All of SC Moderate Drought -- KCHS driest spring on record -

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1021 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...DRY SPRING ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS AT CHARLESTON...

PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT GAVE THE
CHARLESTON AREA THREE VERY DRY MONTHS. THE TOTAL RAINFALL AT
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM MARCH 1 THROUGH MAY 31 WAS
2.60 INCHES. THAT IS THE LOWEST TOTAL EVER RECORDED FOR THE THREE
SPRING MONTHS. THE PREVIOUS LOW WAS 3.78 INCHES IN 1995.

ADDITIONALLY...THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR MARCH THROUGH MAY AT
CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WERE LESS THAN ONE INCH. THE ONLY
OTHER TIME THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS HAD RAINFALL TOTALS BELOW ONE
INCH WAS FROM DECEMBER 1949 TO FEBRUARY 1950. RECORDS DATE BACK TO
1930.

South Carolina Dept of Natural Resources report ---
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/news/Yr2007/june4 ... ought.html