812 CXUS52 KCHS 011314 CLMCHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 915 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1938 TO 2013 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 88 10/05 MM MM 88 10/07 10/04 10/02 10/01 LOWEST 38 10/26 MM MM 41 10/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.8 77.1 1.7 77.1 AVG. MINIMUM 58.8 56.8 2.0 57.2 MEAN 68.8 66.9 1.9 67.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.11 1994 MINIMUM T 2000 TOTALS 1.37 3.75 -2.38 1.06 DAYS >= .01 4 7.3 -3.3 5 DAYS >= .10 2 4.7 -2.7 2 DAYS >= .50 1 2.3 -1.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.28 10/06 TO 10/07 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 0 0 0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 42 66 -24 58 SINCE 7/1 42 69 -27 58 COOLING TOTAL 167 126 41 133 SINCE 1/1 2395 2264 131 2454 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/290 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 31/300 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...OCTOBER 2013 TEMPERATURE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 69.4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 0.8 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 82 ON 19 LOWEST TEMPERATURE 44 ON 26 HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 29 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -11 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON 29 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -12 COOLING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 172 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL 22 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON 2260 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -73 PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 1.41 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -2.26 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 0.83 ON 6-7 $$