643 CXUS51 KRLX 040022 CLMCRW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 821 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2013 ................................... ...THE CHARLESTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/09/1930 05/31/1929 LOW 26 05/10/1966 HIGHEST 91 05/31 MM MM 93 05/27 LOWEST 35 05/14 MM MM 39 05/11 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.2 74.8 1.4 80.5 AVG. MINIMUM 53.7 52.7 1.0 58.3 MEAN 65.0 63.7 1.3 69.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.3 0.7 3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.76 2001 MINIMUM 0.84 1977 TOTALS 4.56 4.80 -0.24 3.29 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.15 0.00 0.11 DAYS >= .01 14 14.1 -0.1 10 DAYS >= .10 9 9.3 -0.3 6 DAYS >= .50 3 3.6 -0.6 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.28 05/07 TO 05/08 05/04 TO 05/05 05/31 TO 05/31 05/31 TO 05/31 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 25.3 36.4 -11.1 11.7 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 05/31 TO 05/31 05/31 TO 05/31 05/31 TO 05/31 05/31 TO 05/31 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 100 117 -17 30 SINCE 7/1 4516 4465 51 3590 COOLING TOTAL 108 78 30 175 SINCE 1/1 147 110 37 225 .................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/192 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/170 DATE 05/22 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/240 DATE 05/21 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 8 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$