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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
535 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

...THE WARM MARCH CONTINUES...

BOTH THE CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH AIRPORTS STRETCH OF DAYS WHERE THE 
TEMPERATURE HAS REACHED 80 DEGREES OR GREATER.

AS OF TODAY...THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT HAS REACHED AT LEAST 80 DEGREES 
FOR 8 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THIS 8 DAY STREAK TIES IT FOR THE SECOND 
LONGEST MARCH STRETCH OF 80 DEGREES OR MORE.

THE 7 DAYS IN A ROW STRETCH AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT ENDED 
YESTERDAY TYING IT FOR THE LONGEST RECORDED STRETCH OF 80 DEGREES OR 
GREATER IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.


...CONSECUTIVE MARCH DAYS OF 80 DEGREES OR GREATER...

SAVANNAH AIRPORT...
1. 1894...10 DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 14 THROUGH MARCH 23. 
2. 2012...8 DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 14 THROUGH MARCH 21 (ONGOING). 
2. 1898...8 DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 17 THROUGH MARCH 24. 
2. 1990...8 DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 10 THROUGH MARCH 17. 
2. 1991...8 DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 21 THROUGH MARCH 28. 

CHARLESTON AIRPORT...
1. 2012...7 DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 14 THROUGH MARCH 20.
1. 1990...7 DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 11 THROUGH MARCH 17.

IN ADDITION...THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT HAS SEEN 9 DAYS THIS MONTH WHERE 
THE TEMPERATURE HAS REACHED 80 DEGREES OR GREATER AND THE CHARLESTON 
AIRPORT HAS SEEN 8 DAYS. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER THE AMOUNT OF DAYS 
WITH 80 DEGREES OR MORE IS WELL BELOW THE MARCH RECORD OF 15 
DAYS...WHICH WAS SET IN 1945 AT BOTH SITES.

WEATHER RECORDS GO BACK TO 1874 FOR SAVANNAH...AND BACK TO 1938 FOR 
CHARLESTON. 

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