Hurricane Irene, 2011


Irene visible satellite image

Visible satellite image of Hurricane Irene. Image courtesy of the Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey CA.


Rainfall:

City Rainfall(inches) City Rainfall(inches)
Allendale
4.70
 Ridgeville
2.97
McClellanville
2.57
 Givhans
2.23
Fort Moultrie
1.97
Charleston City
1.95
Charleston AFB
1.63
 Beaufort
1.13
Loris
6.59
 Crabtree Swamp
5.46
Gallivants Ferry
5.01
 Mullins
4.90
North Myrtle Beach
4.89
 Georgetown Airport
4.20
Dillon
3.75
 Hemingway
3.56
Clarks Hill
6.18
Newberry
4.89
McCormick
4.85
 Sandy Run
4.70
Little Mountain
4.68
 Aiken
4.38
Saluda
4.36
Johnston
4.24
Walhalla
5.06
 Table Rock
5.03
Clinton
4.88
 Antreville
4.78
Laurens
4.65
Calhoun Falls
4.55
Greenwood
4.54
 Greer
4.52

Winds (mph):

Location Peak Winds
Anderson
40
Charleston AFB
26
Columbia Metro
26
Florence
33
Greenville-Donaldson
40
Greenville-Spartanburg
32
Hilton Head
36
Myrtle Beach
28
Rock Hill
32

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Special thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its many divisions for the wealth of weather and climate data made available to prepare this report. Specific thanks to:

Additional thanks to the Naval Research Laboratory Monterey's Marine Meteorology Division for the well-cataloged library of satellite imagery used for this report.