CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2021
TEMPERATURES AROUND NORMAL FOR THE MONTH
PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH
RIVER FLOODING DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY
TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THEIR TREND OF NEAR NORMAL READINGS ACROSS
THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA IN JANUARY.
PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE WEATHER
WAS MOSTLY TRANQUIL FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE EVENT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
BROUGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE REGION DURING THE FIRST 3 DAYS
OF THE MONTH. THE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCED MINOR TO MODERATE RIVER
FLOODING ALONG MANY OF THE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. A VIGOROUS COLD
FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION ON THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OF
THE 27TH AND 28TH PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS.
AUGUSTA AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD FOR JANUARY
WAS 48.2 DEGREES OR 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 45.4 DEGREES.
COLUMBIA AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT FOR JANUARY WAS
45.6 DEGREES OR 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 44.8 DEGREES.
AUGUSTA RAINFALL
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD RECEIVED 4.87 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING
JANUARY, 0.96 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 3.91 INCHES
COLUMBIA RAINFALL
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT RECEIVED 5.32 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING
JANUARY, 1.74 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 3.58 INCHES
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST COOP OBSERVER MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS
FOR JANUARY 2021:
BAMS1 BAMBERG.....................7.14 INCHES
CTFS1 CHESTERFIELD 3 E.............6.60 INCHES
CEWS1 CHERAW WATER PLANT..........6.54 INCHES
GTFS1 GRANITEVILLE 1.2 NE.........6.29 INCHES
SWAS1 SWANSEA 3.5 NE..............6.02 INCHES
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST COCORAHS OBSERVER MONTHLY RAINFALL
TOTALS FOR JANUARY 2021:
SC-CF-5 PAGELAND 9.0 WSW........6.67 INCHES
SC-AK-23 AIKEN 1.0 SSW...........6.42 INCHES
SC-OR-11 NEESES 7.0 SE...........6.16 INCHES
SC-RC-30 HOPKINS 3.9 NNE.........6.11 INCHES
SC-LX-157 GILBERT 8.0 NE..........6.10 INCHES
GA-BK-1 WAYNESBORO 3.3 SW.......5.79 INCHES
GA-RC-12 AUGUSTA 4.2 W...........4.89 INCHES
GA-LC-2 TIGNALL 10.2 NE.........4.61 INCHES
GA-MD-5 THOMSON 2.6 S...........4.41 INCHES
GA-CU-9 APPLING 2.0 SE..........4.37 INCHES
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS AT ASOS SITES DURING JANUARY:
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB).......39 MPH ON THE 16TH
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE)..........39 MPH ON THE 16TH
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS)..............35 MPH ON THE 28TH
COLUMBIA HAMILTON OWENS FIELD (CUB)...34 MPH ON THE 16TH AND 28TH
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (CUB)............30 MPH ON THE 16TH
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ON THE AREA LAKES DURING JANUARY:
LAKE MURRAY TOWERS USGS (IRMS1).......41 MPH ON THE 16TH
LAKE MURRAY FLOTILLA ISLAND (LMFS1)...38 MPH ON THE 16TH
LAKE THURMOND DAM (CHDS1).............34 MPH ON THE 28TH
LAKE WATEREE DAM (WATS1)..............33 MPH ON THE 16TH
LAKE MURRAY WATER TEMPERATURES (NEAR SURFACE) AT THE TOWERS FOR
JANUARY:
WARMEST...55.4F ON THE 3RD AND 4TH.
COOLEST...50.9F ON THE 31ST
TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH
OF JANUARY:
AUGUSTA...
NONE
COLUMBIA...
NONE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS FOR JANUARY...
