CDUS42 KCAE 182128 CLICAE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 528 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2026 ................................... ...THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. 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) TODAY MAXIMUM 93 3:12 PM 98 1960 84 9 88 MINIMUM 68 6:12 AM 39 1973 61 7 69 AVERAGE 81 73 8 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 2.42 1900 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 1.73 1.84 -0.11 6.83 SINCE MAR 1 3.48 8.24 -4.76 13.21 SINCE JAN 1 8.47 15.12 -6.65 16.85 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 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 TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 19 14 5 1 SINCE MAR 1 247 425 -178 275 SINCE JUL 1 2293 2469 -176 2180 COOLING TODAY 16 8 8 14 MONTH TO DATE 78 115 -37 147 SINCE MAR 1 317 218 99 326 SINCE JAN 1 338 224 114 341 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 5:00 AM LOWEST 37 3:00 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT SC CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 98 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 42 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 6:21 AM EDT SUNSET 8:21 PM EDT MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 6:20 AM EDT SUNSET 8:22 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$