SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

July 28 - August 3, 2003


WEATHER SUMMARY

Temperatures climbed into the mid-90's over eastern counties early in the week and helped in the development of strong afternoon thunderstorms. Wednesday's storms produced large hail and flash flooding in Lexington County. Many sites reported high winds. More of the same occurred Friday in Greenville and Pickens counties. With the increased cloud cover, due to a nearly stationary boundary, afternoon temperatures dropped into the 80's over the weekend. Widely scattered thunderstorms persisted through Sunday with heavy localized rainfalls. Bamberg reported flash flooding on Sunday. The average statewide temperature for the period was two degrees below normal.

The highest temperature reported was 96 degrees at Johnston on July 29. The lowest temperature was 64 degrees at Caesars Head on the morning of July 28. The heaviest official 24-hour rainfall reported was 3.47" at Pelion ending at 7:00 a.m. on July 31. The average statewide rainfall for the period was 1.1".

PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE DATA



                Precipitation                     Temperature
                       Weekly   Jan 1  Deviation      Average  Average
                        Total   Total   From Avg      Maximum  Minimum  Average
         Greer           3.42    42.2       11.1           83       69       76 
      Columbia           0.32    41.4       11.0           88       72       80 
   Augusta, GA           0.10    41.8       13.9           89       71       80 
        Cheraw           0.80    33.2        3.8           89       73       81 
       Chester           1.30    41.7       12.8           88       70       79 
      Johnston           0.36    35.9        5.5           91       69       80 
        Sumter           0.84    35.5        5.0           90       72       81 
       Clemson           3.35    46.3       13.4           88       70       79
      Florence           0.61    34.3        7.0           88       72       80
N Myrtle Beach           0.00    38.8       13.3           84       76       80 
     Allendale           0.18    35.3        5.6           91       71       81 
    Charleston           1.34    37.4        7.1           89       74       82 
      Beaufort           0.50    40.5       11.4           90       75       82 



 
  

                       

Note: Weekly rainfall amounts are for the 24-hour period ending midnight Sunday.

SOIL

4 inch depth average soil temperature: Columbia 81 degrees.

RIVERS AND SURF

South Carolina river stages were above normal. Surf temperatures at
Myrtle Beach and Savannah will average around 79 degrees.


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