SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

     Warm, sunny afternoons and cool mornings continued throughout the 
week.  High temperatures averaged between 8 to 12 degrees above normal. 
Nearly all of the reporting sites report no rain for the month of October.
Statewide temperatures for the period averaged 6 degrees above normal.  

     The maximum observed temperature was 92 degrees on October 7 at Loris.
The minimum observed temperature was 47 degrees at Union on the morning
of October 6.  The heaviest official 24-hour rainfall was recorded at 
Pickens with 0.24" ending at 7:00 a.m.  October 11.  Statewide rainfall 
for the period averaged 0.0 inches.


                  Precipitation
                 Period    1997          Deviation*     Temperature
Location         Total     Total         From Avg.    Maximum   Minimum   
Greer            0.00      37.3          3.8B         84        56
Charlotte, NC    0.00      37.0          2.7A         89        59
Columbia         0.00      34.0          7.6B         88        57
Florence FAA     0.00      38.0          1.4A         89        59
Blackville       0.00      40.2          0.8A         90        58
Augusta, GA      0.00      33.4          3.7B         88        56
Beaufort         0.00      39.4          4.8B         90        66
Charleston       0.00      50.0          5.7A         87        61
Myrtle Beach     0.00      40.6          3.1B         87        63
*A=Above, B=Below                                                                       
Note: Weekly rainfall amounts are for the prior 24-hrs ending 7:00 a.m. 
Monday through ending 7:00 a.m. Sunday

                 Degree Days      
                  Actual  
                 Oct. 1-12
               Cooling   Heating              
Columbia          65       5
Charleston        92       0
Greenville        37       12          
                                                                                            
     Temperatures are expected to be near normal for the week.  Rainfall 
         is expected to be near to below normal.
     The Sandhill Research and Education Center in north Columbia reports
         an average 4-inch depth soil temperature of 76 degrees.

     
  River stages are near normal.
  Surf temperatures at Myrtle Beach and Savannah will average around 75
         degrees.