Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
000 CXUS51 KRLX 012327 CLMEKN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 727 PM EDT SUN OCT 01 2023 ................................... ...THE ELKINS WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1899 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 09/03/1953 LOW 26 09/29/1942 09/30/1899 HIGHEST 89 09/05 85 LOWEST 44 09/16 38 09/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.9 76.6 0.3 73.6 AVG. MINIMUM 53.8 51.5 2.3 52.2 MEAN 65.3 64.1 1.2 62.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MAX >= 80 11 8 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.88 2000 MINIMUM 0.32 1985 TOTALS 3.80 3.51 0.29 2.29 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.12 0.01 0.08 DAYS >= .01 11 10.6 0.4 12 DAYS >= .10 6 6.6 -0.6 7 DAYS >= .50 2 2.1 -0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.88 09/17 TO 09/17 0.83 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 65 96 -31 116 SINCE 7/1 74 112 -38 116 COOLING TOTAL 85 68 17 58 SINCE 1/1 510 610 -100 640 FALL FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 31 09/14/1985 09/14/1953 LATEST 26 11/03/2021 NORMAL 10/12 1ST OBS. 2023 -- .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 14/340 DATE 09/23 14/150 09/27 14/300 09/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 19/320 DATE 09/30 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.66 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$