Saluda County
Temperature Summary (1902-2006)
Highest Maximum: 109 F, Septamber 1, 1912
Lowest Minimum: -2 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 74.2 F
Mean 61.6 F
Minimum 48.9 F
Precipitation Summary (1902-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 5.93 Inches, September 4, 1998
Annual Average Rainfall: 46.95 Inches
Wettest Year: 74.55 Inches, 1964
Mean Snowfall: 1.5 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 8.0 Inches, 1958
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
9 Tornadoees (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $5.300 million
20 Injuries from all the tornadoes
3 deaths from all the tornadoes
72 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
39 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $2.050 million
Total crop damage= $2.050 million
0 Lightning Events
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Total cost= $0
Following data from 1993-2006
4 Total Floods
3 Flash Floods
10 River Floods
1 Coastal Floods
6 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
15 Extreme Cold Events
186 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
