NOUS42 KCHS 011313
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
913 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2011

...2011 WAS THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD IN CHARLESTON AND 
SAVANNAH...

METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER...DEFINED AS JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST...HAS 
ENDED FOR THIS YEAR.

THE SUMMER OF 2011 WAS THE WARMEST SUMMER EVER RECORDED IN 
SAVANNAH GA /CURRENTLY KSAV/ WHERE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1874...AND
AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN CHARLESTON SC /KCHS/ WHERE RECORDS 
BEGAN IN 1938.  

AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3 MONTH 
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER PERIOD WAS 83.4 DEGREES...WHICH EXCEEDED THE 
AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURE OF 83.1 DEGREES ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR. 

HERE IS HOW THE SUMMER OF 2011 COMPARED TO OTHER WARM SUMMERS AT THE 
CHARLESTON AIRPORT:


        YEAR                AVERAGE JUN-JUL-AUG TEMPERATURE
        ----                -------------------------------

        2011                            83.4F
        2010                            83.1
        1998                            82.6
        1986                            82.5
        1993                            82.4

AT SAVANNAH...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3 MONTH PERIOD WAS 
84.0 DEGREES. THIS ECLIPSED THE AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURE OF 83.9 
DEGREES ALSO SET LAST YEAR.

HERE IS HOW THE SUMMER OF 2011 COMPARED TO OTHER WARM SUMMERS IN 
SAVANNAH:

        YEAR                AVERAGE JUN-JUL-AUG TEMPERATURE
        ----                -------------------------------

        2011                            84.0F
        2010                            83.9
        1993                            83.7
        1986                            83.3
        1943                            83.1

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