SUNNY DISPOSITIONS


A CHAT WITH LOCAL


Lowcountry, its mild climate is a major drawing card. Ac- cording to the South Carolina State Climatology Office, the region experiences measurable snowfall, on average, just once every three years. Te area’s first white Christ- mas on record was in December 1989, when more than six inches of snow fell just months after Hurricane Hugo devastated the Carolina coast. At the other end of the spectrum, the dog days of sum- mer sometimes have Charleston County residents panting for relief from temperatures as high as 105. South Carolina is not known for its tornadoes, but only 18 other states have suffered more damage from twisters, according to state climate reports. In 1938, ac- cording to the National Weather Service, Mother Nature unleashed her wrath in the Lowcountry, pummeling the region with five tornados that killed 32 people. Droughts can be a weather issue as well. A damaging


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dry spell from 1998 to 2002 meant trouble for agriculture and tourism as well as for water supplies and fisheries. Most recently, from September 2007 through January 2008, Charleston County’s drought status was considered to be “severe.”


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METEOROLOGISTS story by Amy Kehm


N WARM, SUNNY BEACH days, you love it. On bitter, rained- out game days, you hate it. Hot, cold, wet, dry, sticky, chilly or windy – the weather unites us all. Regardless of any complaints you might hear about weather in the


The Lowcountry is known for its


nice weather and beautiful sunsets.


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