Laurens County
Temperature Summary (1901-2009)
Highest Maximum: 110 F, June 22, 1925
Lowest Minimum: -2 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 73.3 F
Mean 60.1 F
Minimum 46.9 F
Precipitation Summary (1901-2009)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 10.72 Inches, September 26, 1929
Annual Average Rainfall: 46.74 Inches
Wettest Year: 74.35 Inches, 1929
Driest Year: 30.74 Inches, 1925
Mean Snowfall: 2.2 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 10.0 Inches, 1935
Extreme Events (*Data through December 2009)
13 Tornadoes (1950-2009)
Tornado damage: $30.380 million
50 Tornado related injuries
0 Tornado related fatalities
141 Wind events (winds exceeding 50 knots or 58 miles per hour)
94 Hail events (1955-2009)
Hail damage: $60,000
7 Lightning events (1993-2009)
0 Lightning related injuries
0 Lightning related fatalities
Lightning damage: $1.009 million
Following data from 1993-2009
29 Flood events
29 Winter precipitation events
Winter precipitation damage: $127.4 million
207 Months in moderate to extreme drought as defined by the Palmer Drought Severity Index, computed by the Regional Drought Monitor.
Incipient: 121
Moderate: 159
Severe: 42
Extreme: 6
