Greenville County
Temperature Summary (1893-2006)
Highest Maximum: 104 F, July 21, 1977
Lowest Minimum: -10 F, January 30, 1966
Annual Average:
Maximum 69.3 F
Mean 48.2 F
Minimum 58.6 F
Precipitation Summary
Highest Daily Rainfall:10.30 Inches, June 21, 1961
Annual Average Rainfall: 77.31 Inches
Wettest Year: 106.93 Inches, 1979
Mean Snowfall: 8.1 Inches
Largest Snowfall:15.0 inches, 1969
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
21 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
$10.925 million from all the tornadoes
24 Injuries from all the tornadoes
325 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
184 Hail Events (1955-2006)
2 Injuries from all the hail events
Total Damage= $606,000
16 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
Total Damage= $1.545 million
3 Lightning-related Injuries
1 Death from Lightning
Following data from 1993-2006
89 Total Floods
48 Flash Floods
38 River Floods
2 Coastal Floods
1 Urban Floods
67 Ice, Sleet or Snow
24 Extreme Cold Events
202 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
