These observations, which were transmitted by telegraph to the central office in Washington, D.C., commenced the beginning of the new division of the Signal Service. An early spring frost and freeze impacts many locations inland, with readings down into the upper 20s to middle 30s across much of southern South Carolina and Southeast Georgia. The last tornado was an F0 that touches down in a swampy area of southern Dorchester County. There was a sighting of a short-lived waterspout off the coast of the Isle of Palms County Park. A devastating 7.3 earthquake occurs with an epicenter near Charleston and Summerville. John Lining; an early weather pioneer whose home is still in downtown Charleston on the corner of King and Broad Streets. Both the Charleston airport and downtown Charleston recorded their driest December. Strong and persistent westerly winds behind a departing area of low pressure results in blow out tides with the low tide around 1230 to 130 am. The South Santee River near Jamestown reaches 30 feet, its third highest level in recorded history. One car plunged into the river as a result, with 5 people killed. After almost 5 days of continuous rains the historic flooding event that impacted the Carolinas comes to an end. The tornado, rated an F2 traveled about 16 miles from rural Long County into Liberty County, hitting near the town of Fleming. This is the highest temperature on record in the entire state of SC during the month of February. Today is the birthday of John Campanius Holm, born in Stockholm, Sweden. This follows the wettest October on record just 4 weeks ago. The month ends with the wettest February on record at the Charleston airport, with 10.47 inches of rain. There are several reports of sleet from the Charleston Tri-County area and Screven County during the evening hours. Intense rainfall dumps up to 4.5 inches of rain in Statesboro in a couple of hours, resulting in approximately 20 to 25 water rescues due to flooding of a first floor apartment complex and nearby homes. An EF 1 tornado occurs in Chatham County near Montgomery Crossroads and Harry Truman Parkway, with winds of 90-100 mph. A few spots even started off in the upper teens. The Ogeechee River at Midville reaches its highest level in recorded history at 12.20 feet. A short lived F1 tornado touches down just west of Walterboro, SC and causes 1 injury. This is the only day in April where the record high temperature at the Savannah airport for the month has failed to reach at least 90 degrees. A significant storm surge produced extensive flood damage, especially from around Beaufort to Charleston. The mercury hits the century mark in downtown Charleston. A tropical storm strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it moves north and northeast just off the Georgia and South Carolina coasts. Beach Club Villas at Wild Dunes had water under the building. The largest was a report of 2 inch hail on Daufuskie Island, SC. This is the longest stretch of days below 50 degrees in the month of November since record keeping began. Dozens of homes were damaged, but thankfully there were no fatalities. One off Nova Scotia, a second between the Bahamas and Bermuda, the third near the Lesser Antilles and one that recently formed off the Cape Verdes. In downtown Charleston the average monthly temperature was 59.9 degrees, or more than 7 degrees above normal. The tornado moved east northeast and ended about 1.5 miles east of Eden. A total of four tornadoes were reported, with the first an F0 that occurred northeast of St. George in Dorchester County. The wildfire was fully contained on March 25. The highest river level on record occurs on the Ohoopee near Reidsville, when the river crests at 28.40 feet. The temperature in downtown Charleston peaks at 100 degrees on this date. 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