000 CXUS52 KCHS 012038 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 338 PM EST SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1860 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 10/05/1954 LOW 27 10/29/1976 10/30/1952 HIGHEST 90 10/10 MM MM 86 10/01 10/09 LOWEST 41 10/20 MM MM 35 10/29 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.0 77.0 0.0 AVG. MINIMUM 57.9 55.3 2.6 MEAN 67.5 66.2 1.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.0 2.0 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 12.11 1994 MINIMUM T 2000 TOTALS 2.71 3.09 -0.38 11.10 DAYS >= .01 7 6.0 1.0 DAYS >= .10 5 4.0 1.0 DAYS >= .50 2 2.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.97 10/05 TO 10/05 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 0.0 MM MM SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 59 74 -15 109 SINCE 7/1 59 74 -15 111 COOLING TOTAL 144 122 22 102 SINCE 1/1 2382 2270 112 2300 ................................................................. WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...OCTOBER 2009 TEMPERATURE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 69.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 0.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 87 ON 10 LOWEST TEMPERATURE 48 ON 18 AND 19 HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 38 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -6 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON 38 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -6 COOLING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 171 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 18 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON 2299 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -121 PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 3.95 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 0.93 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 1.40 ON 27 AND 28 $$