Sumter County
Temperature Summary (1922-2006)
Highest Maximum: 108 F, September 4, 1925
Lowest Minimum: 2 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 75.3 F
Mean 63.2 F
Minimum 51.9 F
Precipitation Summary (1945-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 8.21 Inches, October 11, 1990
Annual Average Rainfall: 47.29 Inches
Wettest Year: 70.69 Inches, 1959
Driest Year: 30.54 Inches, 2000
Mean Snowfall: .7 Inch
Largest Snowfall: 6.0 Inches, 1960
Extreme Events (*Data through August 2006)
16 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $4.587 million
3 Injuries from all the tornadoes
138 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
53 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $2,000
1 Lightning Event (1955-2006)
0 Deaths from Lightning
Total cost= $225,000
Following data from 1993-2006
6 Total Floods
4 Flash Floods
0 River Floods
1 Urban Floods
1 Coastal Floods
6 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
18 Extreme Cold Events
183 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
