Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
000 CXUS51 KRLX 050406 CLACRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1106 PM EST TUE JAN 04 2022 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1901 TO 2022 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 94 06/28 96 LOWEST 10 02/21 13 AVG. MAXIMUM 67.3 66.8 0.5 67.6 AVG. MINIMUM 46.1 45.5 0.6 47.0 MEAN 56.7 56.1 0.6 57.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 22 23.6 -1.6 32 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 15.1 -5.1 5 DAYS MAX >= 80 120 115 DAYS MAX >= 100 0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 95 94.3 0.7 79 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 67.05 2018 MINIMUM 26.13 1930 TOTALS 38.81 46.24 -7.43 50.40 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.13 -0.02 0.14 DAYS >= .01 148 151.0 -3.0 162 DAYS >= .10 85 92.5 -7.5 105 DAYS >= .50 21 30.8 -9.8 37 DAYS >= 1.00 7 9.6 -2.6 8 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.23 2.20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 106.0 1996 24 HR TOTAL 17.1 03/13/1993 TO 03/13/1993 TOTALS 14.5 31.5 -17.0 18.5 SINCE 7/1 0.2 7.1 -6.9 MM DAYS >= TRACE 35 23.9 11.1 35 DAYS >= 1.0 8 9.6 -1.6 6 DAYS >= 3.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 02/20 4 24 HR TOTAL 0.2 5.4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4154 4353 -199 4021 SINCE 7/1 1378 1690 -312 MM COOLING TOTAL 1256 1162 94 1313 SINCE 1/1 1256 1160 96 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/240 DATE 05/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/300 DATE 08/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 81 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 179 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 105 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 45 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 19 RAIN 53 LIGHT RAIN 172 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 12 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 36 SLEET 7 FOG 253 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 47 HAZE 28 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$