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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