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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, May 1957

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1957 1-Month	66.1°F (18.9°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1997
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1991, 2018
Apr–May 1957 2-Month	62.4°F (16.9°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	2.2°F (1.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1961
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1991
Mar–May 1957 3-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1971
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1991, 2012
Feb–May 1957 4-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1958
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
Jan–May 1957 5-Month	48.4°F (9.1°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2012
	Ties: 2018
Dec 1956–May 1957 6-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				9th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
	Ties: 1953
Nov 1956–May 1957 7-Month	47.7°F (8.7°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977, 1978
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2012
	Ties: 1998
Oct 1956–May 1957 8-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	67th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				8th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2012
	Ties: 1976
Sep 1956–May 1957 9-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				13th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 2002
Aug 1956–May 1957 10-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				15th Warmest	Warmest to Date	2017
	Ties: 1992, 2006
Jul 1956–May 1957 11-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	2017
	Ties: 1953, 2002
Jun 1956–May 1957 12-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1977
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1985, 1987
Dec 1955–May 1957 18-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
	Ties: 1952, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2009
Jun 1955–May 1957 24-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1978
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2017
Jun 1954–May 1957 36-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1979
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2018
	Ties: 1990, 2010
Jun 1953–May 1957 48-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1980
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1956	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1954, 1976, 1995, 2001, 2003
Jun 1952–May 1957 60-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1981
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2020
	Ties: 1993, 1994, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017

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/