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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 1959

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1959 1-Month	69.1°F (20.6°C)	64.0°F (17.8°C)	5.1°F (2.8°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1997
				7th Warmest	Warmest since: 1953	1991, 2018
Apr–May 1959 2-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	2.4°F (1.3°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1961
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	1991
	Ties: 1965, 2011
Mar–May 1959 3-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1971
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	1991, 2012
	Ties: 1990
Feb–May 1959 4-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1958
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1954
Jan–May 1959 5-Month	48.0°F (8.9°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
Dec 1958–May 1959 6-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1967
Nov 1958–May 1959 7-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977, 1978
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1967
Oct 1958–May 1959 8-Month	46.9°F (8.3°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	31st Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2012
	Ties: 1989, 2009
Sep 1958–May 1959 9-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-0.7°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1965
Aug 1958–May 1959 10-Month	51.5°F (10.8°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
Jul 1958–May 1959 11-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
	Ties: 1960, 1993
Jun 1958–May 1959 12-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2017
Dec 1957–May 1959 18-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1978
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1970
Jun 1957–May 1959 24-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1978
				62nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1970, 1971
Jun 1956–May 1959 36-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1958	1979
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2018
	Ties: 1958, 1998
Jun 1955–May 1959 48-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1980
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1960, 1977
Jun 1954–May 1959 60-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1981
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/