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 . $$ VAUGHAN