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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC                               
520 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2004

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...THE CHARLESTON   AIRPORT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 28 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         92   1241 PM 101    1949  91      1       90       
  MINIMUM         75    607 AM  65    1954  73      2       75       
  AVERAGE         84                        82      2       83      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.00          1.96 1985   0.20  -0.20     0.31    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.66                      5.51  -2.85     9.10    
  SINCE JUN 1      6.16                     11.43  -5.27    15.68    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.64                     29.03  -9.39    36.35    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           19                        17      2       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  507                       468     39      459       
  SINCE JUN 1    977                       876    101      876       
  SINCE JAN 1   1452                      1242    210     1264       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE CHARLESTON   AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   91       100      1993                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        63      1954                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY 28 2004..........SUNRISE   631 AM EDT   SUNSET   822 PM EDT   
JULY 29 2004..........SUNRISE   632 AM EDT   SUNSET   821 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

&&

IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON ALONG WATERFRONT PARK THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SO 
FAR TODAY WAS 85 DEGREES AND THE LOW WAS 80. NORMALS ARE 89 AND 77. 
THE RECORD HIGH IS 98 DEGREES SET IN 1949 AND THE RECORD LOW IS 71 
SET IN 1957. NO RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECORDED SO FAR TODAY. THIS LEAVES 
THE TOTAL FOR JULY AT 4.37 INCHES AND THE YEARLY TOTAL AT 17.28 
INCHES.

HERE ARE THE NEXT FOUR TIDES IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. THERE WILL BE 
A HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING AT 5:53 PM. AND A LOW TIDE EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING AT 12:21 AM. ANOTHER HIGH TIDE WILL BE AT 5:58 AM THURSDAY. 
AND ANOTHER LOW TIDE WILL BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 12:18 PM.

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