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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 1970

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1970 1-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1988
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	1971
Sep–Oct 1970 2-Month	60.1°F (15.6°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	2.5°F (1.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1988
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1971
	Ties: 2017
Aug–Oct 1970 3-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
Jul–Oct 1970 4-Month	64.5°F (18.1°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1976
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1933, 1989, 2004
Jun–Oct 1970 5-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1974
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2016
	Ties: 1968, 2014
May–Oct 1970 6-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1997
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1975, 1998, 2013
Apr–Oct 1970 7-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1997
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1986, 1993
Mar–Oct 1970 8-Month	59.2°F (15.1°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1997
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2016
	Ties: 1952, 1987, 2009, 2013, 2014
Feb–Oct 1970 9-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1978
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2019
	Ties: 1930, 1984, 1994, 2008, 2015
Jan–Oct 1970 10-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1978
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2019
	Ties: 1928, 1968, 1980, 2014
Dec 1969–Oct 1970 11-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
	Ties: 1979, 1996
Nov 1969–Oct 1970 12-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1978
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
May 1969–Oct 1970 18-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1977
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2019
Nov 1968–Oct 1970 24-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1978
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2017
Nov 1967–Oct 1970 36-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1979
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2018
	Ties: 1964, 1977
Nov 1966–Oct 1970 48-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1981
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2019
Nov 1965–Oct 1970 60-Month	50.1°F (10.1°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1981
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2020
	Ties: 1985

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/