Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
469 CXUS51 KRLX 012127 CLMEKN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 427 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ELKINS WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1899 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 77 02/20/2018 02/24/2017 02/11/1932 LOW -22 02/05/1996 02/08/1977 HIGHEST 67 02/08 72 LOWEST 13 02/19 5 AVG. MAXIMUM 52.0 45.1 6.9 54.3 AVG. MINIMUM 26.4 22.0 4.4 27.0 MEAN 39.2 33.5 5.7 40.6 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 5.8 -4.8 2 DAYS MAX >= 80 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 23.4 -0.4 22 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.6 -1.6 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.47 2018 MINIMUM 0.79 1978 TOTALS 3.84 3.26 0.58 3.34 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.12 DAYS >= .01 12 15.5 -3.5 11 DAYS >= .10 10 8.3 1.7 9 DAYS >= .50 2 1.7 0.3 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.20 02/12 TO 02/13 1.30 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 43.8 2010 24 HR TOTAL 16.3 02/13/2014 TO 02/13/2014 SNOW DEPTH 17 02/02/1977 02/01/1977 02/01/1948 TOTALS 8.2 15.4 -7.2 0.6 SINCE 7/1 41.6 55.2 -13.6 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= TRACE 6 8.8 -2.8 4 DAYS >= 1.0 2 5.5 -3.5 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7 02/17 MM 24 HR TOTAL 7.4 02/16 TO 02/17 0.4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 744 881 -137 676 SINCE 7/1 3650 4121 -471 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/300 DATE 02/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/290 DATE 02/28 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 6 SLEET 0 FOG 16 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. $$