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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
531 PM EST TUE DEC 2 2008

...NOVEMBER CLIMATE SUMMARY...

THIS NOVEMBER WILL GO DOWN AS BELOW NORMAL FOR TEMPERATURES THANKS
TO A CHILLY SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. FLORENCE, SC HAD AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 50.6 DEGREES AND AN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
61.9 DEGREES. THESE WERE BOTH GOOD ENOUGH FOR 2ND PLACE
RESPECTIVELY FOR COLDEST NOVEMBER TEMPERATURES. WILMINGTON, NC
ALSO SAW A COLD NOVEMBER BUT HISTORICALLY SPEAKING NOTHING WAS
SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A PLACEMENT IN THE TOP 10.

BELOW IS A MORE DETAILED LIST OF CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER
2008. MYRTLE BEACH, SC AND LUMBERTON, NC WERE NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE
THEY DID NOT HAVE A LONG ENOUGH SET OF CLIMATE HISTORY.


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FLORENCE, SC...6 OUT OF THE FIRST 15 DAYS HAD HIGHS IN THE 70S.
FOR THE REMINDER OF THE MONTH WE NEVER REACHED 70 OR BETTER. OUR
AVERAGE HIGH FOR A 11 DAY STRETCH FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 26TH
WAS ONLY 53.4!

FLORENCE, SC
NOVEMBER LOWEST AVERAGE OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
RECORDS SINCE 1948

1)  49.0        1976
2)  50.6*       1967/2008
4)  50.7        1996/1951
6)  50.9        1984
7)  51.3        1950
8)  51.7        1969/1997
10) 52.1        2002/1981

FLORENCE, SC
NOVEMBER LOWEST AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
RECORDS SINCE 1948

1)  60.4        1976
2)  61.9*       2008
3)  62.4        1962/1996
5)  62.6        1997
6)  62.7        1951
7)  63.4        2002
8)  63.6        1984
9)  63.7        1972/1954


FLORENCE, SC
NOVEMBER 2008 SUMMARY

2008 AVERAGE HIGH       61.9 (-4.7)         AVERAGE HIGH    66.6
2008 AVERAGE LOW        39.3 (-4.9)         AVERAGE LOW     44.2
2008 AVERAGE TEMP       50.6 (-4.8)         AVERAGE TEMP    55.4


*OTHER NOTABLES...TIED FOR 8TH COLDEST AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT 39.3.


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WILMINGTON, NC...8 OF THE FIRST 15 DAYS HAD HIGHS IN THE 70S. WE ONLY
HIT 70 ONCE FOR THE REMINDER OF THE MONTH AND THAT OCCURRED ON
THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH (70). OUR AVERAGE HIGH FOR A 11 DAY
STRETCH FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE 26TH WAS ONLY 53.3!

WILMINGTON, NC
NOVEMBER 2008 SUMMARY

2008 AVERAGE HIGH        63.4 (-4.4)        AVERAGE HIGH    67.8
2008 AVERAGE LOW         42.0 (-3.1)        AVERAGE LOW     45.1
2008 AVERAGE TEMP        52.7 (-3.9)        AVERAGE TEMP    56.6

*OTHER NOTABLES...52.7 TIED WITH 1962 FOR THE 17TH COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.
*OTHER NOTABLES...42.0 TIED WITH 1974 AND 1956 FOR 17TH COLDEST AVERAGE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.





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HEDEN