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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1136 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2012

...DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER 2011 AND THE YEAR OR 2011...

FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2011...0.65 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS
MEASURED AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND 0.48 INCHES
OF RAINFALL WAS MEASURED AT WATERFRONT PARK DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON
SC. THIS PUTS CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2.46 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON 2.12 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE
MONTH OF DECEMBER.

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1. 2008...0.35 INCHES
2. 2011...0.65 INCHES
3. 1984...0.66 INCHES
4. 1988...0.72 INCHES
5. 1955...0.83 INCHES

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...
1. 1919...0.19 INCHES
2. 2008...0.33 INCHES
3. 1933...0.40 INCHES
4. 1894...0.44 INCHES
5. 2011...0.48 INCHES

FOR THE YEAR OF 2011...37.01 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS MEASURED AT
THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...31.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL
WAS MEASURED AT WATERFRONT PARK DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...AND 34.61
INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS MEASURED AT THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THIS PUTS CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 14.02 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON 12.92 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...AND
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 13.35 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE
YEAR OF 2011. 

HERE ARE THE TOP 10 DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR CHARLESTON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1.  1954...30.31 INCHES
2.  1951...34.06 INCHES
3.  1955...36.11 INCHES
4.  1938...36.15 INCHES
5.  1942...36.99 INCHES
6.  2011...37.01 INCHES
7.  2004...39.23 INCHES
8.  2001...39.98 INCHES
9.  1978...40.89 INCHES
10. 1980...40.90 INCHES

HERE ARE THE TOP 10 DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...
1.  2000...27.63 INCHES 
2.  1931...28.80 INCHES 
3.  1927...29.86 INCHES 
4.  1996...30.03 INCHES 
5.  1954...31.02 INCHES 
6.  1938...31.10 INCHES 
7.  1918...31.33 INCHES 
8.  1908...31.40 INCHES 
9.  2011...31.50 INCHES 
10. 1911...31.68 INCHES

HERE ARE THE TOP 10 DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR SAVANNAH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1.  1931...22.00 INCHES
2.  1938...29.81 INCHES
3.  2001...31.64 INCHES
4.  1923...32.62 INCHES
5.  1954...32.83 INCHES
6.  2006...34.45 INCHES 
7.  2011...34.61 INCHES 
8.  1927...35.18 INCHES 
9.  1978...35.41 INCHES 
10. 1996...35.62 INCHES


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