000 CXUS52 KCHS 120933 RRA CLACHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 109 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1860 TO 2007 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 08/01/1999 LOW 6 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 99 08/22 MM MM 98 08/04 08/06 08/10 LOWEST 25 12/18 MM MM 19 12/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.6 76.0 1.6 77.3 AVG. MINIMUM 56.5 54.8 1.7 55.9 MEAN 67.1 65.4 1.7 66.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 70 58.0 12.0 69 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 19 28.0 -9.0 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 74.87 1945 MINIMUM 28.80 1931 TOTALS 42.05 51.53 -9.48 49.31 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.14 -0.03 0.14 DAYS >= .01 95 112.0 -17.0 91 DAYS >= .10 66 76.0 -10.0 60 DAYS >= .50 27 34.0 -7.0 31 DAYS >= 1.00 12 14.0 -2.0 22 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.48 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS DAILY TOTAL 6.0 12/23/1989 ANNUAL TOTAL 8.9 1989 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1582 2013 -431 1653 SINCE 7/1 502 746 -244 595 COOLING TOTAL 2469 2313 156 2370 SINCE 1/1 2469 2313 156 2370 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 11/27 LATEST 02/10 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/200 DATE 04/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/190 DATE 04/15 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$