Sumter County
Temperature Summary (1922-2008)
Highest Maximum: 108 F, September 4, 1925
Lowest Minimum: 2 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 76.2 F
Mean 63.2 F
Minimum 51.6 F
Precipitation Summary (1945-2008)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 8.68 Inches, September 17, 1945
Annual Average Rainfall: 47.29 Inches
Wettest Year: 70.69 Inches, 1959
Driest Year: 28.81 Inches, 1954
Highest Daily Snowfall: 6.0 Inches, March 12,1960
Extreme Events (*Data through May 2008)
17 Tornadoes (1950-2008)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $4.587 million
8 Injuries from all the tornadoes
152 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
67 Hail Events (1955-2008)
Total cost= $2,000
1 Lightning Event (1955-2008)
0 Deaths from Lightning
Total cost= $225,000
Following data from 1993-2008
6 Total Floods
4 Flash Floods
0 River Floods
1 Urban Floods
1 Coastal Floods
6 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
194 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
Incipient: 136
Moderate: 141
Severe: 29
Extreme: 11
