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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 2008

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 2008 1-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	52.1°F (11.2°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1988
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1971
Sep–Oct 2008 2-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1988
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	1971
Aug–Oct 2008 3-Month	61.1°F (16.2°C)	61.7°F (16.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1976
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1996
Jul–Oct 2008 4-Month	63.2°F (17.3°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1937, 1982, 1999, 2001
Jun–Oct 2008 5-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	64.6°F (18.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1974
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1983, 1985
May–Oct 2008 6-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	63.7°F (17.6°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1997
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2018
Apr–Oct 2008 7-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	61.8°F (16.6°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1997
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2019
	Ties: 1926, 1937, 1956, 1978
Mar–Oct 2008 8-Month	58.9°F (14.9°C)	59.2°F (15.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1997
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1929, 1965, 1994
Feb–Oct 2008 9-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1978
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2019
	Ties: 1930, 1970, 1984, 1994, 2015
Jan–Oct 2008 10-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1978
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2019
	Ties: 1943, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1999, 2001
Dec 2007–Oct 2008 11-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.9°F (11.1°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1978
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1927, 1951, 1989, 1993, 2011
Nov 2007–Oct 2008 12-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1978
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2016
	Ties: 1934, 1944, 1948, 1985, 1987
May 2007–Oct 2008 18-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.2°F (12.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1977
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2005	2019
	Ties: 1933, 1945, 1995, 2011
Nov 2006–Oct 2008 24-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1978
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1973, 2007
Nov 2005–Oct 2008 36-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	63rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2005	1979
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2018
	Ties: 1935, 2014
Nov 2004–Oct 2008 48-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 2006	1981
				12th Warmest	Warmest since: 2007	2019
	Ties: 1951, 1952, 1955, 2012
Nov 2003–Oct 2008 60-Month	51.7°F (10.9°C)	50.9°F (10.5°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	74th Coolest	Coolest since: 2007	1981
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 2006	2020
	Ties: 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 2002

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/