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PNSCHS
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-030100-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
601 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...SECOND WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT...

ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL THIS YEAR HAD BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...THE REST OF THE MONTH...OTHER THAN 3 DAYS...WERE
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RESULTED IN THE SECOND WARMEST APRIL AT THE
CHARLESTON AIRPORT SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1938.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL 2011 WAS 68.8 DEGREES...WHICH IS
OVER 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THIS INCLUDED 18 DAYS
WHERE THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 80 DEGREES OR GREATER AND 3 DAYS
OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER.

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 WARMEST APRILS AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT BASED
ON THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...

1. 2001......69.5 DEGREES 
2. 2011......68.8 DEGREES 
3. 1945......68.6 DEGREES
4. 1995......68.5 DEGREES
5. 1994......68.4 DEGREES

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

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