CXUS52 KCHS 011944 CLMCXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 344 PM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 10/06/1919 LOW 37 10/27/1926 10/30/1910 10/30/1952 HIGHEST 86 10/14 MM MM 82 10/06 LOWEST 50 10/17 MM MM 53 10/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.5 75.6 -0.1 75.1 AVG. MINIMUM 63.7 63.2 0.5 62.9 MEAN 69.6 69.4 0.2 69.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 17.49 2015 MINIMUM 0.00 2000 TOTALS 0.15 4.07 -3.92 1.18 DAYS >= .01 2 6.8 -4.8 5 DAYS >= .10 1 4.7 -3.7 5 DAYS >= .50 0 2.5 -2.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 10/04 TO 10/04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 20 33 -13 11 SINCE 7/1 20 32 -12 MM COOLING TOTAL 170 169 1 143 SINCE 1/1 2612 2407 205 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/020 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/050 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && RECORDS ESTABLISHED IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON DURING THE MONTH: *OCT 14 - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES $$