729 CDUS42 KCHS 210548 CLICHS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 148 AM EDT SAT MAR 21 2015 ................................... ...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1938 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 70 535 PM 88 1982 71 -1 77 MINIMUM 54 741 AM 30 1939 48 6 46 AVERAGE 62 59 3 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 2.80 2003 0.12 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.26 2.38 -1.12 3.08 SINCE MAR 1 1.26 2.38 -1.12 3.08 SINCE JAN 1 9.19 9.05 0.14 7.93 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.5 -0.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 7 -4 3 MONTH TO DATE 116 177 -61 230 SINCE MAR 1 116 177 -61 230 SINCE JUL 1 1853 1813 40 1753 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 25 18 7 2 SINCE MAR 1 25 18 7 2 SINCE JAN 1 29 25 4 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 66 500 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 87 1982 1968 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 29 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2015.........SUNRISE 723 AM EDT SUNSET 732 PM EDT MARCH 22 2015.........SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 733 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$