Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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South Carolina
Precipitation Rankings, August 1897
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1897 1-Month |
4.48" (113.79mm) | 5.28" (134.11mm) |
-0.80" (-20.32mm) | 50th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1925 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1895 | 1949 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1897 2-Month |
10.24" (260.10mm) | 10.82" (274.83mm) |
-0.58" (-14.73mm) | 58th Driest | Driest to Date | 1980 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 1964 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1897 3-Month |
15.45" (392.43mm) | 15.50" (393.70mm) |
-0.05" (-1.27mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1895 | 1954 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2013 | ||||
| Ties: 1921 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1897 4-Month |
17.99" (456.95mm) | 19.08" (484.63mm) |
-1.09" (-27.68mm) | 49th Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2013 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1897 5-Month |
21.32" (541.53mm) | 22.42" (569.47mm) |
-1.10" (-27.94mm) | 50th Driest | Driest to Date | 1925 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1896 | 2013 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1897 6-Month |
25.91" (658.11mm) | 26.70" (678.18mm) |
-0.79" (-20.07mm) | 61st Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1925 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1895 | 2003 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1897 7-Month |
33.54" (851.92mm) | 30.60" (777.24mm) |
2.94" (74.68mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1925 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1964 | ||||
| Ties: 1995 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1897 8-Month |
35.92" (912.37mm) | 34.43" (874.52mm) |
1.49" (37.85mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1954 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1895 | 1964 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
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Dec 1896–Aug 1897 9-Month |
39.59" (1,005.59mm) | 38.08" (967.23mm) |
1.51" (38.36mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1911 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1964 | ||||
| Ties: 1924 | ||||||
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Nov 1896–Aug 1897 10-Month |
43.55" (1,106.17mm) | 40.69" (1,033.53mm) |
2.86" (72.64mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1911 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1964 | ||||
|
Oct 1896–Aug 1897 11-Month |
44.93" (1,141.22mm) | 43.72" (1,110.49mm) |
1.21" (30.73mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1991 | ||||
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Sep 1896–Aug 1897 12-Month |
48.12" (1,222.25mm) | 47.91" (1,216.91mm) |
0.21" (5.34mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1911 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1964 | ||||
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Mar 1896–Aug 1897 18-Month |
72.80" (1,849.12mm) | 74.68" (1,896.87mm) |
-1.88" (-47.75mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 2002 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1965 | ||||
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Sep 1895–Aug 1897 24-Month |
90.09" (2,288.29mm) | 95.87" (2,435.10mm) |
-5.78" (-146.81mm) | 37th Driest | Driest to Date | 2002 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1965 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 3, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/