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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 1968

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1968 1-Month	30.0°F (-1.1°C)	33.1°F (0.6°C)	-3.1°F (-1.7°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1989
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
	Ties: 2005
Nov–Dec 1968 2-Month	36.6°F (2.6°C)	37.5°F (3.1°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1917
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
Oct–Dec 1968 3-Month	42.2°F (5.7°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2015
Sep–Dec 1968 4-Month	47.6°F (8.7°C)	48.3°F (9.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1951
Aug–Dec 1968 5-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.6°F (11.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1955, 1964, 1980, 2008
Jul–Dec 1968 6-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1916, 1952, 1964, 1979, 1988, 1995, 2009
Jun–Dec 1968 7-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1976
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	1931
	Ties: 1927, 1928, 1943
May–Dec 1968 8-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	30th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2015
Apr–Dec 1968 9-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2015
	Ties: 1943, 1988
Mar–Dec 1968 10-Month	55.4°F (13.0°C)	55.6°F (13.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
	Ties: 1925, 1947
Feb–Dec 1968 11-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.4°F (11.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1917
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2016
	Ties: 1895, 1926, 1947, 1962, 1972, 1978
Jan–Dec 1968 12-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	1921, 2012
	Ties: 1979
Jul 1967–Dec 1968 18-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	-1.6°F (-0.9°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1963	1963
				122nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2016
Jan 1967–Dec 1968 24-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1963
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1966	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1964, 1977, 1980
Jan 1966–Dec 1968 36-Month	50.2°F (10.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1968	1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
				125th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2021
	Ties: 1978, 1980, 1981
Jan 1965–Dec 1968 48-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	6th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1963, 1969, 1979, 1981
				119th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1964, 1966
Jan 1964–Dec 1968 60-Month	50.7°F (10.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1980, 1981
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1965	2020
	Ties: 1962, 1963, 1965, 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 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/