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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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Average Temperature Rankings, December 1989

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1989 1-Month	19.5°F (-6.9°C)	33.4°F (0.8°C)	-13.9°F (-7.7°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1989
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Nov–Dec 1989 2-Month	30.1°F (-1.1°C)	38.1°F (3.4°C)	-8.0°F (-4.5°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1989	1989
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Oct–Dec 1989 3-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	42.7°F (5.9°C)	-5.2°F (-2.8°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Sep–Dec 1989 4-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-3.6°F (-2.0°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1976	1976
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Aug–Dec 1989 5-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Jul–Dec 1989 6-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-2.3°F (-1.2°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1931
Jun–Dec 1989 7-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-1.9°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	1931, 2015
	Ties: 1930
May–Dec 1989 8-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
Apr–Dec 1989 9-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	56.5°F (13.6°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015
	Ties: 1981
Mar–Dec 1989 10-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2015, 2016
Feb–Dec 1989 11-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1958
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2019
Jan–Dec 1989 12-Month	50.0°F (10.0°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1981
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2019
	Ties: 1968
Jul 1988–Dec 1989 18-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1977
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2017
	Ties: 1976, 1980, 1982, 1996
Jan 1988–Dec 1989 24-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1981
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2020
	Ties: 1980
Jan 1987–Dec 1989 36-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1983	1978, 1981
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2019, 2020, 2021
	Ties: 1976
Jan 1986–Dec 1989 48-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1981
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2020
	Ties: 1929
Jan 1985–Dec 1989 60-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	50.9°F (10.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1981
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1988	2020
	Ties: 1977

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/