JAN. 1ST - 3RD: AN ARE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE UPSTATE AND INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION FROM THE 1ST TO THE 2ND. A SECONDARY UPPER LEVEL WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS THE REGION ON THE 3RD. THESE SYSTEMS PRODUCED
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL FROM
THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTION
OF THE CAROLINAS AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM
3 TO 5 INCHES WITH A FEW ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL
PRODUCED MINOR TO MODERATE RIVER FLOODING ALONG MANY OF THE AREA
RIVERS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. THE CONGAREE RIVER FROM
COLUMBIA DOWNSTREAM TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE WATEREE RIVER
EXPERIENCED NUISANCE FLOODING IN COLUMBIA TO MINOR TO MODERATE
FLOODING DOWNSTREAM. THE CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA CRESTED AT 14.84
FEET DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THEE 3RD. ADVISORY LEVEL AT
COLUMBIA IS 10.0 FEET AND FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. THE CONGAREE
RIVER AT CAROLINA EASTMAN EXPERIENCE MODERATE FLOODING AS THE RIVER
CRESTED AT 120.2 FEET DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS OF THE 3RD. FLOOD
STAGE IS 115.0 FEET. THE CONGAREE RIVER AT GADSDEN-CONGAREE NATIONAL
PARK CRESTED AT 17.20 FEET. THIS PRODUCED FLOODING OF THE LOWER
BOARDWALK ALONG WITH MANY OF THE LOW LYING AREAS AND SLOUGHS IN THE
PARK. FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. STEVENS CREEK AT MODOC CRESTED AT
22.75 FEET ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 2ND. FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
THE NORTH FORK OF THE EDISTO RIVER CRESTED AT 8.40 FEET DURING THE
LATE EVENING HOURS OF THE 6TH. FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. THE GREAT
PEE DEE RIVER AT CHERAW CRESTED AT FLOOD STAGE, WHICH IS 30.0 FEET
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 4TH.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE RIVER FLOODING
EVENT:
...LARGE NUMBER OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES ACROSS THE
MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...
LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE PROVIDER
GRANITEVILLE 5.89 IN 1054 AM 01/03 CWOP
GILBERT 1.0 SE 4.80 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
EDGEFIELD 3.3 N 4.78 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
BLYTHEWOOD 3.8 ENE 4.75 IN 0800 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 2.9 NE 4.74 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEESVILLE 5.2 SE 4.55 IN 0800 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 1.6 WNW 4.49 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
BLYTHEWOOD 5.0 SW 4.45 IN 0500 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
OAK GROVE 1.4 N 4.38 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
SCFC PORTABLE 4.34 IN 1019 AM 01/03 RAWS
LEXINGTON 2.8 NE 4.33 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
GRANITEVILLE 1 NE 4.16 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COOP
1 SSE GRANITEVILLE 4.16 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 2.5 E 4.11 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 4.3 E 4.11 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
AIKEN 1.0 SSW 4.10 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
COLUMBIA 9.7 N 4.06 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
COLUMBIA 6.7 N 4.01 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
COLUMBIA 9.6 WNW 3.99 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
SWANSEA 3.9 ENE 3.94 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
COLUMBIA 8.8 N 3.93 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
AIKEN 2.2 NW 3.88 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LUGOFF 0.9 NW 3.87 IN 0900 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LUGOFF 2.2 NNW 3.86 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
IRMO 2.1 SW 3.86 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
GILBERT 3.84 IN 1046 AM 01/03 CWOP
IRMO 3.3 NW 3.84 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 4.2 ENE 3.81 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 3.80 IN 1045 AM 01/03 CWOP
