Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
221 CXUS51 KRLX 021517 CLSCRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1017 AM EST TUE MAR 02 2021 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2020 TO 2/28/2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1901 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 81 02/20/2018 01/15/1932 LOW -17 12/30/1917 HIGHEST 71 02/24 80 LOWEST 10 02/21 13 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.9 44.9 -2.0 50.3 AVG. MINIMUM 27.9 28.0 -0.1 31.8 MEAN 35.4 36.4 -1.0 41.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 13 14.1 -1.1 3 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 MM DAYS MAX >= 100 0 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 72 59.2 12.8 49 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.9 -0.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.74 1923 MINIMUM 4.58 1941 TOTALS 11.61 9.46 2.15 13.16 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.11 0.02 0.14 DAYS >= .01 48 42.8 5.2 41 DAYS >= .10 21 22.8 -1.8 29 DAYS >= .50 6 5.6 0.4 10 DAYS >= 1.00 3 1.1 1.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.23 1.61 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 71.2 1996 24 HR TOTAL 15.5 01/04/1994 TO 01/04/1994 TOTALS 23.1 27.8 -4.7 9.3 SINCE 7/1 23.5 29.2 -5.7 MM DAYS >= TRACE 38 20.5 17.5 28 DAYS >= 1.0 11 8.5 2.5 3 DAYS >= 3.0 0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 12/25 2 24 HR TOTAL 5.4 3.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2635 2570 65 2162 SINCE 7/1 3346 3454 -108 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1 5 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 5 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/240 DATE 02/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/300 DATE 02/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.74 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 30 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 51 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 40 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 12 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 39 SLEET 6 FOG 59 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$