Oconee County
Temperature Summary (1896-2006)
Highest Maximum: 106 F, August 17, 1954
Lowest Minimum: -5 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 71.6 F
Mean 58.7 F
Minimum 45.8 F
Precipitation Summary (1948-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 6.93 Inches, May 29, 1976
Annual Average Rainfall: 87.07 Inches
Wettest Year: 110.79 Inches, 1994
Driest Year: 33.97 Inches, 1970
Mean Snowfall: 3.4 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 10 Inches, 1971
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
21 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $6.923 million
Total crop damage from all the tornadoes $5.00 million
15 Injuries from all the tornadoes
175 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
105 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $0
7 Lightning Events (1996-2000)
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Total cost= $156
Following data from 1993-2006
22 Total Floods
10 Flash Floods
11 River Floods
1 Urban Floods
1 Coastal Floods
62 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
19 Extreme Cold Events
174 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
