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South Carolina
South Carolina encompasses a humid subtropical climate, even though high elevation regions in the "Upstate" area have not as much of subtropical distinctiveness than areas on the Atlantic shoreline. In the summer, South Carolina is humid and hot with daytime temperatures ranging between 86-103°F or 30-40°C in the majority of the state and overnight lows over 80 °F or 26-27°C on the coast and in the high 70s°F or mid 20s°C further inland. Temperatures in the winter are much less consistent in South Carolina. Coastal regions of the state have awfully gentle winters with high temperatures approaching an average of about 60 °F or 16°C and overnight lows in the range of 40s°F 5-8°C. Further inland, the standard January overnight low is in the region of 35°F or 2°C in Columbia and just below freezing within the Upstate. While rain is abundant the entire year in more or less the entire state, the coast tends to have a somewhat wetter summer, while March tends to be the wettest month in the inland.
Snowfall in South Carolina is not too much with coastal areas receiving under an inch on average. It isn't unusual for areas on the coast not to receive any recordable snowfall within a given year, although it typically receives at least a little dusting of snow yearly. The interior gets a little more snow; even though nowhere in the state ranges above 6 inches of snow a year.
The state is susceptible to tropical cyclones. This is an annual distress throughout hurricane season, which is starting June to November. The peak time of susceptibility for the southeast Atlantic seaboard is stating from early August to early October while the Cape Verde hurricane season lingers. Two unforgettable Category 4 hurricanes to struck South Carolina were Hugo (1989) and Hazel (1954). South Carolina evens at around 50 days of thunderstorm commotions a year, which is less than several of the states more south, and it is slightly less susceptible to tornadoes than the states which edge on the Gulf of Mexico. Still, some distinguished tornadoes have struck South Carolina and the state averages about 14 tornadoes per annum. There have been no F-5 tornadoes but in excess of a dozen F-4 tornadoes have stuck in a lot of counties in South Carolina. An F-2 tornado which is about 113-157 miles per hour struck 8 miles SE of Blenheim within August 2004. This tornado ripped up a mature oak tree and ripped weighty Greek pillars from a home and positioned one on top of the roof. Pine needles from adjacent woods were caught up and spun around forming a solid cloud of needles. Roof shingles were tattered off some homes. A Clayton Zone 3 rated mobile home stood up with only roof shingle and skirting damage. As usual in a tornado, the skipping outline produced results that some homes received no or little damage whereas; neighboring property was more greatly damaged. South Carolina's latitude regularly creates a situation, when the air is unbalanced, to have extremely warm air at the surface with extremely cold air up at the right height for considerable hail formation. So as you can observe this state has a moderately warm climate just about all year around.
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