Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
000 CXUS51 KRLX 010850 CLMBKW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 450 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BECKLEY WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 08/11/1926 LOW 33 08/23/1940 HIGHEST 85 08/23 87 08/24 LOWEST 49 08/19 52 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.9 79.9 -1.0 80.0 AVG. MINIMUM 61.4 61.1 0.3 61.6 MEAN 70.2 70.5 -0.3 70.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MAX >= 80 16 17 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.09 1940 MINIMUM 0.77 1897 TOTALS 4.27 3.68 0.59 5.22 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.12 0.02 0.17 DAYS >= .01 14 11.5 2.5 14 DAYS >= .10 9 6.8 2.2 10 DAYS >= .50 4 2.4 1.6 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.78 08/28 TO 08/29 1.39 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4 9 -5 1 SINCE 7/1 4 9 -5 MM COOLING TOTAL 172 179 -7 188 SINCE 1/1 471 578 -107 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/310 DATE 08/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/320 DATE 08/07 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 76 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 17 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$