITIONALLY...THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 32 DEGREES OR LESS 21 
DAYS OF THE MONTH...TIED FOR THE MOST EVER ON RECORD DURING THE 
MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE LOW TEMPERATURE FELL TO 28 DEGREES OR LESS 15 
TIMES DURING THE MONTH...THE MOST IN RECORDED HISTORY. RECORDS GO 
BACK TO 1874.

DECEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...
1. 43.6...2000
2. 43.7...1963
   43.7...1989
   43.7...2010
5. 43.8...1917
30 YEAR /1971-2000/ CLIMATE NORMAL TEMPERATURE...51.4

DECEMBER DAYS WITH LOWS 32 DEGREES OR LESS...
1. 21 DAYS...2010
   21 DAYS...1960
3. 20 DAYS...2000
DECEMBER AVERAGE...5 DAYS
YEARLY AVERAGE....16 DAYS

DECEMBER DAYS WITH LOWS 28 DEGREES OR LESS...
1. 15 DAYS...2010 
2. 14 DAYS...2000
3. 13 DAYS...1960
DECEMBER AVERAGE...3 DAYS
YEARLY AVERAGE.....9 DAYS


...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...

IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 
DECEMBER WAS 44.7 DEGREES...8.1 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE OF 52.8 DEGREES. THIS PLACES 2010 AS THE FOURTH COLDEST 
DECEMBER IN RECORDED HISTORY BEHIND 1917...1989 AND 1935. 
ADDITIONALLY...THE LOW TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 32 DEGREES OR LESS 
EIGHT DAYS OF THE MONTH...TIED FOR THE SIXTH MOST IN RECORDED 
HISTORY DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE LOW TEMPERATURE FELL TO 28 
DEGREES OR LESS TWO TIMES DURING THE MONTH...WHICH WAS NOT IN THE 
TOP TEN. RECORDS GO BACK TO 1870.

DECEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...
1. 42.0...1917
2. 44.3...1989
3. 44.6...1935
4. 44.7...2010
5. 45.1...1963
30 YEAR /1971-2000/ CLIMATE NORMAL TEMPERATURE...52.8

DECEMBER DAYS WITH LOWS 32 DEGREES OR LESS...
1. 12 DAYS...1935
2. 11 DAYS...2000
   11 DAYS...1917
4.  9 DAYS...1977
    9 DAYS...1960
6.  8 DAYS...2010
    8 DAYS...1901
DECEMBER AVERAGE...3 DAYS
YEARLY AVERAGE....10 DAYS


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