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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

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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City: Beckley Charleston Elkins Huntington

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Charleston, West Virginia

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1980

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1980 1-Month	34.6°F (1.4°C)	34.6°F (1.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1975	1950
Dec 1979–Jan 1980 2-Month	36.7°F (2.6°C)	36.3°F (2.4°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	1950
Nov 1979–Jan 1980 3-Month	40.5°F (4.7°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2002
	Ties: 2022
Oct 1979–Jan 1980 4-Month	44.2°F (6.8°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1972
	Ties: 1953, 2000
Sep 1979–Jan 1980 5-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				33rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1972
	Ties: 1953, 1976
Aug 1979–Jan 1980 6-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	1972, 2017
	Ties: 1988, 2003
Jul 1979–Jan 1980 7-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1958, 1973, 1979, 1994
Jun 1979–Jan 1980 8-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2017
	Ties: 1962, 1997, 1998
May 1979–Jan 1980 9-Month	58.3°F (14.6°C)	59.0°F (15.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1950, 2017
Apr 1979–Jan 1980 10-Month	58.0°F (14.4°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1992, 2020
	Ties: 1969
Mar 1979–Jan 1980 11-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1974	2017
	Ties: 1983
Feb 1979–Jan 1980 12-Month	54.8°F (12.7°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2017
	Ties: 1973, 1997, 2015
Aug 1978–Jan 1980 18-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1978
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1965, 2010, 2014
Feb 1978–Jan 1980 24-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1978
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2013
Feb 1977–Jan 1980 36-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1970, 1979
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2019
	Ties: 1966, 1969, 1983
Feb 1976–Jan 1980 48-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	2nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1964
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2020
Feb 1975–Jan 1980 60-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	3rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1981
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2021
	Ties: 1965, 1982

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/