Florence County
Temperature Summary (1948-2006)
Highest Maximum: 108 F, June 27, 1954
Lowest Minimum: 0 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 74.8 F
Mean 64.0 F
Minimum 53.1 F
Precipitation Summary (1892-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 8.20 Inches, September 5, 1979
Annual Average Rainfall: 46.46 Inches
Wettest Year: 82.64 Inches, 1929
Driest Year: 27.50 Inches, 1954
Mean Snowfall: 1.9 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 13.0 Inches, 1973
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
29 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
$3.121 million in damage from all the tornadoes
25 Injuries from all the tornadoes
144 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
94 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total damage= $30.057 million
15 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
Total damage= $425,000
3 Lightning-related Injuries
1 Deaths from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
13 Total Floods
6 Flash Floods
3 River Floods
3 Urban Floods
1 Coastal Flood
9 Ice, Sleet or Snow
18 Extreme Cold Events
142 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
