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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 2004

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 2004 1-Month	34.4°F (1.3°C)	33.1°F (0.6°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1989
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1952
Nov–Dec 2004 2-Month	40.6°F (4.8°C)	37.5°F (3.1°C)	3.1°F (1.7°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1902, 1984, 2016
Oct–Dec 2004 3-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	42.8°F (6.0°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	109th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				19th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
Sep–Dec 2004 4-Month	50.5°F (10.3°C)	48.2°F (9.0°C)	2.3°F (1.3°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1982
Aug–Dec 2004 5-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	106th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	1931
	Ties: 1921, 2005
Jul–Dec 2004 6-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	55.8°F (13.2°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				28th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1984, 1991, 1994, 2002
Jun–Dec 2004 7-Month	58.5°F (14.7°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	93rd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1976
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1931
	Ties: 1919, 1933, 1946, 1953, 1956, 2006
May–Dec 2004 8-Month	59.4°F (15.2°C)	57.9°F (14.4°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1906, 1949, 1953, 1959, 2012, 2020
Apr–Dec 2004 9-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	111th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 2001	2015
	Ties: 1911, 1934, 1959, 1970, 2001
Mar–Dec 2004 10-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	1.7°F (0.9°C)	115th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2016
	Ties: 2020
Feb–Dec 2004 11-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	1.5°F (0.9°C)	113th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1998	2016
	Ties: 1911, 1922, 1938, 1946
Jan–Dec 2004 12-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	97th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1917
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	1921, 2012
	Ties: 1973, 2001
Jul 2003–Dec 2004 18-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1963
				25th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2016
	Ties: 1913, 1931, 1942, 1957
Jan 2003–Dec 2004 24-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1997	1963
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2017, 2020
	Ties: 1899, 1938, 1942, 1955
Jan 2002–Dec 2004 36-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	105th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
				21st Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2021
	Ties: 1922, 1934, 1953, 1955, 2001, 2003
Jan 2001–Dec 2004 48-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	1.0°F (0.5°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 2003	1963, 1969, 1979, 1981
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 2002	2019, 2020
	Ties: 2005, 2014
Jan 2000–Dec 2004 60-Month	52.4°F (11.3°C)	51.6°F (10.9°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	100th Coolest	Coolest since: 2000	1980, 1981
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 2003	2020
	Ties: 1900, 1933, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1991, 1993, 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 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/