Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
102 CXUS51 KRLX 020431 CLMCRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1131 PM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 80 12/03/1982 12/10/1971 LOW -17 12/30/1917 HIGHEST 68 12/09 69 LOWEST 19 12/20 0 AVG. MAXIMUM 53.5 47.5 6.0 48.0 AVG. MINIMUM 33.3 29.9 3.4 29.7 MEAN 43.4 38.7 4.7 38.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.7 -3.7 3 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0 DAYS MAX >= 100 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 15 19.8 -4.8 17 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.02 1978 MINIMUM 0.45 1965 TOTALS 2.16 3.56 -1.40 1.25 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.11 -0.04 0.04 DAYS >= .01 14 14.2 -0.2 11 DAYS >= .10 6 7.8 -1.8 7 DAYS >= .50 1 2.2 -1.2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.97 12/09 TO 12/10 0.43 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 21.9 1995 24 HR TOTAL 11.0 12/28/1967 TO 12/28/1967 SNOW DEPTH 11 12/19/2009 TOTALS 0.5 5.0 -4.5 1.7 SINCE 7/1 0.5 7.1 -6.6 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 6 4.1 1.9 6 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.8 -1.8 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 1 24 HR TOTAL 0.5 12/18 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 662 816 -154 801 SINCE 7/1 1465 1690 -225 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 968 1160 -192 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 24/240 DATE 12/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.63 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 16 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 1 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$