SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

August 13 - 19, 2001

WEATHER SUMMARY

Sunny, hot weather on Monday preceded a day of storms and heavy rainfalls over the eastern half of the state on Tuesday. Near normal temperatures followed through the work week. On both Thursday and Friday mornings, low temperatures at several sites fell into the 60's. Mostly sunny conditions combined with scattered afternoon thundershowers on Saturday and Sunday. Statewide temperatures for the week averaged one degree above normal.

PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE DATA

The highest temperature was 100 degrees at Johnston on August 18. The lowest temperature was 63 degrees at Cades on August 16 and Kershaw and Orangeburg on August 17. The heaviest 24-hour rainfall reported was 2.84" at Conway ending at 7:00 a.m. on August 15. The average statewide rainfall for the period was 1.1".

 
                       Precipitation
               Period    2001    Deviation*           Temperature
Location        Total   Total     From Avg.         Maximum   Minimum	
Greer            0.39 	25.62         8.4B             92        69                            	              		
Columbia         2.06   23.87        10.6B             96        68
Florence         1.29   24.26         6.0B             99        66	        
Charleston       1.00   31.67         3.9B             93        69   
N Myrtle Beach   2.49   27.68         4.8B             88        70
Augusta, Ga.     1.25   27.97         3.3B             95        67
*A=Above, B=Below                                                                       
                                                                                                                                     

Note: Weekly rainfall amounts are for the prior 24-hrs ending 7 am Monday through ending 7 am Sunday.

SOIL

4 inch depth average soil temperature: Columbia 81 degrees.

RIVERS AND SURF

South Carolina river stages were below normal.
Surf temperatures at Myrtle Beach and Savannah will average around 81 degrees.