CDUS42 KCHS 082105 CLICXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 505 PM EDT THU MAY 08 2025 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 2025... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2025 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 75 920 AM 93 1899 78 -3 83 MINIMUM 69 100 PM 49 1958 66 3 74 AVERAGE 72 72 0 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.92 1.57 1935 0.07 0.85 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.99 0.59 0.40 0.39 SINCE MAR 1 4.02 6.58 -2.56 12.40 SINCE JAN 1 6.69 11.70 -5.01 17.01 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 172 275 -103 131 SINCE JUL 1 1512 1619 -107 1291 COOLING TODAY 7 7 0 14 MONTH TO DATE 66 51 15 84 SINCE MAR 1 231 164 67 235 SINCE JAN 1 239 169 70 235 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 .......................................................... THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 78 93 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 49 1917 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2025...........SUNRISE 626 AM EDT SUNSET 807 PM EDT MAY 9 2025...........SUNRISE 625 AM EDT SUNSET 808 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$