National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
500 AM EDT NOV 2 2013

...FIRST FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON...
...BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA...
...16TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA...
...SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA...

OCTOBER TRENDED TO BE WARMER THAN NORMAL ACROSS THE REGION ALONG 
WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 1 TO 2 DEGREES 
ABOVE NORMAL. RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE PEE DEE...BUT WAS 
WELL BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL 
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. CLIMATOLOGICALLY THE FALL IS ONE OF THE DRIEST 
PERIODS ACROSS THE REGION. THE FIRST FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES 
OF THE SEASON OCCURRED ON THE 24TH THROUGH THE 27TH. THE COLDEST 
MORNING WAS SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH. WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 
ACROSS THE REGION AND CALM WINDS THERE WERE MANY REPORTS OF FROST 
AND TEMPERATURES THAT DIPPED INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. AS 
FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THERE WERE NO EVENTS DURING THE MONTH. THERE 
WAS ONE HEAVY RAIN EVENT THAT OCCURRED ON THE EVENING OF THE 7TH AS 
A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE COLUMBIA 
METRO AREA PRODUCED RAPID RISES ALONG ROCKY BRANCH CREEK IN DOWNTOWN 
COLUMBIA. ALTHOUGH THE CREEK DID NOT QUITE REACH FLOOD STAGE...IT 
DID BRIEFLY CAUSE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE MAIN STREET AND WHALEY STREET 
AREA. ON AVERAGE...RAINFALL ACROSS THE STATE WAS AROUND 1 INCH. THE 
PEE DEE REGION RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT RANGED 
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OR 90 TO 110 PERCENT OF NORMAL. HOWEVER...ACROSS 
THE NORTHERN CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE 
AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...WHICH IS 10 TO 25 PERCENT OF 
NORMAL.  

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD WAS 65.2 
DEGREES OR 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 64.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT WAS 66.3 DEGREES OR 2.2 
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 64.1 DEGREES.   

PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL AT BOTH AUGUSTA AND COLUMBIA FOR THE 
MONTH. THE TOTAL RAINFALL AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD WAS 0.36 
INCHES OR 2.91 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.27 INCHES. IT WAS THE 
16TH DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. THE TOTAL RAINFALL AT 
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT WAS 1.98 INCHES OR 1.19 INCHES BELOW THE 
NORMAL OF 3.17 INCHES.  


HERE ARE SOME OF HIGHEST AND LOWEST RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR 
COCORAHS AND NWS COOP OBSERVERS:

COCORAHS:

SC-NW-5  (PROSPERITY 4.4 ESE)............3.70 INCHES
SC-AK-47 (AIKEN 4.3 SSW).................3.00 INCHES
SC-AK-4  (N. AUGUSTA 4.2 NE).............2.45 INCHES
SC-LX-79 (BATESBURG-LEESVILLE 14.5 SE)...2.21 INCHES
SC-ED-2  (TRENTON 6.3 SSW)...............2.17 INCHES

SC-OR-11 (NEESES 7.0 SE).................0.06 INCHES
SC-LX-83 (SWANSEA 0.2 ENE)...............0.08 INCHES
SC-MC-5  (MCCORMICK 2.3 W)...............0.09 INCHES
SC-CD-7  (MANNING 3.3 WNW)...............0.14 INCHES
GA-MD-1  (THOMSON 2.5 S).................0.17 INCHES


NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS:

CHERAW WATER PLANT (CEWS1)...............5.29 INCHES
CHESTERFIELD 3 E (CTFS1).................4.64 INCHES
BISHOPVILLE WAGS 1 ENE (BSPS1)...........3.65 INCHES
SUMTER (SMRS1)...........................2.00 INCHES
LITTLE MOUNTAIN (LIMS1)..................1.63 INCHES


MCCORMICK (MCCS1)........................0.10 INCHES
LAKE GREENWOOD (CHPS1)...................0.17 INCHES
SALUDA WATER PLANT (SADS1)...............0.19 INCHES
ORANGEBURG 2 (ORBS1).....................0.24 INCHES
WAYNESBORO GA (WYNG1)....................0.33 INCHES



EVENTS DURING OCTOBER:

OCTOBER 7TH...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PRODUCED LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE COLUMBIA METRO AREA. DURING THE EVENT 1.91 
INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT AND 0.90 INCHES 
RAIN FELL AT THE NWS RAIN GAUGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
MOST OF THE RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED 
RAPID RISES ALONG ROCKY BRANCH CREEK IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA. THE CREEK 
CRESTED AT 7.1 FEET AT WHALEY STREET AND MAIN STREET. FLOOD STAGE IS 
7.2 FEET. 

