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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, October 2003

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
October 2003 1-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-1.4°F (-0.7°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1993	1988
				95th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1919
Sep–Oct 2003 2-Month	57.8°F (14.3°C)	58.9°F (14.9°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1900
	Ties: 1928, 1972, 1999, 2009
Aug–Oct 2003 3-Month	62.6°F (17.0°C)	62.7°F (17.1°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1900
	Ties: 1901, 1908, 1913, 1928, 1977, 2013, 2014
Jul–Oct 2003 4-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	65.0°F (18.3°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				79th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1900
	Ties: 1916, 1920, 1944, 1989
Jun–Oct 2003 5-Month	64.8°F (18.2°C)	65.6°F (18.7°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1976
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1900
	Ties: 1958, 1988, 2001
May–Oct 2003 6-Month	64.0°F (17.8°C)	64.8°F (18.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	24th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1976
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1900
	Ties: 1961, 2009
Apr–Oct 2003 7-Month	62.5°F (16.9°C)	62.8°F (17.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	38th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1907
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1903, 1926, 1946, 1968, 1990
Mar–Oct 2003 8-Month	60.3°F (15.7°C)	60.1°F (15.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1917, 1924
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1999
Feb–Oct 2003 9-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.0°F (13.9°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	57th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1917, 1924
				71st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1905, 1975
Jan–Oct 2003 10-Month	53.8°F (12.1°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1978
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2012
	Ties: 1929, 1984, 1992
Dec 2002–Oct 2003 11-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1963, 1978
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1971, 1988
Nov 2002–Oct 2003 12-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1963
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1997
May 2002–Oct 2003 18-Month	56.0°F (13.3°C)	55.9°F (13.3°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1977
				80th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1910, 1914, 1959, 1960, 1976, 1988, 2015
Nov 2001–Oct 2003 24-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	101st Coolest	Coolest since: 2002	1978
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2000	2017
	Ties: 1949
Nov 2000–Oct 2003 36-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1998	1979
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2018
	Ties: 1911, 1943, 1987
Nov 1999–Oct 2003 48-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 1999	1979, 1980
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019
	Ties: 1932, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 2009, 2014, 2016
Nov 1998–Oct 2003 60-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	107th Coolest	Coolest since: 2001	1981
				16th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1935, 2010, 2011, 2014

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/