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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
131 PM EST SAT DEC 1 2007

...NOVEMBER 2007 RANKS AMONG THE DRIEST IN HISTORY AT THE CHARLESTON 
AIRPORT...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON AND THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT...

NOVEMBER 2007 WAS A VERY DRY MONTH ACCORDING TO THE RECORD BOOKS.

AT CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...0.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION 
WERE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THIS RANKS AS THE DRIEST 
NOVEMBER AND THE THIRD ALL TIME DRIEST MONTH EVER RECORDED.
THE PREVIOUS DRIEST NOVEMBER OCCURRED IN 1998 WHEN 0.16 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION FELL. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER AT CHARLESTON 
AIRPORT IS 2.66 INCHES.

AT DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...NO PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH 
OF NOVEMBER. THIS RANKS AS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER AND TIES THE RECORD 
WITH OCTOBER 2000 AS THE ALL TIME DRIEST MONTH EVER RECORDED. THE 
PREVIOUS DRIEST NOVEMBER OCCURRED IN 1996 WHEN 0.21 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION FELL. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER AT DOWNTOWN 
CHARLESTON IS 2.18 INCHES.

AT SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...0.05 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION 
WERE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THIS RANKS AS THE THIRD 
DRIEST NOVEMBER AND THE FIFTH ALL TIME DRIEST MONTH EVER RECORDED.
THE DRIEST NOVEMBER OCCURRED IN 1922 WHEN 0.01 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION FELL. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER AT SAVANNAH 
AIRPORT IS 2.40 INCHES.

THE TOP FIVE DRIEST MONTHS OF NOVEMBER FOR THE CHARLESTON 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

0.03 INCHES.....2007
0.16 INCHES.....1998
0.48 INCHES.....1966
0.52 INCHES.....1964/1958
0.53 INCHES.....2001

THE TOP FIVE ALL TIME DRIEST MONTHS FOR THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL 
AIRPORT:

TRACE..........OCTOBER 2000
0.01 INCHES....APRIL 1972/OCTOBER 1942
0.03 INCHES....NOVEMBER 2007
0.05 INCHES....OCTOBER 1943 
0.06 INCHES....OCTOBER 1940

THE TOP FIVE DRIEST MONTHS OF NOVEMBER FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON:

0.00 INCHES.....2007
0.21 INCHES.....1996
0.22 INCHES.....1982
0.29 INCHES.....1998
0.37 INCHES.....1966

THE TOP FIVE ALL TIME DRIEST MONTHS FOR DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON:

0.00 INCHES......NOVEMBER 2007/OCTOBER 2000
TRACE............APRIL 1972
0.02 INCHES......MAY 2000
0.18 INCHES......AUGUST 1954
0.19 INCHES......JANUARY 1898

THE TOP FIVE DRIEST MONTHS OF NOVEMBER FOR THE SAVANNAH 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

0.01 INCHES.....1922
0.04 INCHES.....1931
0.05 INCHES.....2007
0.11 INCHES.....1909
0.15 INCHES.....1966

THE TOP FIVE ALL TIME DRIEST MONTHS FOR THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL 
AIRPORT:

TRACE...........OCTOBER 2000
0.01 INCHES.....NOVEMBER 1922
0.02 INCHES.....OCTOBER 1963
0.04 INCHES.....NOVEMBER 1931/MARCH 1925
0.05 INCHES.....NOVEMBER 2007

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REB