AIKEN 1.6 NNW 3.78 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 5.3 E 3.78 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
CHAPIN 5.0 ESE 3.78 IN 0800 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEESVILLE 8.0 N 3.77 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
COLUMBIA 3.1 E 3.76 IN 0600 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
BLYTHEWOOD 1.0 W 3.72 IN 0600 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
4 S AIKEN 3.65 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
PELION 4.7 W 3.65 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
WEIR TOWER 3.61 IN 1051 AM 01/03 RAWS
IRMO 3.2 NE 3.59 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
CEDAR CRK 3.58 IN 0800 AM 01/03 COOP
AIKEN 2.9 SSE 3.58 IN 0900 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
BAMBERG 3.57 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COOP
AIKEN 3.5 SSE 3.56 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
9 WNW PAGELAND 3.54 IN 0418 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEESVILLE 10.6 NNE 3.53 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
RIDGE SPRING 0.4 SSW 3.51 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
RED BANK AREA 3.42 IN 1034 AM 01/03 CWOP
NORTH AUGUSTA 1.5 WSW 3.42 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
NORTH AUGUSTA 4.2 NE 3.40 IN 1159 PM 01/02 COCORAHS
AIKEN 8.3 E 3.38 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
IRMO 1.0 WNW 3.35 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
COLUMBIA 6.8 NNE 3.34 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
LEXINGTON 3.0 WSW 3.33 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
GILBERT 8.0 N 3.30 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
MCCRADY TRAINING CENTER 3.30 IN 1033 AM 01/03 RAWS
MCCORMICK 2.3 W 3.20 IN 0800 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
JEFFERSON 0.2 NNW 3.17 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
WAGENER 1.4 S 3.12 IN 0700 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
PROSPERITY 8.1 SSE 3.11 IN 0600 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
WILLISTON 3.07 IN 1056 AM 01/03 CWOP
CONGAREE 3.07 IN 1047 AM 01/03 RAWS
AIKEN 8.6 SE 3.04 IN 0630 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
AIKEN 2.6 NW 3.04 IN 0800 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
SOCIETY HILL 3.01 IN 1047 AM 01/03 CWOP
OAKLAND 1.5 NE 3.01 IN 0445 AM 01/03 COCORAHS
JAN. 28TH: AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AS IT MOVED
OFF THE CAROLINA COAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 28TH.
THIS SYSTEM PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. WIND GUST RANGED FROM 30 TO 40 MPH.
HERE IS A LIST OF THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUSTS FOR THE EVENT.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PEAK WIND GUSTS FROM OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS
MORNING.
..HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST REPORTS THIS MORNING
LOCATION SPEED TIME/DATE PROVIDER
SHAW AFB SUMTER 40 MPH 0156 AM 01/28 AWOS
CAROLINA SANDHILLS NWR 37 MPH 0214 AM 01/28 RAWS
LAKE MURRAY DAM 37 MPH 1220 AM 01/28 RCWINDS
COLUMBIA HAMILTON-OWENS APT 36 MPH 1240 AM 01/28 RCWINDS
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD 36 MPH 0153 AM 01/28 ASOS
ORANGEBURG 36 MPH 0153 AM 01/28 ASOS
CHERAW 35 MPH 0155 AM 01/28 AWOS
LEXINGTON 34 MPH 1230 AM 01/28 RCWINDS
COLUMBIA METRO APT 33 MPH 1256 AM 01/28 ASOS
COLUMBIA HAMILTON-OWENS APT 33 MPH 1253 AM 01/28 ASOS
MCENTIRE ANG BASE 33 MPH 0156 AM 01/28 AWOS
2.0 SE COLUMBIA (WEATHERSTEM) 32 MPH 1250 AM 01/28 MESOWEST
WINNSBORO 32 MPH 1155 PM 01/27 AWOS
1 ESE NORTH 32 MPH 1256 AM 01/28 AWOS
SANTEE NWR 32 MPH 0244 AM 01/28 RAWS
7 NNW LUGOFF 32 MPH 1230 AM 01/28 NDBC
2.1 S MULBERRY (WEATHERSTEM) 31 MPH 0130 AM 01/28 MESOWEST
CLARKS HILL/LK THURMOND DAM 31 MPH 0420 AM 01/28 NDBC
THOMSON-MCDUFFIE CO GA APT 31 MPH 1115 PM 01/27 AWOS
LANCASTER 31 MPH 1255 AM 01/28 AWOS
DUTCH FORK HS IRMO 30 MPH 1210 AM 01/28 RCWINDS
GRACEWOOD 30 MPH 1215 AM 01/28 CWOP
WILLISTON 30 MPH 0101 AM 01/28 CWOP
COAST GUARD IS. LAKE MURRAY 29 MPH 1210 AM 01/28 RCWINDS
YEAR TO DATE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS...
