NOUS42 KCHS 011440
PNSCHS
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-020245-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
940 AM EST WED FEB 1 2012

...DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF
JANUARY 2012...

FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012...0.64 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS
MEASURED AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND 0.51 INCHES OF
RAINFALL WAS MEASURED AT WATERFRONT PARK DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC.
THIS PUTS CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.07 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON 2.43 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF
JANUARY. 
FOR THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...1.45 INCHES WAS
MEASURED. THIS PUTS THEM 2.24 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF JANUARY ON RECORD FOR
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1. 1950...0.63 INCHES 
2. 2012...0.64 INCHES 
3. 1952...0.76 INCHES 
4. 1949...0.77 INCHES 
5. 1985...0.87 INCHES

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF JANUARY ON RECORD FOR
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC...
1. 1898...0.19 INCHES 
2. 1928...0.43 INCHES 
3. 1902...0.45 INCHES 
4. 2012...0.51 INCHES 
5. 1911...0.56 INCHES

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF JANUARY ON RECORD FOR
SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1. 1902...0.30 INCHES
2. 1927...0.31 INCHES
3. 1898...0.36 INCHES
4. 1928...0.39 INCHES
5. 1890...0.44 INCHES
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35. 2012...1.45 INCHES


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