Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
000 CXUS51 KRLX 011739 CLMCRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 139 PM EDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1901 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/10/1930 LOW 26 05/10/1966 HIGHEST 84 05/11 91 LOWEST 36 05/05 43 AVG. MAXIMUM 73.7 76.2 -2.5 78.7 AVG. MINIMUM 50.6 53.2 -2.6 55.3 MEAN 62.1 64.7 -2.6 67.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.0 -1.0 4 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX >= 80 8 16 DAYS MAX >= 100 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.93 2020 MINIMUM 0.61 1939 TOTALS 3.56 4.93 -1.37 5.35 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.16 -0.05 0.17 DAYS >= .01 11 14.1 -3.1 12 DAYS >= .10 8 9.4 -1.4 9 DAYS >= .50 2 3.6 -1.6 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.1 -1.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.13 05/12 TO 05/13 2.21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.6 1989 24 HR TOTAL 0.6 05/07/1989 TO 05/07/1989 SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS T 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 3.0 31.5 -28.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 1 0.0 1.0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL T 05/03 TO 05/03 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 117 104 13 38 SINCE 7/1 3968 4344 -376 MM COOLING TOTAL 36 94 -58 107 SINCE 1/1 60 129 -69 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/230 DATE 05/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/240 DATE 05/01 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$