Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
671 CXUS51 KRLX 020431 CLMEKN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1131 PM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ELKINS WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 76 12/07/1951 LOW -28 12/30/1917 HIGHEST 66 12/09 68 LOWEST 9 12/20 -5 AVG. MAXIMUM 49.6 45.2 4.4 45.3 AVG. MINIMUM 29.4 24.1 5.3 24.8 MEAN 39.5 34.7 4.8 35.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 2 6.0 -4.0 4 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 22 25.2 -3.2 21 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.7 -0.7 2 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 DAYS MIN <= -5 0 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.95 1923 MINIMUM 0.90 1965 TOTALS 2.75 3.57 -0.82 3.17 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.12 -0.03 0.10 DAYS >= .01 18 16.3 1.7 14 DAYS >= .10 8 8.6 -0.6 7 DAYS >= .50 1 2.0 -1.0 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.98 12/10 TO 12/10 0.61 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 36.7 1993 24 HR TOTAL 19.9 12/19/2009 TO 12/19/2009 SNOW DEPTH 18 12/14/1944 TOTALS 9.0 14.5 -5.5 3.3 SINCE 7/1 10.6 19.5 -8.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 10 7.8 2.2 7 DAYS >= 1.0 2 4.7 -2.7 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 12/19 1 24 HR TOTAL 3.6 12/19 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 785 941 -156 922 SINCE 7/1 1885 2121 -236 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 514 617 -103 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/290 DATE 12/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/280 DATE 12/18 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 15 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 19 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$