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CDUS42 KCAE 162121
CLICAE
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
521 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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...THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2026...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1887 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 98 2:35 PM 102 1954 91 7 87
MINIMUM 77 5:39 AM 57 1967 71 6 75
AVERAGE 88 81 7 81
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 4.38 2013 0.15 -0.15 0.09
MONTH TO DATE 3.16 2.63 0.53 4.70
SINCE JUN 1 8.15 12.95 -4.80 17.12
SINCE JAN 1 20.16 29.72 -9.56 35.95
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 1 -1 0
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 23 16 7 16
MONTH TO DATE 305 267 38 213
SINCE JUN 1 1380 1230 150 1322
SINCE JAN 1 1892 1578 314 1770
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.3
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 94 1:00 AM
LOWEST 56 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 75
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THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 91 106 1954
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 58 1961
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 16 2026........SUNRISE 6:47 AM EDT SUNSET 8:10 PM EDT
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 6:48 AM EDT SUNSET 8:09 PM EDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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