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2019/2020/2021 MONTHLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORM DEPARTURE
JAN 2019 57.7/+1.7 36.3/+2.6 47.0 44.8 +2.2
FEB 65.1/+4.8 41.2/+4.4 53.2 48.5 +4.7
MAR 67.4/-0.8 42.7/+0.3 55.1 55.6 -0.5
APR 77.9/+1.6 52.7/+2.3 65.3 63.4 +1.9
MAY 89.2/+5.4 65.4/+5.9 77.3 71.7 +5.6
JUN 88.9/-1.1 68.2/ 0.0 78.5 79.1 -0.6
JUL 93.2/+2.9 72.2/+0.6 82.7 82.2 +0.5
AUG 92.5/+1.8 72.1/+1.1 82.3 80.8 +1.5
SEP 93.0/+7.8 68.9/+4.7 80.9 74.7 +6.2
OCT 82.0/+5.9 58.3/+6.2 70.1 64.1 +6.0
NOV 63.0/-4.3 39.6/-2.7 51.3 54.8 -3.5
DEC 61.4/+3.2 39.6/+4.3 50.5 46.7 +3.8
ANNUAL 77.6/+2.1 54.8/+2.4 66.2 63.9 +2.3
JAN 2020 60.8/+4.8 41.4/+7.7 51.1 44.8 +6.3
FEB 61.7/+1.4 41.7/+4.9 51.7 48.5 +3.2
MAR 72.2/+4.0 51.9/+8.9 62.1 55.6 +6.5
APR 76.1/-0.2 50.8/+0.4 63.5 63.4 +0.1
MAY 80.8/-3.0 58.7/-0.8 69.7 71.7 -2.0
JUN 87.2/-2.8 68.5/+0.3 77.9 79.1 -1.2
JUL 93.1/+0.4 73.7/+2.1 83.4 82.2 +1.2
AUG 90.1/-0.6 73.1/+2.1 81.6 80.8 +0.8
SEP 83.4/-1.8 65.7/+1.5 74.6 74.7 -0.1
OCT 79.5/+3.4 57.8/+5.7 68.7 64.1 +4.6
NOV 71.1/+3.8 48.0/+5.7 59.5 54.8 +4.8
DEC 57.2/-1.0 34.4/-0.9 45.8 46.7 -0.9
ANNUAL 76.1/+0.6 55.5/+3.1 65.8 63.9 +1.9
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2019/2020 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORM DEPARTURE
JAN 2019 60.7/+2.8 37.4/+4.6 49.1 45.4 +3.7
FEB 68.4/+6.1 43.2/+7.3 55.8 49.1 +6.7
MAR 71.2/+1.3 42.8/+0.8 57.0 55.9 +1.1
APR 80.0/+2.7 52.1/+4.0 66.0 62.7 +3.3
MAY 91.0/+6.0 64.1/+6.8 77.5 71.1 +6.4
JUN 90.7/-0.3 67.6/+1.4 79.2 78.6 +0.6
JUL 96.3/+2.9 71.1/+1.3 83.7 81.6 +2.1
AUG 93.7/+1.9 71.5/+2.2 82.6 80.5 +2.1
SEP 93.7/+7.0 66.8/+4.2 80.2 74.6 +5.6
OCT 83.3/+5.6 58.0/+7.0 70.6 64.4 +6.2
NOV 65.9/-3.2 40.0/-1.4 52.9 55.2 -2.3
DEC 63.8/+3.8 40.4/+5.9 52.1 47.2 +4.9
ANNUAL 79.9/+3.0 54.6/+3.6 67.2 63.9 +3.3
JAN 2020 64.0/+6.1 41.5/+8.7 52.7 45.4 +7.3
FEB 63.8/+1.5 42.2/+6.3 53.0 49.1 +3.9
MAR 75.5/+5.6 52.1/+10.1 63.8 55.9 +7.9
APR 77.8/+0.5 50.2/+2.1 64.0 62.7 +1.3
MAY 83.9/-1.1 58.0/+0.7 71.0 71.1 -0.1
JUN 89.7/-1.3 68.1/+1.9 78.9 78.6 +0.3
JUL 95.4/+2.0 72.8/+3.0 84.1 81.6 +2.5
AUG 93.2/+1.4 72.1/+2.9 82.7 80.5 +2.2
SEP 86.0/-0.7 66.2/+3.6 76.1 74.6 +1.5
OCT 82.2/+4.5 58.3/+7.3 70.3 64.4 +5.9
NOV 74.8/+5.7 48.5/+7.1 61.6 55.2 +6.4
DEC 60.1/+0.1 33.8/-0.7 46.9 47.2 -0.3
ANNUAL 78.9/+2.0 55.3/+4.3 67.1 63.9 +3.2
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2019/2020 MONTHLY/YEARLY
PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE
(INCHES)
JAN 2019 3.07 3.58 -0.57
FEB 0.88 3.61 -2.73
MAR 2.61 3.73 -1.12
APR 2.86 2.62 +0.24
MAY 2.35 2.97 -0.62
JUN 8.03 4.69 +3.34
JUL 4.50 5.46 +0.96
AUG 1.40 5.26 -3.86
SEP 1.95 3.54 -1.59
OCT 2.36 3.17 -0.81
NOV 3.00 2.74 +0.26
DEC 9.31 3.22 +6.09
