Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
552 CXUS51 KRLX 020826 CLAEKN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 326 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2021 ................................... ...THE ELKINS WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1899 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 07/16/1988 08/06/1918 LOW -28 12/30/1917 HIGHEST 92 07/07 92 06/09 LOWEST 2 02/15 -13 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.9 61.7 3.2 65.4 AVG. MINIMUM 41.7 38.8 2.9 41.5 MEAN 53.3 50.3 3.0 53.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 2.3 6.7 7 DAYS MAX <= 32 11 25.5 -14.5 19 DAYS MAX >= 80 88 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 120 133.0 -13.0 120 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 5.4 -5.4 4 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 MM DAYS MIN <= -5 0 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 72.88 1996 MINIMUM 28.38 1930 TOTALS 56.51 45.93 10.58 50.03 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.13 0.02 0.14 DAYS >= .01 187 174.9 12.1 165 DAYS >= .10 120 101.8 18.2 108 DAYS >= .50 37 28.0 9.0 32 DAYS >= 1.00 11 7.2 3.8 12 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.05 07/30 TO 07/31 1.98 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 136.6 1996 24 HR TOTAL 19.9 12/19/2009 TO 12/19/2009 TOTALS 42.6 83.5 -40.9 37.0 SINCE 7/1 17.6 22.4 -4.8 MM DAYS >= TRACE 54 48.4 5.6 54 DAYS >= 1.0 14 26.3 -12.3 13 DAYS >= 3.0 2 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 01/08 4 12/26 24 HR TOTAL 6.0 12/24 TO 12/25 4.8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4925 5851 -926 4898 SINCE 7/1 1944 2292 -348 MM COOLING TOTAL 750 476 274 844 SINCE 1/1 750 475 275 844 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/270 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/260 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 100 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 150 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 116 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 47 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 72 RAIN 103 LIGHT RAIN 198 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 9 LIGHT SNOW 54 SLEET 0 FOG 262 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 99 HAZE 59 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$