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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 2003

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 2003 1-Month	62.9°F (17.2°C)	64.1°F (17.8°C)	-1.2°F (-0.6°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1997
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1991, 2018
	Ties: 2016
Apr–May 2003 2-Month	60.5°F (15.8°C)	60.2°F (15.7°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1961
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1991
Mar–May 2003 3-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1971
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	1991, 2012
	Ties: 1970
Feb–May 2003 4-Month	51.2°F (10.7°C)	51.1°F (10.6°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1958
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1999, 2002
Jan–May 2003 5-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.9°F (8.8°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1996	1978
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1956, 1994
Dec 2002–May 2003 6-Month	45.3°F (7.4°C)	46.1°F (7.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1978
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1951, 2021
Nov 2002–May 2003 7-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	46.3°F (7.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977, 1978
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
Oct 2002–May 2003 8-Month	46.8°F (8.2°C)	47.6°F (8.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				49th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1965, 1967, 1988, 2010
Sep 2002–May 2003 9-Month	49.6°F (9.8°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				37th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 2009, 2011
Aug 2002–May 2003 10-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1995, 2004
Jul 2002–May 2003 11-Month	54.5°F (12.5°C)	54.4°F (12.4°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1989, 1995
Jun 2002–May 2003 12-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2017
	Ties: 1952
Dec 2001–May 2003 18-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1978
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
Jun 2001–May 2003 24-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1978
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1973, 1999, 2006, 2009
Jun 2000–May 2003 36-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1979
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1973, 1975
Jun 1999–May 2003 48-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1980
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1954, 1957, 1976, 1995, 2001
Jun 1998–May 2003 60-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1981
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 1956, 1990, 2002, 2008

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 28, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/