Berkeley County
Temperature Summary (1943-2006)
Highest Maximum: 104 F, August 5, 1955, July 21 1986
Lowest Minimum: 8 F, January 22, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 75.0 F
Mean 62.9 F
Minimum 50.8 F
Precipitation Summary (1943-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 8.67 Inches, September 5, 1987
Annual Average Rainfall: 49.60 Inches
Wettest Year: 1964, 68.93 Inches
Driest Year: 1964, 24.14 Inches
Mean Snowfall: 0.1 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 2.2 Inches, 1988
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
26 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from tornadoes= $7.912 million
18 Injuries from all the tornadoes
1 death from all the tornadoes
154 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
110 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total damage= $11,000
7 Lightning Event (1993-2000)
2 Lightning-related Injuries
2 Death from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
32 Total Floods
15 Flash Floods
16 River Floods
1 Coastal Flood
4 Ice, Sleet or Snow
16 Extreme Cold Events
172 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional drought monitor.
