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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 1998

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1998 1-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	34.7°F (1.5°C)	7.1°F (3.9°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1989	1950
	Ties: 1989
Dec 1997–Jan 1998 2-Month	39.5°F (4.2°C)	36.3°F (2.4°C)	3.2°F (1.8°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1991	1950
Nov 1997–Jan 1998 3-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2002
	Ties: 1988, 2008
Oct 1997–Jan 1998 4-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	44.1°F (6.7°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				29th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1972
	Ties: 1989
Sep 1997–Jan 1998 5-Month	48.6°F (9.2°C)	48.8°F (9.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	1972
	Ties: 1971, 1973
Aug 1997–Jan 1998 6-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1977
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	1972, 2017
	Ties: 1958, 2018
Jul 1997–Jan 1998 7-Month	55.7°F (13.2°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
	Ties: 1955
Jun 1997–Jan 1998 8-Month	57.6°F (14.2°C)	58.3°F (14.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2017
	Ties: 1962, 1980, 1997
May 1997–Jan 1998 9-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1977
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	1950, 2017
	Ties: 1975, 1978, 1984, 2014
Apr 1997–Jan 1998 10-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	58.6°F (14.8°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1977
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	1992, 2020
	Ties: 1962, 2001
Mar 1997–Jan 1998 11-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	14th Coolest	Coolest since: 1990	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2017
	Ties: 1984, 1990
Feb 1997–Jan 1998 12-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1977
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1995	2017
Aug 1996–Jan 1998 18-Month	54.4°F (12.4°C)	55.0°F (12.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2017
	Ties: 1967, 1994
Feb 1996–Jan 1998 24-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2013
	Ties: 1971
Feb 1995–Jan 1998 36-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1970, 1979
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2019
Feb 1994–Jan 1998 48-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1964
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1996	2020
Feb 1993–Jan 1998 60-Month	55.3°F (12.9°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1981
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1997	2021

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/