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CLICHS

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1236 AM EST TUE NOV 24 2009


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...THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 23 2009...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1860 TO 2009


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         60    234 PM  83    1941  68     -8       58
  MINIMUM         54    215 AM  25    1976  44     10       27
  AVERAGE         57                        56      1       43

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.70 1961   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.14                      2.03   0.11     0.45
  SINCE SEP 1      5.33                     11.10  -5.77    17.23
  SINCE JAN 1     45.80                     47.66  -1.86    45.15

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        8                         9     -1       22
  MONTH TO DATE  112                       159    -47      233
  SINCE SEP 1    171                       233    -62      344
  SINCE JUL 1    171                       233    -62      344
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.8


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM
 LOWEST     86           600 PM
 AVERAGE    93

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THE NORTH CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        82      1986
                                             1973
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        21      1970


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 24 2009......SUNRISE   659 AM EST   SUNSET   515 PM EST
NOVEMBER 25 2009......SUNRISE   700 AM EST   SUNSET   514 PM EST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON ALONG WATERFRONT PARK THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
YESTERDAY WAS 62 DEGREES AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 55 DEGREES. THE
NORMAL HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES FOR YESTERDAY ARE 66 AND 51. THE
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR YESTERDAY IS 78 DEGREES SET IN 1953. THE
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR YESTERDAY IS 32 DEGREES SET IN 1956.
RAINFALL YESTERDAY WAS 0.00 INCHES. THE MONTHLY TOTAL IS 2.61 INCHES
AND THE YEARLY TOTAL IS 37.46 INCHES.

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