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South Carolina Monthly and Annual
Precipitation Extremes 1890 - 2024


DATE AMOUNT
(inches)
STATION Event
January 1998 20.23 Jocassee 8 WNW (NWS) Event
February 1957 17.71 Sassafras Mountain (NWS) Event
March 1975 17.77 Caesars Head (NWS) Event
April 1918 15.11 Oaks (NWS) Event
May 2016 18.08 Ridgeland 5.8 ESE (CoCoRaHS) Event
June 1973 27.24 Charleston International Airport (NWS) Event
July 1916 31.13 Kingstree (NWS) Event
August 1898 24.42 Gillisonville (NWS) Event
September 2004 30.77 Jocassee 8 WNW (NWS) Event
October 2015 29.38 Mount Pleasant 6.4 NE (CoCoRaHS) Event
November 1992 17.92 Jocassee 8 WNW (NWS) Event
December 2015 20.33 Jocassee 8 WNW (NWS) Event
Annual Total 2018 123.45 Jocassee 8 WNW (NWS)
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