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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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West Virginia

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1962

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1962 1-Month	27.2°F (-2.7°C)	33.1°F (0.6°C)	-5.9°F (-3.3°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1989
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
Nov–Dec 1962 2-Month	33.8°F (1.0°C)	37.6°F (3.1°C)	-3.8°F (-2.1°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1960, 1995
Oct–Dec 1962 3-Month	40.7°F (4.8°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				111th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
Sep–Dec 1962 4-Month	45.8°F (7.7°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	-2.4°F (-1.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1943	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1931
	Ties: 1901, 1943
Aug–Dec 1962 5-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1931
	Ties: 1967
Jul–Dec 1962 6-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-2.1°F (-1.1°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1931
	Ties: 1967
Jun–Dec 1962 7-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1917	1976
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1931
	Ties: 1967
May–Dec 1962 8-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 2000
Apr–Dec 1962 9-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1910, 1937
Mar–Dec 1962 10-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1926, 1981, 1997
Feb–Dec 1962 11-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2016
	Ties: 1895, 1926, 1947, 1968, 1972, 1978
Jan–Dec 1962 12-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1917
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	1921, 2012
	Ties: 1912
Jul 1961–Dec 1962 18-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1963
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1915, 1928, 1944
Jan 1961–Dec 1962 24-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1963
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1925, 1966, 1982
Jan 1960–Dec 1962 36-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2021
Jan 1959–Dec 1962 48-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1961	1963, 1969, 1979, 1981
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1972
Jan 1958–Dec 1962 60-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1962	1980, 1981
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1961	2020
	Ties: 1963, 1965, 1968, 1983

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/