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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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City: Beckley Charleston Elkins Huntington

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Elkins, West Virginia

Average Temperature Rankings, October 1948

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1948 1-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1988
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1971
Sep–Oct 1948 2-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1988
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1971
	Ties: 1940
Aug–Oct 1948 3-Month	60.8°F (16.0°C)	61.6°F (16.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1976
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1930, 1937
Jul–Oct 1948 4-Month	63.5°F (17.5°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1976
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1940, 1972, 2000, 2006
Jun–Oct 1948 5-Month	64.4°F (18.0°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1974
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1946, 1950, 1978
May–Oct 1948 6-Month	63.6°F (17.6°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1997
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1946, 1968, 1985, 1989
Apr–Oct 1948 7-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	61.9°F (16.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1997
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2019
	Ties: 1945
Mar–Oct 1948 8-Month	60.4°F (15.8°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1997
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1936, 1973, 1995, 2004
Feb–Oct 1948 9-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	79th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2019
	Ties: 2021
Jan–Oct 1948 10-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2019
	Ties: 1937, 1989, 2004
Dec 1947–Oct 1948 11-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1947, 1972, 1990
Nov 1947–Oct 1948 12-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1978
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1934, 1944, 1985, 1987, 2008
May 1947–Oct 1948 18-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1977
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2019
	Ties: 1934, 1952, 1973
Nov 1946–Oct 1948 24-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1978
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2017
	Ties: 1995
Nov 1945–Oct 1948 36-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1979
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1940, 1943, 1946, 1957, 1995, 2005, 2009
Nov 1944–Oct 1948 48-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1981
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2019
	Ties: 1940, 1942, 1947, 1957, 1974, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2015
Nov 1943–Oct 1948 60-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1981
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2020
	Ties: 1933, 1941, 1945, 1991, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2015

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/