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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 1979

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1979 1-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1988
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1971
	Ties: 1929, 1943, 1972, 1999, 2003, 2006
Sep–Oct 1979 2-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1988
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	1971
	Ties: 1992
Aug–Oct 1979 3-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2016
	Ties: 1957, 1963, 1982
Jul–Oct 1979 4-Month	62.7°F (17.1°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2016
	Ties: 1992
Jun–Oct 1979 5-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1974
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2016
	Ties: 1963
May–Oct 1979 6-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	63.6°F (17.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1997
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
	Ties: 1929
Apr–Oct 1979 7-Month	60.6°F (15.9°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1997
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1983
Mar–Oct 1979 8-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1997
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2016
	Ties: 1930, 1982
Feb–Oct 1979 9-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019
	Ties: 1997
Jan–Oct 1979 10-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019
Dec 1978–Oct 1979 11-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2016
	Ties: 1970, 1996
Nov 1978–Oct 1979 12-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2016
May 1978–Oct 1979 18-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				82nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2019
	Ties: 1958, 1967
Nov 1977–Oct 1979 24-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2017
	Ties: 1982
Nov 1976–Oct 1979 36-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1979
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2018
Nov 1975–Oct 1979 48-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1981
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019
	Ties: 1980
Nov 1974–Oct 1979 60-Month	49.7°F (9.8°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1981
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 1, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/