Climate Top Ten for January at Charleston, West Virginia
| Temperatures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm | Cold | ||||
| # | Average Temp. | Year | # | Average Temp. | Year |
| 1 | 47.2 | 1913 | 1 | 18.6 | 1977 |
| 2. | 46.4 | 1932/37/50 | 2. | 24.3 | 1912 |
| 3. | 45.2 | 1907 | 3. | 24.4 | 1940&78 |
| 4. | 45.0 | 1933 | 4. | 25.4 | 1948 |
| 5. | 44.5 | 1916 | 5. | 26.4 | 1918 |
| 6. | 44.0 | 1949 | 6. | 27.1 | 1966 |
| 7. | 43.9 | 1911 | 7. | 27.2 | 1985 |
| 8. | 43.5 | 1914&74 | 8. | 27.5 | 1961 |
| 9. | 43.2 | 2006 | 9. | 27.9 | 1963 |
| 10. | 42.4 | 1906&09 | 10. | 28.0 | 1981 |
| NORM: 34.4 | |||||
| Precipitation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wet | Dry | ||||
| # | Precip. (inches) | Year | # | Precip. (inches) | Year |
| 1 | 9.11 | 1950 | 1 | 1.05 | 1896 |
| 2. | 8.46 | 1937 | 2. | 1.09 | 1981 |
| 3. | 7.19 | 1920 | 3. | 1.15 | 1970 |
| 4. | 7.02 | 1923 | 4. | 1.21 | 1967 |
| 5. | 7.01 | 1899 | 5. | 1.24 | 1931&83 |
| 6. | 6.74 | 1913 | 6. | 1.33 | 1940 |
| 7. | 6.48 | 1979 | 7. | 1.41 | 2000 |
| 8. | 6.42 | 1994 | 8. | 1.50 | 1969 |
| 9. | 6.41 | 1933 | 9. | 1.52 | 1973 |
| 10. | 6.11 | 1898 | 10. | 1.62 | 1988 |
| NORM: 3.00 | |||||
| Monthly Snowfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest | Least | ||||
| # | Amount (inches) | Year | # | Amount (inches) | Year |
| 1 | 39.5 | 1978 | 1 | 0.00 | 1937+ |
| 2. | 35.1 | 1996 | 2. | `T' | 1950+ |
| 3. | 34.2 | 1994 | 3. | 0.1 | 1924 |
| 4. | 27.5 | 1979 | 4. | 0.2 | 1909 |
| 5. | 22.2 | 1977 | 5. | 0.3 | 1974 |
| 6. | 19.8 | 1966 | 6. | 0.4 | 1993 |
| 7. | 19.5 | 1948 | 7. | 0.7 | 1922&49 |
| 8. | 18.2 | 2010 | 8. | 1.4 | 1938 |
| 9. | 18.1 | 1975 | 9. | 1.5 | 1929 |
| 10. | 17.6 | 1985 | 10. | 1.6 | 1941 |
| MEAN: 11.3 | |||||