CDUS42 KCHS 162111 CLICXM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 511 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026 ................................... ...THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 85 200 PM 88 2018 76 9 71 MINIMUM 72 320 AM 45 1945 63 9 64 AVERAGE 79 70 9 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.91 1932 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.11 2.54 2.57 3.84 SINCE SEP 1 5.33 7.79 -2.46 4.88 SINCE JAN 1 23.48 37.52 -14.04 38.77 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 1 SINCE SEP 1 0 5 -5 1 SINCE JUL 1 0 5 -5 1 COOLING TODAY 14 5 9 3 MONTH TO DATE 177 115 62 91 SINCE SEP 1 619 492 127 445 SINCE JAN 1 2783 2353 430 2540 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 .......................................................... THE DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 75 88 1919 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 41 1977 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 725 AM EDT SUNSET 645 PM EDT OCTOBER 17 2026.......SUNRISE 725 AM EDT SUNSET 644 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$