PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1124 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015

...SEVERAL RAINFALL RECORDS SET AT CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...


CHARLESTON AIRPORT /NORTH CHARLESTON SC/ RAINFALL RECORDS

GREATEST 1-DAY RAINFALL.....11.50 INCHES SET ON OCT 3 2015
OLD 1-DAY RAINFALL RECORD...10.52 INCHES SET ON SEP 21 1998

GREATEST 2-DAY RAINFALL.....14.31 INCHES SET ON OCT 3-4 2015
OLD 2-DAY RAINFALL RECORD...11.10 INCHES SET ON JUN 10-11 1973

GREATEST 3-DAY RAINFALL.....15.92 INCHES SET ON OCT 2-4 2015
OLD 3-DAY RAINFALL RECORD...11.95 INCHES SET ON JUN 9-11 1973

GREATEST 4-DAY RAINFALL.....17.29 INCHES SET ON OCT 1-4 2015
OLD 4-DAY RAINFALL RECORD...16.56 INCHES SET ON JUN 7-11 1973

GREATEST MONTHLY OCTOBER RAINFALL..17.29 INCHES THROUGH OCT 4
OLD MONTHLY OCTOBER RAINFALL.......12.11 INCHES SET IN 1994

5 WETTEST MONTHS ON RECORD

1) 27.24 INCHES IN JUN 1973
2) 18.46 INCHES IN JUL 1964
3) 17.31 INCHES IN SEP 1945
4) 17.29 INCHES IN OCT 2015 ** NOTE: ONLY 4 DAYS OF RAIN THUS FAR
5) 17.24 INCHES IN AUG 1940



DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON RAINFALL RECORDS

3RD HIGHEST 1-DAY RAINFALL.....9.25 INCHES ON OCT 3 2015
HIGHEST 1-DAY RAINFALL.........10.38 INCHES ON JUN 11 1973

TIED FOR HIGHEST 2-DAY RAINFALL....11.74 INCHES OCT 3-4 2015
PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED................JUN 10-11 1973

GREATEST 3-DAY RAINFALL.....13.80 INCHES SET ON OCT 1-3 2015
OLD 3-DAY RAINFALL RECORD...12.39 INCHES SET ON JUN 9-11 1973

GREATEST 4-DAY RAINFALL.....16.29 INCHES SET ON OCT 1-4 2015
OLD 4-DAY RAINFALL RECORD...13.80 INCHES SET ON JUN 7-11 1973

GREATEST MONTHLY OCTOBER RAINFALL..16.29 INCHES THROUGH OCT 4
OLD MONTHLY OCTOBER RAINFALL.......11.74 INCHES SET IN 1959

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