Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
872 CXUS51 KRLX 012341 CLMEKN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 641 PM EST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ELKINS WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1899 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 78 01/29/1914 LOW -24 01/20/1984 HIGHEST 65 01/26 72 LOWEST -7 01/22 12 AVG. MAXIMUM 40.4 41.5 -1.1 48.1 AVG. MINIMUM 23.1 20.0 3.1 29.3 MEAN 31.8 30.8 1.0 38.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 9.2 -1.2 3 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 24 25.9 -1.9 21 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 3.0 -1.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 DAYS MIN <= -5 1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.93 1907 MINIMUM 1.05 1967 TOTALS 3.92 3.36 0.56 3.01 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.11 0.02 0.10 DAYS >= .01 21 17.3 3.7 19 DAYS >= .10 10 8.2 1.8 10 DAYS >= .50 3 1.6 1.4 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.84 01/27 TO 01/28 0.69 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 54.1 1985 24 HR TOTAL 18.1 01/07/1996 TO 01/07/1996 SNOW DEPTH 20 01/24/2016 01/26/1977 01/01/1971 TOTALS 22.8 20.3 2.5 5.2 SINCE 7/1 33.4 39.8 -6.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 0 DAYS >= TRACE 17 11.0 6.0 10 DAYS >= 1.0 6 6.8 -0.8 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 11 01/20 2 24 HR TOTAL 8.2 01/19 TO 01/19 2.8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1021 1062 -41 807 SINCE 7/1 2906 3182 -276 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/140 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/200 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.74 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 19 SLEET 1 FOG 23 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$