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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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Charleston, West Virginia

Average Temperature Rankings, March 1956

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
March 1956 1-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1960
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1972
Feb–Mar 1956 2-Month	42.9°F (6.1°C)	42.0°F (5.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1978
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1976
Jan–Mar 1956 3-Month	38.8°F (3.8°C)	39.6°F (4.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1978
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1990
Dec 1955–Mar 1956 4-Month	37.5°F (3.1°C)	39.2°F (4.0°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1994
Nov 1955–Mar 1956 5-Month	38.5°F (3.6°C)	40.7°F (4.8°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2010
Oct 1955–Mar 1956 6-Month	41.6°F (5.3°C)	43.4°F (6.3°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 1975, 1980
Sep 1955–Mar 1956 7-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	46.9°F (8.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1951, 2011
Aug 1955–Mar 1956 8-Month	49.9°F (9.9°C)	50.4°F (10.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1967
Jul 1955–Mar 1956 9-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1967, 2018
Jun 1955–Mar 1956 10-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1951	1977
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1973, 2009
May 1955–Mar 1956 11-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				42nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1971, 1990
Apr 1955–Mar 1956 12-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2012, 2017, 2020
	Ties: 1957, 1971, 2013
Oct 1954–Mar 1956 18-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.8°F (11.0°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1994, 2011
Apr 1954–Mar 1956 24-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1978
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1957, 1976, 1990, 1991
Apr 1953–Mar 1956 36-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1979
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1973, 1991, 2001
Apr 1952–Mar 1956 48-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1980
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2020
	Ties: 1955, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2009, 2012
Apr 1951–Mar 1956 60-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1981
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1957, 1991, 1994, 2003, 2006, 2013

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/