Severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds, heavy rainfall, hail and possibly a few tornadoes will continue through tonight across portions of Kansas and Oklahoma. Heavy rainfall will persist across the Central Appalachians through tonight, potentially leading to areas of flooding. The severe weather and heavy rainfall threat will shift into the lower Great Lakes on Wednesday. Read More >
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
907 PM EDT FRI NOV 7 2014
..OCTOBER 2014 CLIMATE SUMMARY
..ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
..BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION
..SEVERAL HIGH TEMPERATURES BROKEN AT AUGUSTA AND COLUMBIA
..7TH STRAIGHT MONTH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AT COLUMBIA
..EL NINO WATCH CONTINUES WITH A WEAK EL NINO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THE THEME FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS WARM AND DRY WITH VERY LITTLE
WEATHER. SEVERAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN DURING THE MONTH
AND MANY PLACES RECEIVED LESS THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN. SINCE THE
WEATHER WAS VERY TRANQUIL THAT ONLY LEFT A FEW CHANCES FOR RAINFALL
ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD WAS 65.3
DEGREES OR 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 64.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT WAS 66.8 DEGREES OR 2.7
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL 64.1 DEGREES.
RAINFALL AVERAGED 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA DURING OCTOBER. THE DRIEST AREA WAS THE CENTRAL
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...MANY AREAS RECORDED LESS THAN ONE INCH OF
RAINFALL. THE ONLY AREAS TO SEE RAINFALL CLOSE TO NORMAL WAS AROUND
THE COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AREAS OF RICHLAND AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES.
SOME REPORTING LOCATIONS IN THE COLUMBIA METRO AREA RECEIVED BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST COCORAHS RAINFALL REPORTS FOR OCTOBER:
...COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN HAIL AND SNOW
NETWORK...WWW.COCORAHS.ORG
SC-KR-4 CAMDEN 6.6 NE..................3.92 INCHES
SC-LX-5 LEXINGTON 1.5 WNW..............3.74 INCHES
SC-LX-35 LEXINGTON 2.9 NE...............3.52 INCHES
SC-LX-64 CAYCE 1.2 SW...................3.44 INCHES
SC-LX-69 LEXINGTON 3.0 WSW..............3.38 INCHES
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST NWS COOP OBSERVER REPORTS FOR OCTOBER:
USCS1 COLUMBIA UNIV. OF SC......3.28 INCHES
SAHS1 SANDHILL RESEARCH CLEMSON.2.36 INCHES
LNTS1 LONGTOWN SC...............2.25 INCHES
MCCS1 MCCORMICK SC..............2.22 INCHES
HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST NWS COOP OBSERVER REPORTS FOR OCTOBER:
MIDG1 MIDVILLE GA...............0.35 INCHES
WYNG1 WAYNESBORO GA.............0.46 INCHES
AKIS1 AIKEN 2E..................0.53 INCHES
NWYS1 NEWBERRY WKDK.............0.72 INCHES
HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE RICHLAND COUNTY
MESONET (RCWINDS) FOR OCTOBER:
HIGHEST AMOUNTS:
GILLS CREEK................3.54 INCHES
LAKE MURRAY................3.46 INCHES
PINE VIEW-GARNERS FERRY....3.39 INCHES
LOWEST AMOUNTS:
SPRINGHILL.................1.26 INCHES
CROSSROADS.................1.61 INCHES
GADSDEN....................1.65 INCHES
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS AT EACH ASOS LOCATION DURING THE MONTH:
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB)...35 MPH ON THE 14TH
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS)..........30 MPH ON THE 16TH
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE)......30 MPH ON THE 14TH
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (DNL)........29 MPH ON THE 14TH
COLUMBIA HAMILTON OWENS FIELD.....25 MPH ON THE 11TH
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS AT EACH LAKE OBSERVING SITE DURING THE MONTH:
LAKE MURRAY TOWERS (IRMS1)..............34 MPH ON THE 4TH
CLARKS HILL LAKE THURMOND DAM (CHDS1)...32 MPH ON THE 4TH
LAKE MURRAY FLOTILLA ISLAND (LMFS1).....28 MPH ON THE 14TH
LAKE WATEREE DAM (WATS1)................24 MPH ON THE 14TH
WATER TEMPERATURE AT THE LAKE MURRAY TOWERS (DEPTH APPROX. 6 FEET):
WARMEST...77 DEGREES ON THE 1ST
COOLEST...69 DEGREES ON THE 31ST
RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT OCTOBER:
AUGUSTA...
ON THE 11TH...THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 92 DEGREES BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 89 DEGREES SET IN 2010...1939 AND 1904.
ON THE 12TH...THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 90 DEGREES TYING THE RECORD SET
IN 1931.
ON THE 13TH...THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 89 DEGREES BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 88 DEGREES SET IN 1954.
ON THE 26TH...THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 90 DEGREES BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET IN 2010 AND 1939.
COLUMBIA...
ON THE 11TH...THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 91 DEGREES BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 89 DEGREES IN 2010 AND 1939.
ON THE 11TH...THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 71 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE
RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES SET IN 1995.
ON THE 26TH...THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 87 DEGREES TYING THE RECORD SET
IN 1974.
EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 2014:
OCTOBER 3RD...A SQUALL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE WAS GOOD ATMOSPHERIC SHEAR BUT VERY
LITTLE INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. THERE WERE SEVERAL
REPORTS OF WALL CLOUDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...NONE OF THE FUNNEL CLOUDS REACHED THE GROUND AND NO DAMAGE
WAS REPORTED.
OCTOBER 14TH...A FEW SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DOWNED A
FEW TREES ALONG I-20 NEAR THOMSON IN MCDUFFIE COUNTY GA. ANOTHER
STRONG SHOWER PRODUCED A SMALL AREA OF STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE WINDS...ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 70 MPH...OVERTURNED A DUMPSTER AT
THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
YEAR TO DATE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS...
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2013/2014 MONTHLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORM DEPARTURE
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
NOV 65.0/-2.3 40.5/-1.8 52.7 54.8 -2.1
DEC 62.5/+4.3 40.6/+5.3 51.5 46.7 +4.8
ANNUAL 75.1/-0.4 53.6/+1.2 64.4 63.9 +0.5
JAN 2014 52.4/-3.6 28.1/-5.6 40.3 44.8 -4.5
FEB 60.3/ 0.0 37.4/+0.6 48.9 48.5 +0.4
MAR 65.2/-3.0 39.1/-3.9 52.2 55.6 -3.4
APR 78.3/+2.0 52.8/+2.4 65.6 63.4 +2.2
MAY 86.4/+2.6 62.2/+2.7 74.3 71.7 +2.6
JUN 92.4/+2.4 71.6/+3.4 82.0 79.1 +2.9
JUL 92.7/ 0.0 73.4/+1.8 83.0 82.2 +0.8
AUG 92.2/+1.5 71.7/+0.7 82.0 80.8 +1.2
SEP 84.9/-0.3 68.4/+4.2 76.7 74.7 +2.0
OCT 79.9/+3.8 53.6/+1.5 66.8 64.1 +2.7
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2013/2014 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORM DEPARTURE
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
NOV 65.9/-3.2 38.7/-2.7 52.3 55.2 -2.9
DEC 62.5/+2.5 38.0/+3.5 50.3 47.2 +3.1
ANNUAL 75.3/-1.6 51.2/+0.2 63.3 63.9 -0.6
JAN 2014 52.7/-5.2 26.3/-6.5 39.5 45.4 -5.9
FEB 61.9/-2.5 34.9/ 0.0 48.4 49.1 -0.7
MAR 66.1/-3.8 37.6/-4.4 51.9 55.9 -4.0
APR 77.3/ 0.0 49.1/+1.0 63.2 62.7 +0.5
MAY 85.3/+0.3 58.0/+0.7 71.6 71.7 +0.5
JUN 90.7/-0.3 67.2/+1.0 78.9 78.6 +0.3
JUL 92.2/-1.2 68.4/-1.4 80.3 81.6 -1.3
AUG 91.7/-0.1 67.6/-1.7 79.7 80.5 -0.8
SEP 84.9/-1.8 66.6/+4.0 75.7 74.6 +1.1
OCT 81.4/+3.7 49.3/-1.7 65.3 64.4 +0.9
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2013/2014 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE
(INCHES)
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
NOV 2.06 2.74 -0.68
DEC 5.88 3.22 +2.66
ANNUAL 55.47 44.59 +10.88
JAN 2014 3.40 3.58 -0.18
FEB 2.92 3.61 -0.69
MAR 3.93 3.73 +0.20
APR 2.99 2.62 +0.37
MAY 5.72 2.97 +2.75
JUN 1.41 4.69 -3.28
JUL 2.83 5.46 -2.63
AUG 4.88 5.26 -0.38
SEP 2.81 3.54 -0.73
OCT 3.05 3.17 -0.12
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2013/2014 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE
(INCHES)
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
NOV 1.82 2.82 -1.00
DEC 6.90 3.39 +3.51
ANNUAL 55.54 43.57 +11.97
JAN 2014 2.48 3.91 -1.43
FEB 3.73 3.92 -0.19
MAR 2.56 4.18 -1.62
APR 4.59 2.84 +1.75
MAY 5.50 2.65 +2.85
JUN 2.27 4.72 -2.45
JUL 5.53 4.33 +1.20
AUG 1.76 4.32 -2.56
SEP 2.26 3.22 -0.96
OCT 0.61 3.27 -2.66
THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER...
THE FORECAST CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW OR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.
THE 3-MONTH OUTLOOK FOR FALL (NOV/DEC/JAN)...
THE FORECAST CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW OR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. A 33 TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD.
ENSO (EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION)...
..A EL NINO WATCH CONTINUES FOR WINTER INTO SPRING 2015
AN EL NINO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF EL NINO CONDITIONS WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
AT THIS TIME...ENSO NEUTRAL CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE
EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN. SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE AVERAGE
ACROSS MOST OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THE CHANCES OF EL NINO
DEVELOPING IS 60 TO 65 PERCENT DURING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE FALL
AND WINTER. ENSO MODELS INDICATE THAT EL NINO CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP DURING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PERIOD AND PERSIST THROUGH THE
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SPRING 2015. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH
THE EL NINO THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WILL BE WEAK.
CLIMATE OUTLOOKS AND ENSO DISCUSSIONS COURTESY NOAA CLIMATE
PREDICTION CENTER...WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV.
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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