Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
281 CXUS51 KRLX 031243 CLSCRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 733 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2020 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2019 TO 2/29/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2020 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 80 01/11 75 LOWEST 13 01/22 2 AVG. MAXIMUM 50.3 44.9 5.4 48.4 AVG. MINIMUM 31.8 28.0 3.8 30.7 MEAN 41.1 36.4 4.7 39.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 14.1 -11.1 7 DAYS MIN <= 32 49 59.2 -10.2 53 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.9 -0.9 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.74 1923 MINIMUM 4.58 1941 TOTALS 13.16 9.46 3.70 14.66 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.11 0.03 0.16 DAYS >= .01 41 42.8 -1.8 47 DAYS >= .10 29 22.8 6.2 31 DAYS >= .50 10 5.6 4.4 9 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.1 -0.1 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.61 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 71.2 1996 24 HR TOTAL 15.5 01/04/1994 TO 01/04/1994 TOTALS 9.3 27.8 -18.5 5.2 SINCE 7/1 10.8 29.2 -18.4 7.2 DAYS >= TRACE 28 20.5 7.5 31 DAYS >= 1.0 3 8.5 -5.5 2 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 3.0 MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2162 2570 -408 2274 SINCE 7/1 MM 3478 MM MM COOLING TOTAL 5 1 4 0 SINCE 1/1 5 0 5 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/270 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/270 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.70 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 32 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 46 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 18 LIGHT RAIN 42 FREEZING RAIN 0 LIGHT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 26 SLEET 0 FOG 43 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$