Dorchester County
Temperature Summary (1930-2006)
Highest Maximum: 106 F, August 18, 1954
Lowest Minimum: -5 F, February 12, 1899
Annual Average:
Maximum 75.6 F
Mean 64.0 F
Minimum 52.4 F
Precipitation Summary (1898-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 8.80 Inches, June 27, 1941
Annual Average Rainfall:5.64 Inches
Wettest Year: 74.52 Inches, 1994
Driest Year: 27.66 Inches, 1954
Mean Snowfall: .5 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 15 Inches, 1973
Extreme Events (*Data trhough August 2006)
15 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all tornadoes= $2.837 million
4 Injuries from all the tornadoes
146 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
68 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total damage= $n/a
10 Lightning Events (1993-2006
Total damage= $25,000
2 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
16 Total Floods
5 Flash Floods
10 River Floods
1 coastal Floods
4 Ice, Sleet or Snow
17 Extreme Cold Events
179 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
