Climate Top Ten for December at Charleston, West Virginia
| Temperatures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm | Cold | ||||
| # | Average Temp. | Year | # | Average Temp. | Year |
| 1. | 47.4 | 1918 | 1. | 26.0 | 1989 |
| 2. | 47.3 | 1971 | 2. | 26.1 | 1963 |
| 3. | 46.9 | 1956&84 | 3. | 28.6 | 2000 |
| 4. | 46.7 | 1923 | 4. | 29 | 2010 |
| 5. | 45.2 | 1931 | 5. | 30.1 | 1960 |
| 6. | 45.1 | 1911 | 6. | 30.4 | 1944 |
| 7. | 44.8 | 1982 | 7. | 30.8 | 1962 |
| 8. | 43.6 | 1990 | 8. | 31 | 1976 |
| 9. | 42.7 | 2012 | 9. | 31.1 | 1945 |
| 10. | 42.6 | 1906 | 10. | 31.5 | 1958 |
| NORM: 37.4 | |||||
| Precipitation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wet | Dry | ||||
| # | Precip. (inches) | Year | # | Precip. (inches) | Year |
| 1. | 8.02 | 1978 | 1. | 0.45 | 1965 |
| 2. | 7.41 | 1901 | 2. | 0.78 | 1925 |
| 3. | 7.01 | 1990 | 3. | 1.02 | 1947 |
| 4. | 6.87 | 1914&22 | 4. | 1.23 | 1955 |
| 5. | 6.35 | 1972 | 5. | 1.24 | 1958 |
| 6. | 5.92 | 1926 | 6. | 1.31 | 1940 |
| 7. | 5.89 | 1991 | 7. | 1.44 | 1963 |
| 8. | 5.73 | 1951&56 | 8. | 1.46 | 1938 |
| 9. | 5.64 | 2007 | 9. | 1.57 | 1997 |
| 10. | 5.49 | 1902 | 10. | 1.61 | 1885 |
| NORM: 3.27 | |||||
| Monthly Snowfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest | Least | ||||
| # | Amount (inches) | Year | # | Amount (inches) | Year |
| 1. | 21.9 | 1995 | 1. | 0.0 | 1940+ |
| 2. | 18.6 | 1962 | 2. | `T' | 1949+&94,2011 |
| 3. | 18.4 | 2010 | 3. | 0.1 | 1986 |
| 4. | 17.2 | 1917, 2009 | 4. | 0.2 | 1924+ |
| 5. | 16.6 | 1967 | 5. | 0.4 | 1979&2006 |
| 6. | 16 | 1916 | 6. | 0.5 | 1926&13 |
| 7. | 14.1 | 1989 | 7. | 0.7 | 1991 |
| 8. | 13.7 | 1944 | 8. | 0.8 | 1971 |
| 9. | 13.2 | 1945 | 9. | 0.9 | 1964 |
| 10. | 12.6 | 1963 | 10. | 1.0 | 1927&38 |
| MEAN: 6.7 | |||||
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