Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
000 CXUS51 KRLX 020826 CLACRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 326 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2021 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1901 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 07/04/1931 08/06/1918 LOW -17 12/30/1917 HIGHEST 96 07/16 98 07/21 LOWEST 13 01/22 2 AVG. MAXIMUM 67.6 65.7 1.9 68.9 AVG. MINIMUM 47.0 45.7 1.3 46.8 MEAN 57.3 55.7 1.6 57.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 32 15.9 16.1 54 DAYS MAX <= 32 5 15.4 -10.4 11 DAYS MAX >= 80 115 MM DAYS MAX >= 100 0 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 79 87.9 -8.9 88 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.9 -0.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 67.05 2018 MINIMUM 26.13 1930 TOTALS 50.40 44.03 6.37 46.91 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.12 0.02 0.13 DAYS >= .01 162 150.7 11.3 143 DAYS >= .10 105 90.3 14.7 92 DAYS >= .50 37 29.7 7.3 30 DAYS >= 1.00 8 8.2 -0.2 8 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.20 2.35 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 106.0 1996 24 HR TOTAL 17.1 03/13/1993 TO 03/13/1993 TOTALS 18.5 36.4 -17.9 9.0 SINCE 7/1 9.2 8.1 1.1 MM DAYS >= TRACE 35 26.6 8.4 43 DAYS >= 1.0 6 10.9 -4.9 3 DAYS >= 3.0 0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 12/25 2 24 HR TOTAL 5.4 2.6 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4021 4480 -459 4001 SINCE 7/1 1560 1740 -180 MM COOLING TOTAL 1313 1097 216 1514 SINCE 1/1 1313 1097 216 1514 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/230 DATE 11/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/270 DATE 01/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 71 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 171 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 124 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 47 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 23 RAIN 61 LIGHT RAIN 184 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 8 LIGHT SNOW 34 SLEET 4 FOG 227 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 40 HAZE 14 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$