SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER AND CLIMATE

April 30 - May 6, 2001

WEATHER SUMMARY

Sunny dry days and cool mornings continued throughout the work week. Lack of rain has caused delays in field and garden activities. Afternoon temperatures beginning on Thursday edged into the upper 80's to near 90. On Sunday a frontal boundary dropped southward and initiated isolated late day thunderstorms, some with small hail. Statewide temperatures for the period averaged two degrees above normal.

PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE DATA

The highest temperature was 91 degrees at the State Climatology Office in downtown Columbia on May 6. The lowest temperature was unavailable. The heaviest 24 hour rainfall was 0.73" at Calhoun Falls on May 6. The average statewide rainfall for the period was 0.0".

                     Precipitation
               Period    2001  Deviation*               Temperature
Location        Total   Total   From Avg.           Maximum     Minimum	
Greer            0.00   13.19       5.4B               86          53                            	              		
Columbia         0.02    9.73       7.5B               88          50
Florence         0.00    8.10       6.2B               89          49	        
Charleston       0.00   10.62       3.7B               85          50   
N Myrtle Beach   0.00   11.91       2.5B               78          48
Augusta, Ga.     0.44   13.44       3.5B               89          45
*A=Above, B=Below                                                                        
                      

Note: Weekly rainfall amounts are for the prior 24-hrs ending 7 am Monday through ending 7 am Sunday.

SOIL

4 inch depth average soil temperature: Columbia 76 degrees.

RIVERS AND SURF

South Carolina river stages were near to below normal.
Surf temperatures at Myrtle Beach and Savannah will average around 69 degrees.