CDUS42 KCAE 080639 CLICAE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 239 AM EDT FRI MAY 08 2026 ................................... ...THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 80 5:27 PM 96 1977 82 -2 75 MINIMUM 63 11:59 PM 42 1891 58 5 54 1968 1989 AVERAGE 72 70 2 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.74 2.05 1917 0.10 0.64 T MONTH TO DATE 1.73 0.70 1.03 1.99 SINCE MAR 1 3.48 7.10 -3.62 8.37 SINCE JAN 1 8.47 13.98 -5.51 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 7 9 0 SINCE MAR 1 244 418 -174 274 SINCE JUL 1 2290 2462 -172 2179 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 6 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 37 -18 38 SINCE MAR 1 258 140 118 217 SINCE JAN 1 279 146 133 232 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 1:00 AM LOWEST 58 5:00 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 96 1916 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 35 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2026...........SUNRISE 6:29 AM EDT SUNSET 8:14 PM EDT MAY 9 2026...........SUNRISE 6:28 AM EDT SUNSET 8:14 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$