ANNUAL 42.26 44.59 -2.33
JAN 2020 5.84 3.58 +2.26
FEB 5.48 3.61 +1.87
MAR 4.17 3.73 +0.44
APR 2.98 2.62 +0.36
MAY 9.32 2.97 +6.35
JUN 4.78 4.69 +0.09
JUL 7.61 5.46 +2.15
AUG 3.74 5.26 -1.52
SEP 4.50 3.54 +0.96
OCT 0.94 3.17 -2.23
NOV 1.84 2.82 +0.98
DEC 3.49 3.20 +0.27
ANNUAL 56.33 44.59 +11.74
JAN 2021 5.32 3.58 +1.74
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2019/2020 MONTHLY/YEARLY PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE
(INCHES)
JAN 2019 4.40 3.91 +0.49
FEB 1.14 3.92 -2.78
MAR 2.23 4.18 -1.95
APR 3.01 2.84 +0.17
MAY 3.70 2.65 +1.05
JUN 6.45 4.72 +1.73
JUL 1.39 4.33 -2.94
AUG 12.92 4.32 +8.60
SEP 0.77 3.22 -2.45
OCT 4.12 3.27 +0.85
NOV 2.62 2.82 -0.20
DEC 8.12 3.39 +4.73
ANNUAL 50.87 43.57 +6.30
JAN 2020 4.56 3.91 +0.65
FEB 7.17 3.92 +3.25
MAR 5.33 4.18 +1.15
APR 5.54 2.84 +2.70
MAY 6.30 2.65 +3.65
JUN 2.32 4.72 -2.40
JUL 7.09 4.33 +2.76
AUG 6.20 4.32 +1.88
SEP 5.50 3.22 +2.28
OCT 1.23 3.27 -2.04
NOV 3.48 2.74 +0.74
DEC 3.17 3.39 -0.22
ANNUAL 56.25 43.57 +12.68
JAN 2021 4.87 3.91 +0.96
THE 3-MONTH OUTLOOK FOR LATE WINTER/SPRING
..(FEBRUARY/MARCH/APRIL)
THE OUTLOOK CALLS FOR A 40 TO 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ALONG 33 TO PERCENT CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.
GO TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER WEB PAGE AT
WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE LATEST OUTLOOKS.
ENSO (EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION)...
..LA NINA ADVISORY
LA NINA CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT. LA NINA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 2020-21. THERE IS A 95
PERCENT CHANCE OF THIS OCCURRING FEBRUARY THROUGH MARCH. A POTENTIAL
TRANSITION TO ENSO-NEUTRAL DURING THE SPRING 2021. THERE IS A 55
PERCENT CHANCE OF NEUTRAL DEVELOPING DURING APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
EQUATORIAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW AVERAGE FROM THE
MID-CENTRAL TO THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.
THE TROPICAL ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION IS CONSISTENT WITH LA NINA.
CLIMATE OUTLOOKS AND ENSO DISCUSSIONS COURTESY OF NOAA CLIMATE
PREDICTION CENTER...WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV.
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OBSERVERS...COCORAHS (COMMUNITY...COLLABORATIVE...RAIN...HAIL AND
SNOW NETWORK) OBSERVERS...SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CLIMATE OFFICE...
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SERVICES...USGS 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 WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAE.
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