514 CDUS42 KCHS 110609 CLICXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 209 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2018 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM NORMAL ............................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 300 PM 89 1941 76 7 MINIMUM 76 1220 PM 46 2000 64 12 AVERAGE 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.56 2.13 1990 0.13 0.43 MONTH TO DATE 0.97 1.46 -0.49 SINCE SEP 1 1.92 7.22 -5.30 SINCE JAN 1 32.76 37.42 -4.66 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 SINCE SEP 1 0 5 -5 SINCE JUL 1 0 5 -5 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 6 9 MONTH TO DATE 163 70 93 SINCE SEP 1 674 428 246 SINCE JAN 1 2649 2253 396 ............................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.9 .......................................................... THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 88 2014 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 44 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE 721 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT OCTOBER 12 2018.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 650 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$