Country: United States
Latitude:32.9545 N
Longitude:79.4681 W
Nearby Cities:Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, Goose Creek, Myrtle Beach

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location 0.27
± 0.36
0.42
± 0.54
0.55
± 0.45
0.60
± 0.26
2.43
± 0.29
1.34
± 0.63
South Carolina 0.28
± 0.33
0.44
± 0.48
0.59
± 0.37
0.55
± 0.13
2.44
± 0.17
1.91
± 0.52
North Carolina 0.31
± 0.29
0.50
± 0.40
0.69
± 0.29
0.64
± 0.08
2.57
± 0.21
2.06
± 0.44
Contiguous United States - 0.66
± 0.25
0.76
± 0.18
0.87
± 0.08
2.16
± 0.16
2.76
± 0.36
United States - 0.69
± 0.24
0.80
± 0.16
0.89
± 0.08
2.36
± 0.13
2.42
± 0.39
North America - 0.82
± 0.23
1.02
± 0.18
1.11
± 0.11
2.90
± 0.19
4.72
± 0.28
Northern Hemisphere - 0.79
± 0.16
0.96
± 0.10
1.19
± 0.05
2.56
± 0.20
3.56
± 0.20
Global Land 0.43
± 0.18
0.79
± 0.13
0.91
± 0.08
1.11
± 0.03
2.16
± 0.11
2.78
± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Seasonal Changes

Local Climate Variabiity

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
± 2.70 ± 1.06 ± 0.66 ± 0.55 ± 0.45

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.39 0.57 0.72 0.76 0.78

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 3.98 ± 3.80 ± 3.20 ± 2.10 ± 1.86 ± 1.88
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 1.86 ± 1.46 ± 1.85 ± 2.44 ± 2.77 ± 3.63

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range