Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
000 CXUS51 KRLX 010850 CLMCRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 450 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1901 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 08/06/1918 LOW 41 08/29/1965 HIGHEST 91 08/21 91 08/23 08/24 LOWEST 52 08/19 57 AVG. MAXIMUM 83.5 85.2 -1.7 84.9 AVG. MINIMUM 64.1 64.1 0.0 65.0 MEAN 73.8 74.6 -0.8 74.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 6.6 -2.6 5 DAYS MAX >= 80 23 29 DAYS MAX >= 100 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.45 1958 MINIMUM 0.31 2012 TOTALS 4.06 3.75 0.31 9.27 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.12 0.01 0.30 DAYS >= .01 10 10.6 -0.6 11 DAYS >= .10 7 6.4 0.6 9 DAYS >= .50 4 2.7 1.3 5 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.20 08/25 TO 08/25 4.44 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 1 -1 0 SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 280 300 -20 314 SINCE 1/1 802 991 -189 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/060 DATE 08/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/060 DATE 08/25 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.59 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 17 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 29 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$