SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

October 1 - 7, 2001

WEATHER SUMMARY

High pressure provided mostly sunny days and cool mornings early in the week. That feature shifted east during mid-week allowing temperatures to warm up into the 80's. A strong Canadian cold front approached from the northwest on Friday bringing passing showers by early Saturday morning. A sharp drop in temperatures was observed on Sunday as dry, colder air blanketed the state. Several of the usual isolated colder pockets had a light frost. The week ended with clear blue skies and a brisk north wind. Statewide temperatures for the period averaged one degree below normal.

PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE DATA

The highest temperature was 90 degrees at Johnston October 3. The lowest temperature was 32 degrees at Chesnee on the morning of October 7. The heaviest 24-hour rainfall reported was 1.24" at Sumter ending at 7:00 a.m. on October 7. The average statewide rainfall for the period was 0.4."

                    Precipitation
               Period    2001    Deviation*              Temperature
Location        Total   Total     From Avg.           Maximum    Minimum	
Greer            0.83   33.61         6.8B               81          41                            	              		
Columbia         0.03   25.97        15.1B               87          40
Florence         0.61   29.61         6.6B               84          42	        
Charleston       0.12   37.22         6.5B               85          44   
N Myrtle Beach   0.08   35.46         6.1B               83          46
Augusta, Ga.     0.02   31.58         5.0B               86          42 
*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 72 degrees.

RIVERS AND SURF

South Carolina river stages were below normal.
Surf temperatures at Myrtle Beach and Savannah will average around 70 degrees.