Edgefield County
Temperature Summary (1957-2006)
Highest Maximum: 107 F, July 14, 1980, August 25, 2002
Lowest Minimum: -2 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 73.7 F
Mean 61.5 F
Minimum 49.4 F
Precipitation Summary (1912-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 7.90 Inches, October 12, 1990
Annual Average Rainfall: 48.78 Inches
Wettest Year: 72.95 Inches, 1964
Driest Year: 26.04 Inches, 1954
Mean Snowfall: 2.1 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 14 Inches, 1973
Extreme Events (*Data trhough August 2006)
11 Tornado (1950-2006)
Total cost from all tornadoes= $2.576 million
16 Injuries from all the tornadoes
1 death from all the tornadoes
62 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
38 Hail Events (1955-2006)
0 death due to the Hail events
0 Lightning Events
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
3 Total Floods
2 Flash Floods
0 River Floods
1 Coastal Flood
4 Ice, Sleet or Snow
16 Extreme Cold Events
193 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
