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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC                               
515 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004

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...THE CHARLESTON   AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8 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         86    239 PM  98    1986  87     -1       85       
  MINIMUM         72    956 AM  53    1998  67      5       74       
  AVERAGE         79                        77      2       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.84          4.61 1973   0.19   0.65     0.22    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.92                      1.43  -0.51     2.77    
  SINCE JUN 1      0.92                      1.43  -0.51     2.77    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.40                     19.03  -4.63    23.44    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           14                        12      2       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  118                        91     27       89       
  SINCE JUN 1    118                        91     27       89       
  SINCE JAN 1    593                       457    136      477       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    29   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          M100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     65          M200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE CHARLESTON   AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87        99      1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        59      1959                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JUNE  8 2004..........SUNRISE   611 AM EDT   SUNSET   827 PM EDT   
JUNE  9 2004..........SUNRISE   611 AM EDT   SUNSET   828 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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DOWNTOWN INFORMATION...

IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...ALONG WATERFRONT PARK...THE HIGH 
TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY WAS 81 DEGREES AND THE LOW WAS 77. NORMALS 
ARE 84 AND 73. THE RECORD HIGH IS 96 DEGREES SET IN 1952 AND THE 
RECORD LOW IS 58 SET IN 1997. NO RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECORDED SO FAR 
TODAY. THIS LEAVES THE TOTAL FOR JUNE AT 0.06 INCHES AND THE TOTAL 
FOR THE YEAR AT 10.71 INCHES.

TIDE INFORMATION...

HERE ARE THE NEXT FOUR TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. THERE WILL BE 
A LOW TIDE THIS EVENING AT 7:32 PM. AND A HIGH TIDE EARLY WEDNESDAY 
MORNING AT 2 AM. ANOTHER LOW TIDE WILL BE AT 8:14 AM WEDNESDAY. AND 
ANOTHER HIGH TIDE WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:29 PM.

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