000 CXUS52 KCHS 012040 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 428 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2008 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1860 TO 2008 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 56 08/18/1979 HIGHEST 100 08/06 MM MM 99 08/22 08/10 08/06 LOWEST 67 08/14 MM MM 70 08/03 AVG. MAXIMUM 89.4 89.4 0.0 AVG. MINIMUM 73.1 71.6 1.5 MEAN 81.2 80.5 0.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 15 16.0 -1.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.99 1974 MINIMUM 0.73 1980 TOTALS 5.99 6.91 -0.92 5.28 DAYS >= .01 17 13.0 4.0 DAYS >= .10 12 9.0 3.0 DAYS >= .50 3 5.0 -2.0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 2.0 -1.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.78 08/21 TO 08/22 DEGREE_DAYS COOLING TOTAL 510 494 16 587 SINCE 1/1 1852 1800 52 1831 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/220 DATE 08/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/220 DATE 08/07 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...AUGUST 2008 TEMPERATURE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 81.2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -0.4 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 95 ON 5 AND 6 LOWEST TEMPERATURE 69 ON 14 HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 0 SEASONAL TOTAL 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 511 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -3 SEASONAL TOTAL 1823 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -67 PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 10.00 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 3.46 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 3.85 ON 12 AND 13 $$