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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
922 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...VERY DRY MONTH OF MAY AT CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

THE TOTAL OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AT CHARLESTON FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 
2011 WAS 0.41 INCH. THIS RANKS AS THE SECOND DRIEST MAY ON RECORD. 
THE FIVE DRIEST MAYS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

YEAR    RAINFALL
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1941      0.27
2011      0.41
2000      0.57
1944      0.68
1951      0.70

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