Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
800 CXUS51 KRLX 012341 CLMBKW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 641 PM EST THU FEB 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BECKLEY WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 74 01/25/1950 01/30/1916 LOW -22 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 64 01/26 71 LOWEST 2 01/17 12 AVG. MAXIMUM 39.4 40.5 -1.1 47.0 AVG. MINIMUM 24.6 24.0 0.6 31.8 MEAN 32.0 32.2 -0.2 39.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 9.3 0.7 1 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 26 23.9 2.1 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.0 -1.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 DAYS MIN <= -5 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.07 1937 MINIMUM 0.53 1983 TOTALS 4.38 3.13 1.25 2.45 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.10 0.04 0.08 DAYS >= .01 21 15.0 6.0 16 DAYS >= .10 10 7.7 2.3 8 DAYS >= .50 2 1.8 0.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.4 0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.26 01/09 TO 01/10 0.64 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 42.1 2010 24 HR TOTAL 18.0 01/03/1914 TO 01/03/1914 SNOW DEPTH 24 01/28/1998 01/05/1914 01/04/1914 TOTALS 15.7 15.5 0.2 6.0 SINCE 7/1 19.8 30.3 -10.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 0 DAYS >= TRACE 20 8.5 11.5 8 DAYS >= 1.0 4 4.6 -0.6 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 12 01/20 3 24 HR TOTAL 5.4 01/15 TO 01/15 4.3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1015 1015 0 788 SINCE 7/1 2765 2989 -224 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/130 DATE 01/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/150 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.68 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 16 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 19 SLEET 1 FOG 23 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$