OCTOBER 24TH-27TH...
A SEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS SETTLED DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AS COLD 
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND A COLD FRONT. 
THIS COLD AIR PRODUCED THE FIRST FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF 
THE SEASON ACROSS THE AREA. THE MORNING OF SATURDAY THE 26TH WAS THE 
COLDEST WITH MANY REPORTS OF FROST AND MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES IN 
THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. 

HERE ARE THE COLDEST MORNING TEMPERATURES REPORTED ON THE 26TH:

CEDAR CREEK (RICHLAND CO.).......................26 DEGREES 
9 WNW JEFFERSON (LANCASTER CO.)..................27 DEGREES 
1 S PELION (LEXINGTON CO.).......................27 DEGREES 
4 NW PELION (LEXINGTON CO.)......................27 DEGREES 
PROSPERITY (NEWBERRY CO.)........................27 DEGREES 
SILVERSTREET (NEWBERRY CO.)......................27 DEGREES 
2 E CANE SAVANNAH 9SUMTER CO.)...................28 DEGREES 
CHERAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CHESTERFIELD CO.)......28 DEGREES 
CLARKES LAKE NEAR SAVANNAH RIVER (AIKEN CO.).....28 DEGREES 
LANCASTER COUNTY AIRPORT (LANCASTER CO.).........28 DEGREES 
PINE RIDGE (LEXINGTON CO.).......................28 DEGREES 
3 SSE RED BANK (LEXINGTON CO.)...................28 DEGREES 
3 SSE RIDGEWAY (FAIRFIELD CO.)...................28 DEGREES 
THOMSON-MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT (MCDUFFIE CO.)...28 DEGREES


HIGHEST TEMPERATURES AT EACH STATION FOR THE MONTH:

AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.......90 DEGREES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT............90 DEGREES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH
HAMILTON-OWENS FIELD COLUMBIA.....90 DEGREES ON THE 5TH
DANIEL FIELD AUGUSTA..............88 DEGREES ON THE 5TH
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT.........88 DEGREES ON THE 5TH
 

LOWEST TEMPERATURES AT EACH STATION FOR THE MONTH:

AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.......30 DEGREES ON THE 26TH
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT............30 DEGREES ON THE 26TH
HAMILTON-OWENS FIELD COLUMBIA.....34 DEGREES ON THE 26TH
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT.........36 DEGREES ON THE 26TH
DANIEL FIELD AUGUSTA..............37 DEGREES ON THE 26TH
 

BELOW ARE THE HIGHEST RECORDED WIND GUSTS DURING THE MONTH: 

ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB)..........38 MPH ON THE 23RD
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE).............37 MPH ON THE 23RD
AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD (AGS)........35 MPH ON THE 23RD
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (DNL)...............32 MPH ON THE 23RD
HAMILTON-OWENS FIELD COLUMBIA (CUB)......30 MPH ON THE 23RD

AREA LAKES...
LAKE THURMOND (CHDS1)....................36 MPH ON THE 23RD
FLOTILLA ISLAND LAKE MURRAY (LMFS1)......32 MPH ON THE 23RD
LAKE WATEREE (WATS1).....................30 MPH ON THE 23RD


RICHLAND COUNTY MESONET WIND GUSTS ON THE 23RD:
WILLIAMS BRICE STADIUM...................46 MPH 
LAKE MURRAY DAM..........................34 MPH
PINE VIEW-GARNERS FERRY..................32 MPH
ST. ANDREWS..............................30 MPH         



RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA: 
THERE WERE NO RECORDS EITHER TIED OR BROKEN.


RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA: 
THERE WERE NO RECORDS EITHER TIED OR BROKEN.



YEAR TO DATE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS...

COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES 
AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP   AVG TEMP   NORM  DEPARTURE 
JAN 2012  61.8/+5.8      36.9/+3.2      49.4      44.8    +4.6 
FEB       64.1/+3.8      40.3/+3.5      52.2      48.5    +3.7 
MAR       77.7/+9.5      53.2/+10.2     65.4      55.6    +9.8 
APR       79.3/+3.0      54.7/+4.3      67.0      63.4    +3.6 
MAY       85.8/+2.0      64.9/+5.4      75.4      71.7    +3.7
JUN       88.4/-1.6      66.6/-1.6      77.5      79.1    -1.6
JUL       95.8/+3.1      74.2/+2.6      85.0      82.2    +2.8
AUG       89.5/-1.2      71.3/+0.3      80.4      80.8    -0.4 
SEP       85.9/+0.7      65.1/+0.9      75.5      74.7    +0.8 
OCT       76.6/+0.5      53.4/+1.3      65.0      64.1    +0.9      
NOV       65.5/-1.8      42.3/-3.9      52.0      54.8    -2.8
DEC       63.2/+5.0      41.9/+6.6      52.5      46.7    +5.8

2012 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE                66.5      63.9    +2.4 

JAN 2013  64.0/+8.0      41.1/+7.4      52.5      44.8    +7.7
FEB       59.2/-1.1      36.2/-0.6      47.7      48.5    -0.8
MAR       63.5/-4.7      38.5/-4.5      51.0      55.6    -4.6 
APR       76.7/+0.4      53.4/+3.0      65.0      63.4    +1.6 
MAY       81.4/-2.4      59.2/-0.3      70.3      71.7    -1.4
JUN       88.1/-1.9      70.1/+1.9      79.1      79.1     0.0
JUL       88.4/-4.3      72.7/+1.1      80.5      82.2    -1.7 
AUG       87.6/-3.1      71.0/ 0.0      79.3      80.8    -1.5    
SEP       86.9/+1.7      65.5/+0.3      76.2      74.7    +1.5 
OCT       77.9/+1.8      54.8/+2.7      66.3      64.1    +2.2

AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND 
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP  AVG TEMP    NORM  DEPARTURE
JAN 2012  63.4/+5.5      34.3/+1.5     48.8       45.4    +3.4 
FEB       65.6/+3.3      39.1/+3.2     52.4       49.1    +3.3 
MAR       77.0/+7.1      51.0/+9.0     64.0       55.9    +8.1  
APR       79.4/+2.0      51.3/+3.2     65.4       62.7    +2.7
MAY       86.0/+1.0      61.6/+4.3     73.8       71.1    +2.7
JUN       87.6/-3.4      61.8/-4.4     74.7       78.6    -3.9
JUL       96.0/+2.6      71.5/+1.7     83.7       81.6    +2.1
AUG       88.6/-3.2      69.0/-0.3     78.8       80.5    -1.7 
SEP       85.4/-1.3      62.2/-0.4     73.8       74.9    -0.8 
OCT       77.4/-0.3      52.0/+1.0     64.7       64.4    +0.3    
NOV       65.7/-3.4      41.4/-5.3     50.9       55.2    -4.3
DEC       62.7/+2.7      39.3/+4.8     51.0       47.2    +3.8

2012 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE               65.2       63.9    +1.3

JAN 2013 65.4/+7.5       39.4/+6.6     52.4       45.4    +7.0 
FEB      59.8/-2.5       35.5/-0.4     47.6       49.1    -1.5
MAR      63.8/-6.1       37.9/-4.1     50.8       55.9    -5.1
APR      76.2/-1.1       48.5/+0.4     62.4       62.7    -0.3 
MAY      81.0/-4.0       55.8/-1.5     68.4       71.1    -2.7
JUN      88.2/-2.8       67.4/+1.2     77.8       78.6    -0.8 
JUL      87.9/-5.5       71.0/+1.2     79.5       81.6    -2.1 
AUG      87.7/-4.1       68.6/-0.7     78.2       80.5    -2.3 
SEP      87.2/+0.5       61.8/-0.8     74.5       74.6    -0.1
OCT      78.4/+0.7       51.9/+0.9     65.2       64.4    +0.8


COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL  DEPARTURE
              (INCHES)
JAN 2012       1.76     3.58    -1.82
FEB            2.46     3.61    -1.15
MAR            2.21     3.73    -1.52
APR            2.28     2.62    -0.34
MAY            4.71     2.97    +1.74
JUN            4.18     4.69    -0.51
JUL            6.96     5.46    +1.50
AUG            9.81     5.26    +4.55
SEP            1.84     3.54    -1.70
OCT            1.42     3.17    -1.75
NOV            1.62     2.74    -1.12
DEC            3.51     3.22    +0.29

2012 TOTAL    42.76    44.59    -1.83

JAN 2013       1.21     3.58    -2.37
FEB            5.51     3.61    +1.90
MAR            3.65     3.73    -0.08
APR            4.63     2.62    +2.01 
MAY            3.62     2.97    +0.65
JUN            6.17     4.69    +1.48
JUL           11.21     5.46    +5.75 
AUG            7.51     5.26    +2.25
SEP            2.04     3.54    -1.50    
OCT            1.98     3.17    -1.19


AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL   DEPARTURE  
              (INCHES)  
JAN 2012       1.40     3.91     -2.51 
FEB            1.12     3.92     -2.80
MAR            2.28     4.18     -1.90
APR            1.45     2.84     -1.39
MAY            4.56     2.65     +1.91
JUN            2.48     4.72     -2.24
JUL            1.54     4.33     -2.79
AUG           12.28     4.32     +7.96
SEP            1.84     3.22     -1.38
OCT            1.36     3.27     -1.91
NOV            1.10     2.82     -1.72
DEC            4.67     3.39     +1.28

2012 TOTAL    36.08    43.57     -7.49

JAN 2013       0.60     3.91     -3.31
FEB            9.40     3.92     +5.48 
MAR            3.11     4.18     -1.07
APR            4.23     2.84     +1.39
MAY            2.26     2.65     -0.39
JUN           10.83     4.72     +6.11
JUL            9.05     4.33     +4.72
AUG            5.84     4.32     +1.52
SEP            1.12     3.22     -2.10
OCT            0.36     3.27     -2.91


THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER...

THERE IS A 33 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR 
THE MONTH. AS FOR PRECIPITATION....THE FORECAST CALLS FOR EQUAL 
CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW OR NORMAL AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH. THIS MEANS 
THERE IS NO CLEAR CLIMATE SIGNAL THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE 
ABOVE...BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL.  

THE 3 MONTH OUTLOOK FOR THE EARLY WINTER (NOV/DEC/JAN)...

THE FORECAST CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW OR NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH. AS FOR PRECIPITATION...THE FORECAST 
CALLS FOR A 33 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION 
FOR THE MONTH.  THIS MEANS THERE IS NO CLEAR CLIMATE SIGNAL THAT 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE...BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL.

ENSO (EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION)...
ENSO NEUTRAL CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC 
OCEAN. MOST COMPUTER MODELS FAVOR ENSO NEUTRAL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2014. 


NOTE...
MUCH APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO OUR NWS COOPERATIVE WEATHER 
OBSERVERS...COCORAHS (COMMUNITY...COLLABORATIVE...RAIN...HAIL AND 
SNOW NETWORK) OBSERVERS...SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CLIMATE 
OFFICE...SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...RICHLAND COUNTY AND 
LOCAL WEATHER PARTNERS FOR THE DATA THEY PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE 
YEAR. THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. 

TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1887 AND FOR AUGUSTA  
BACK TO 1873. PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1878 AND 
FOR AUGUSTA BACK TO 1871. 

ADDITIONAL CLIMATE INFORMATION...INCLUDING CURRENT AND
ARCHIVED DAILY AND MONTHLY SUMMARIES...CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC HOME PAGE AT 
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAE .

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VAUGHAN