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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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West Virginia

Average Temperature Rankings, September 1948

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1948 1-Month	64.2°F (17.9°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	54th Coolest	Coolest since: 1944	1918
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1896, 1919, 1985, 1992, 2020
Aug–Sep 1948 2-Month	67.1°F (19.5°C)	67.3°F (19.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1900
	Ties: 1903
Jul–Sep 1948 3-Month	68.8°F (20.4°C)	68.8°F (20.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1900
	Ties: 1958, 1965, 2017
Jun–Sep 1948 4-Month	68.8°F (20.4°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1967
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1900
	Ties: 1908, 1913, 1923, 1961
May–Sep 1948 5-Month	67.0°F (19.4°C)	67.1°F (19.5°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1967
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2018
	Ties: 1937, 1947, 2013, 2014, 2017
Apr–Sep 1948 6-Month	65.1°F (18.4°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1997
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2010, 2019
	Ties: 1905, 2021
Mar–Sep 1948 7-Month	62.3°F (16.8°C)	61.1°F (16.2°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1924
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1921
	Ties: 1905, 1922, 1938, 1942, 1953, 1987, 2004, 2021
Feb–Sep 1948 8-Month	58.8°F (14.9°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1924
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	1921, 2012
	Ties: 1930, 1990, 2000
Jan–Sep 1948 9-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1940
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1934, 2001
Dec 1947–Sep 1948 10-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1963
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2012
	Ties: 1897, 1959, 1975, 1985
Nov 1947–Sep 1948 11-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1940	1963
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2016
	Ties: 1916, 1992, 2009
Oct 1947–Sep 1948 12-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1963
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2016
	Ties: 1935, 1937, 1976, 1985
Apr 1947–Sep 1948 18-Month	56.3°F (13.5°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1918
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2016
	Ties: 1911, 1930, 1945, 2004
Oct 1946–Sep 1948 24-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1978
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2017
	Ties: 1900, 1907, 1931, 1935, 1951, 1957, 1995
Oct 1945–Sep 1948 36-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1979
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2018
	Ties: 1901, 1913, 1995
Oct 1944–Sep 1948 48-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1980
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2019
	Ties: 1903, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1925, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1986, 1995
Oct 1943–Sep 1948 60-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1981
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	2020
	Ties: 1902, 1910, 1924, 1938, 1943, 1947, 1975, 1988

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/