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5-2. Climate Characteristics for Selected South Carolina Cities

 CITY                                     JAN   FEB   MAR   APR   MAY   JUN   JUL   AUG   SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC     YEAR

 COLUMBIA

   Temperature             1/
      Monthly                             44.7  47.1  54.5  63.8  71.5  77.7  81.0  80.2  74.8  63.4  53.9  46.7    63.3  
      Daily Maximum                       56.2  59.5  67.1  77.0  83.8  89.2  91.9  91.0  85.5  76.5  67.1  58.8    75.3
      Daily Minimum                       33.2  34.6  41.9  50.5  59.1  66.1  70.1  69.4  63.9  50.3  40.6  34.7    51.2
     Highest Recorded                       84    84    91    94   101   107   107   107   101   101    90    83     107
     Lowest Recorded                        -1     5     4    26    34    44    54    53    40    23    12     4      -1

   Precipitation           2/
     Normal                               4.38  3.99  5.16  3.59  3.85  4.45  5.35  5.56  4.23  2.55  2.51  3.50   49.12
     Greatest in 24 hours                 3.15  3.69  3.59  3.66  5.57  5.44  5.81  7.66  6.23  5.46  2.60  3.18    7.66
     Max. Monthly Snow, Sleet, Hail        4.3    16   4.1    T      0     0     0    T      0     0    T    9.1      16

   Heating Degree Days     3/              637   508   346    87    22     0     0     0     0   123   339   567   2,629
   Cooling Degree Days     3/                8     6    20    51   223   381   496   471   297    74     6     0   2,033
   Average Wind Speed      4/              7.2   7.7   8.3   8.3   7.0   6.6   6.3   5.8   6.1   6.1   6.4   6.7     6.9

 GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG/GREER

   Temperature             1/
      Monthly                             41.1  43.6  51.0  60.5  68.3  74.8  78.2  77.5  71.7  60.7  50.9  43.4    60.1
      Daily Maximum                       51.0  54.5  62.5  72.6  79.7  85.4  88.2  87.5  81.7  72.2  62.1  53.5    70.9
      Daily Minimum                       31.2  32.6  39.4  48.3  56.9  64.2  68.2  67.4  61.7  49.1  39.6  33.2    49.3
     Highest Recorded                       79    79    88    93    97   100   103   103    96    92    85    76     103
     Lowest Record                          -6     8    11    25    31    40    54    52    36    25    12     5      -6

   Precipitation           2/
     Normal                               4.21  4.39  5.87  4.35  4.22  4.77  4.08  3.66  4.35  3.49  3.21  3.93   50.53
     Greatest in 24 hours                 3.30  3.57  4.45  3.76  3.58  4.80  3.89  4.49  6.21  4.93  2.83  3.00    6.21
     Max. Monthly Snow, Sleet, Hail         12  12.3   9.8   0.3    T      0    T      0     0     0   1.9  11.4    12.3

   Heating Degree Days     3/              741   599   442   154    41     0     0     0     7   162   423   670   3,239
   Cooling Degree Days     3/                0     0     8    19   143   297   409   388   208    29     0     0   1,501
   Average Wind Speed      4/              7.5   8.0   8.2   8.0   6.9   6.5   6.0   5.8   6.1   6.6   6.8   7.4     7.0

 CHARLESTON

   Temperature             1/
     Monthly                              47.9  49.8  56.7  64.3  72.2  77.6  80.5  80.0  75.7  65.8  56.7  50.0    64.8
     Daily Maximum                        58.8  61.2  68.0  76.0  82.9  87.0  89.4  88.8  84.6  76.8  68.7  61.4    75.3
     Daily Minimum                        36.9  38.4  45.3  52.5  61.4  68.0  71.6  71.2  66.7  54.7  44.6  38.5    54.2
     Highest Recorded                       83    87    90    94    98   103   104   102    99    94    88    83     104
     Lowest Recorded                         6    12    15    29    36    50    58    56    42    27    15     8       6

   Precipitation           2/
     Normal                               3.33  3.37  4.38  2.58  4.41  6.54  7.33  6.50  4.94  2.92  2.18  3.11   51.59
     Greatest in 24 hours                 3.90  3.28  6.63  4.10  6.23 10.10  5.81  5.77  8.84  5.77  5.24  3.40   10.10
     Max. Monthly Snow, Sleet, Hail          1   7.1     2    T      0    T     T      0     0     0    T      8       8

   Heating Degree Days     3/              543   434   286    69     6     0     0     0     0    76   262   471   2,147
   Cooling Degree Days     3/               13     9    29    48   229   378   481   465   321   101    13     6   2,093
   Average Wind Speed      4/              9.1   9.8  10.0   9.7   8.6   8.3   7.9   7.4   7.8   8.0   8.1   8.5     8.6

2/: Precipitation in inches.

3/: Degree Days base 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

4/: Wind Speed in miles per hour.

Note: T stands for "trace", which is less than 1/100th of an inch of precipitation.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center, Local Climatological Data, Charleston, Columbia, & Greenville/Spartanburg/Greer South Carolina, Summaries.

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