NOUS42 KCHS 012129
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GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-022130-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
429 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013

...DRIEST AND 7TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD AT CHARLESTON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... 
...5TH DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AT
WATERFRONT PARK...

0.35 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013. THIS IS 3.36 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL JANUARY MONTHLY VALUE OF 3.71 INCHES. WITH PRECIPITATION
RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1938 AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...THIS MARKS AS THE DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. IN
ADDITION...ONLY 0.53 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.
THIS IS 2.41 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL JANUARY MONTHLY VALUE OF 2.94
INCHES. THIS RESULTS IN THE 5TH DRIEST JANUARY FOR DOWNTOWN
CHARLESTON SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1870.

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF JANUARY ON RECORD AT THE
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... 
2013...0.35 INCHES 
1950...0.63 INCHES
2012...0.64 INCHES 
1951...0.76 INCHES 
1949...0.77 INCHES

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 DRIEST MONTHS OF JANUARY ON RECORD IN DOWNTOWN
CHARLESTON AT WATERFRONT PARK...
1898...0.19 INCHES
1928...0.43 INCHES
1902...0.45 INCHES
2012...0.51 INCHES
2013...0.53 INCHES

IN ADDITION...A STRETCH OF 10 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES 70 DEGREES OR HIGHER AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT HELPED RESULT IN THE 7TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 2013 WAS 55.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 7
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL JANUARY MONTHLY VALUE OF 48.3 DEGREES.

HERE ARE THE TOP 10 WARMEST MONTHS OF JANUARY ON RECORD AT THE
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1974...61.8 DEGREES 
1950...60.8 DEGREES 
1949...58.5 DEGREES
1947...55.7 DEGREES 
1989...55.6 DEGREES 
1990...55.4 DEGREES
2013...55.3 DEGREES 
1952...55.2 DEGREES 
1972...54.8 DEGREES
2006...54.1 DEGREES

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