CDUS42 KCAE 060523 CLICAE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 123 AM EDT WED MAY 06 2026 ................................... ...THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2026... 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 ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 83 3:57 PM 95 1955 82 1 78 2012 2014 MINIMUM 53 5:52 AM 38 1973 57 -4 54 AVERAGE 68 69 -1 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.20 1991 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.56 0.50 0.06 1.99 SINCE MAR 1 2.31 6.90 -4.59 8.37 SINCE JAN 1 7.30 13.78 -6.48 12.01 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 2.9 1.2 1.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 5 11 0 SINCE MAR 1 244 416 -172 274 SINCE JUL 1 2290 2460 -170 2179 COOLING YESTERDAY 3 5 -2 1 MONTH TO DATE 3 25 -22 35 SINCE MAR 1 242 128 114 214 SINCE JAN 1 263 134 129 229 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 5:00 AM LOWEST 28 3:00 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 97 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 41 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2026...........SUNRISE 6:31 AM EDT SUNSET 8:12 PM EDT MAY 7 2026...........SUNRISE 6:30 AM EDT SUNSET 8:13 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$