502 CDUS42 KCHS 212108 CLICHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 508 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 2014... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1938 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 97 353 PM 100 1983 89 8 90 MINIMUM 76 628 AM 62 1961 72 4 74 AVERAGE 87 80 7 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.25 1988 0.23 -0.23 0.34 MONTH TO DATE 7.08 4.63 2.45 3.95 SINCE JUN 1 18.08 16.81 1.27 22.62 SINCE JAN 1 35.33 33.12 2.21 46.06 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 22 16 6 17 MONTH TO DATE 393 345 48 356 SINCE JUN 1 1477 1295 182 1349 SINCE JAN 1 1987 1657 330 1696 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 600 AM LOWEST 49 100 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 100 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 63 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2014........SUNRISE 647 AM EDT SUNSET 759 PM EDT AUGUST 22 2014........SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 757 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$