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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC                               
513 PM EDT SAT JUN 5 2004

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...THE CHARLESTON   AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 5 2004...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1860 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         89    343 PM 100    1943  86      3       87       
  MINIMUM         66    522 AM  53    1988  67     -1       71       
  AVERAGE         78                        76      2       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          2.37 1995   0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.87  -0.83     2.06    
  SINCE JUN 1      0.04                      0.87  -0.83     2.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     13.52                     18.47  -4.95    22.73    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           13                        11      2       14       
  MONTH TO DATE   74                        55     19       46       
  SINCE JUN 1     74                        55     19       46       
  SINCE JAN 1    549                       421    128      434       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                   
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          M500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46          M200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE CHARLESTON   AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87       100      1943                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        53      1946                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JUNE  5 2004..........SUNRISE   612 AM EDT   SUNSET   826 PM EDT   
JUNE  6 2004..........SUNRISE   612 AM EDT   SUNSET   826 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

&&

IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY WAS 81 DEGREES. 
THE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY WAS 73. NORMALS FOR TODAY ARE 83 AND 
73. THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY IS 94, SET IN 2001. THE 
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE IS 60, SET IN 1954. RAINFALL TODAY WAS 0.01 
INCHES. THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH IS 0.06 INCHES. THE YEARLY 
TOTAL IS 10.71 INCHES.

HERE ARE THE NEXT FOUR TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. THERE WILL BE 
A HIGH TIDE TONIGHT AT 11:09 PM. AND A LOW TIDE AT 5:30 AM SUNDAY. 
THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL BE AT 11:27 AM SUNDAY MORNING. AND THE NEXT 
LOW TIDE WILL BE AT 5:31 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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