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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, September 1988

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
September 1988 1-Month	63.1°F (17.3°C)	64.4°F (18.0°C)	-1.3°F (-0.7°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1918
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
Aug–Sep 1988 2-Month	68.6°F (20.3°C)	67.4°F (19.7°C)	1.2°F (0.6°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1967
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1900
	Ties: 1938, 1941, 1945, 1954, 1987
Jul–Sep 1988 3-Month	70.3°F (21.3°C)	68.9°F (20.5°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	104th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1967
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1900
	Ties: 1930, 1941, 1977, 1987, 1998
Jun–Sep 1988 4-Month	69.4°F (20.8°C)	68.7°F (20.4°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1967
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1900
	Ties: 1932, 1942, 1944, 1957, 2012
May–Sep 1988 5-Month	67.4°F (19.7°C)	67.0°F (19.4°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1967
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1919, 1926, 1973
Apr–Sep 1988 6-Month	64.6°F (18.1°C)	64.3°F (17.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1997
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2010, 2019
	Ties: 1919, 1945, 1960, 2001
Mar–Sep 1988 7-Month	61.4°F (16.3°C)	61.0°F (16.1°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1924
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1921
	Ties: 1897, 1935, 1941, 1985, 1990
Feb–Sep 1988 8-Month	57.7°F (14.3°C)	57.5°F (14.2°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1924
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	1921, 2012
Jan–Sep 1988 9-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	54.5°F (12.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1940
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1941, 1965, 1976
Dec 1987–Sep 1988 10-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1963
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2012
	Ties: 1923, 1927, 1931, 1943, 1965, 1986, 1992
Nov 1987–Sep 1988 11-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1963
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1908, 1910, 1934, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1989, 2013
Oct 1987–Sep 1988 12-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1984	1963
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1927, 1951, 1989, 2009
Apr 1987–Sep 1988 18-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1918
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2016
	Ties: 1944, 1946
Oct 1986–Sep 1988 24-Month	52.0°F (11.1°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1985	1978
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2017
	Ties: 1897, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1930, 1952, 1975, 2001
Oct 1985–Sep 1988 36-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1979
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2018
	Ties: 1935, 1943, 1952, 1974, 2003
Oct 1984–Sep 1988 48-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.6°F (0.3°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1987	1980
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1957	2019
	Ties: 1924, 1957, 1994, 2004
Oct 1983–Sep 1988 60-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1986	1981
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1987	2020
	Ties: 1902, 1910, 1924, 1938, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1975

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/