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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 1997

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 1997 1-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	52.0°F (11.1°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1988
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1971
Sep–Oct 1997 2-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-1.9°F (-1.1°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1988
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	1971
	Ties: 1964
Aug–Oct 1997 3-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
Jul–Oct 1997 4-Month	61.9°F (16.6°C)	63.9°F (17.7°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1976
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
Jun–Oct 1997 5-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1974
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
May–Oct 1997 6-Month	61.0°F (16.1°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1997
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
Apr–Oct 1997 7-Month	58.7°F (14.8°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-3.1°F (-1.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1997
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019
Mar–Oct 1997 8-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	59.1°F (15.1°C)	-2.4°F (-1.4°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1997
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2016
Feb–Oct 1997 9-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1978
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019
	Ties: 1979
Jan–Oct 1997 10-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	53.7°F (12.1°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1988	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019
	Ties: 1966
Dec 1996–Oct 1997 11-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1978
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1928, 1966
Nov 1996–Oct 1997 12-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1978
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2016
	Ties: 1982
May 1996–Oct 1997 18-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1977
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019
	Ties: 1963, 1975
Nov 1995–Oct 1997 24-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	4th Coolest	Coolest since: 1982	1978
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
Nov 1994–Oct 1997 36-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1979
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2018
	Ties: 1966, 1972
Nov 1993–Oct 1997 48-Month	50.4°F (10.2°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1981
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2019
	Ties: 1999
Nov 1992–Oct 1997 60-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1981
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/