Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
507 CXUS51 KRLX 020431 CLMBKW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1131 PM EST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BECKLEY WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 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 74 12/27/2015 LOW -18 12/23/1989 HIGHEST 63 12/09 63 LOWEST 15 12/20 -6 AVG. MAXIMUM 48.7 43.9 4.8 44.0 AVG. MINIMUM 32.2 28.0 4.2 27.6 MEAN 40.5 36.0 4.5 35.8 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 18 21.8 -3.8 18 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 2 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 DAYS MIN <= -5 0 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.08 1922 MINIMUM 0.57 1965 TOTALS 2.90 3.29 -0.39 2.82 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.11 -0.02 0.09 DAYS >= .01 17 14.6 2.4 14 DAYS >= .10 9 7.9 1.1 9 DAYS >= .50 1 2.0 -1.0 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.89 12/10 TO 12/10 1.08 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 47.3 2010 24 HR TOTAL 15.0 12/18/2009 TO 12/18/2009 SNOW DEPTH 21 12/20/2009 TOTALS 4.1 11.1 -7.0 0.5 SINCE 7/1 4.1 14.8 -10.7 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 8 6.6 1.4 4 DAYS >= 1.0 2 3.4 -1.4 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 12/19 1 12/20 12/30 24 HR TOTAL 1.4 12/18 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 752 900 -148 897 SINCE 7/1 1750 1975 -225 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 545 665 -120 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/310 DATE 12/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/120 DATE 12/25 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.53 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$