Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
Issued by NWS Charleston, WV
786 CXUS51 KRLX 031149 CLMBKW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 749 AM EDT TUE SEP 03 2024 ................................... ...THE BECKLEY WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 08/17/1988 LOW 36 08/29/1986 HIGHEST 90 08/30 85 LOWEST 44 08/21 49 08/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 81.9 79.9 2.0 78.9 AVG. MINIMUM 59.7 61.1 -1.4 61.4 MEAN 70.8 70.5 0.3 70.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.2 0.8 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX >= 80 22 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 10 0 0 DAYS MIN <= -5 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.09 1940 MINIMUM 1.05 2002 TOTALS 1.22 3.68 -2.46 4.27 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.12 -0.08 0.14 DAYS >= .01 7 11.5 -4.5 14 DAYS >= .10 4 6.8 -2.8 9 DAYS >= .50 0 2.4 -2.4 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.43 08/29 TO 08/29 1.78 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 22 9 13 4 SINCE 7/1 23 9 14 MM COOLING TOTAL 209 179 30 172 SINCE 1/1 747 578 169 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST 04/22 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/280 DATE 08/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/270 DATE 08/17 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.33 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$