Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
726 CXUS51 KRLX 012341 CLMCRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 641 PM EST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1901 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 81 01/15/1932 LOW -16 01/19/1994 HIGHEST 66 01/26 74 LOWEST 6 01/22 16 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.6 43.9 -1.3 50.1 AVG. MINIMUM 27.3 26.1 1.2 32.9 MEAN 35.0 35.0 -0.0 41.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 6.7 -0.7 1 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0 DAYS MAX >= 100 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 20 22.7 -2.7 16 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.11 1950 MINIMUM 1.05 1896 TOTALS 4.13 3.27 0.86 3.76 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.11 0.02 0.12 DAYS >= .01 19 14.8 4.2 18 DAYS >= .10 10 8.0 2.0 11 DAYS >= .50 3 2.1 0.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.75 01/27 TO 01/28 0.83 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 39.5 1978 24 HR TOTAL 15.5 01/04/1994 TO 01/04/1994 SNOW DEPTH 23 01/21/1978 TOTALS 9.9 10.3 -0.4 0.8 SINCE 7/1 10.4 17.4 -7.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= TRACE 15 7.6 7.4 8 DAYS >= 1.0 3 2.7 0.3 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 6 01/20 1 24 HR TOTAL 4.4 01/19 TO 01/19 0.8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 922 930 -8 721 SINCE 7/1 2387 2618 -231 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/140 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/150 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.79 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 20 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 3 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$