Cherokee County
Temperature Summary (1960-2006)
Highest Maximum: 106 F, August 21, 1983
Lowest Minimum: -4 F,Dec 1962, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 71.4 F
Mean 58.6 F
Minimum 45.9 F
Precipitation Summary (1893-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 8.39 Inches, October 16, 1971
Annual Average Rainfall: 48.70 Inches
Wettest Year: 73.09 Inches, 1936
Driest Year: 32.08 Inches, 1954
Mean Snowfall: 3.3 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 13.0 Inches, 1935, 1988
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
15 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost of all tornadoes= $5.516 million
5 Injury from all the tornadoes
142 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
72 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total damage= $1.050 million
11 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
Total damage= $1.23M
3 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
18 Total Floods
7 Flash Floods
9 River Floods
2 Coastal Flood
47 Ice, Sleet or Snow
20 Extreme Cold Events
188 Months in Moderate to Extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional drought monitor.
