Laurens County
Temperature Summary (1901-2006)
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 (1901-2006)
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 August 2006)
11 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $30.350 million
50 Injuries from all the tornadoes
185 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
80 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $60,000
7 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Total cost= $1.009M
Following data from 1993-2006
29 Total Floods
13 Flash Floods
12 River Floods
2 Urban Flood
1 Coastal Flood
25 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
17 Extreme Cold Events
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204 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
