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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, January 1973

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1973 1-Month	34.2°F (1.2°C)	34.6°F (1.4°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1950
Dec 1972–Jan 1973 2-Month	38.3°F (3.5°C)	36.3°F (2.4°C)	2.0°F (1.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1950
	Ties: 2006
Nov 1972–Jan 1973 3-Month	40.1°F (4.5°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2002
Oct 1972–Jan 1973 4-Month	43.3°F (6.3°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1972
Sep 1972–Jan 1973 5-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1972
	Ties: 1971, 1998
Aug 1972–Jan 1973 6-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1972, 2017
Jul 1972–Jan 1973 7-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1958, 1979, 1980, 1994
Jun 1972–Jan 1973 8-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1951, 2015
May 1972–Jan 1973 9-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1950, 2017
Apr 1972–Jan 1973 10-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1992, 2020
	Ties: 1975, 1996
Mar 1972–Jan 1973 11-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
Feb 1972–Jan 1973 12-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2017
	Ties: 1980, 1997, 2015
Aug 1971–Jan 1973 18-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1978
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2017
	Ties: 1953, 1958, 1975
Feb 1971–Jan 1973 24-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1978
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2013
Feb 1970–Jan 1973 36-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1970, 1979
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2019
	Ties: 1975, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2010
Feb 1969–Jan 1973 48-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1964
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2020
	Ties: 1959, 1972, 1977, 1997
Feb 1968–Jan 1973 60-Month	55.2°F (12.9°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1972	1981
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2021
	Ties: 1961, 1977, 1978

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/