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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, December 1949

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1949 1-Month	35.9°F (2.2°C)	33.1°F (0.6°C)	2.8°F (1.6°C)	96th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1989
				32nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2015
	Ties: 1948, 1957
Nov–Dec 1949 2-Month	38.4°F (3.6°C)	37.5°F (3.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1908, 1961, 1977, 2018
Oct–Dec 1949 3-Month	45.1°F (7.3°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2015
	Ties: 1999
Sep–Dec 1949 4-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.3°F (9.1°C)	0.7°F (0.3°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1917
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	1931
	Ties: 1918, 2002, 2003
Aug–Dec 1949 5-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1976
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1947	1931
	Ties: 1899
Jul–Dec 1949 6-Month	57.1°F (13.9°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1976
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1931
	Ties: 2006
Jun–Dec 1949 7-Month	59.0°F (15.0°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1976
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1931
	Ties: 1936, 1990, 1994
May–Dec 1949 8-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	58.0°F (14.4°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1906, 1953, 1959, 2004, 2012, 2020
Apr–Dec 1949 9-Month	58.2°F (14.6°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	1.1°F (0.7°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2015
	Ties: 1922, 1936, 1953, 1986
Mar–Dec 1949 10-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1947	1917
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1948	2016
	Ties: 1918, 1942, 1970, 1977, 1986, 2001
Feb–Dec 1949 11-Month	54.9°F (12.7°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	108th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1946	2016
	Ties: 1900, 2002, 2007
Jan–Dec 1949 12-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	2.1°F (1.2°C)	118th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1917
				10th Warmest	Warmest since: 1921	1921, 2012
Jul 1948–Dec 1949 18-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	1.6°F (0.9°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1963
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1932	2016
	Ties: 2002, 2007
Jan 1948–Dec 1949 24-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1963
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1953, 2006
Jan 1947–Dec 1949 36-Month	52.3°F (11.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	92nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2021
	Ties: 1913, 1921, 1951, 1975, 1993, 2009, 2014
Jan 1946–Dec 1949 48-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	1.0°F (0.6°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1963, 1969, 1979, 1981
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1922, 1954, 1955, 1992, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2016
Jan 1945–Dec 1949 60-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1980, 1981
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1933, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1991, 1993, 2004, 2010

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 29, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/