000 CDUS42 KCAE 212124 CLICAE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 524 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008 ................................... ...THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 86 358 PM 107 1983 89 -3 102 MINIMUM 73 711 AM 59 1998 70 3 77 AVERAGE 80 80 0 90 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.25 1927 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.71 3.75 1.96 0.64 SINCE JUN 1 12.02 14.28 -2.26 9.59 SINCE JAN 1 27.21 33.52 -6.31 20.51 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 T 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 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING TODAY 15 15 0 25 MONTH TO DATE 318 330 -12 467 SINCE JUN 1 1329 1239 90 1335 SINCE JAN 1 1580 1545 35 1643 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 200 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 106 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 58 1998 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE 651 AM EDT SUNSET 804 PM EDT AUGUST 22 2008........SUNRISE 651 AM EDT SUNSET 802 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$