Climate Top Ten for Winter at Charleston, West Virginia
| Temperatures Dec-Jan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm | Cold | ||||
| # | Average Temp. | Year | # | Average Temp. | Year |
| 1. | 46.2 | 1931-32 | 1. | 27.6 | 1976-77 |
| 2. | 43.6 | 1908-09 | 2. | 27.9 | 1977-78 |
| 3. | 42.3 | 1920-21 | 3. | 29.2 | 1962-63 |
| 4. | 42.1 | 1906-07 | 4. | 31.2 | 1978-79 |
| 5. | 41.9 | 1918-19&1948-49 | 5. | 31.7 | 1963-64&1967-68 |
| 6. | 41.7 | 1912-13 | 6. | 32.1 | 2009-10 |
| 7. | 41.2 | 1936-37&1949-50 | 7. | 32.3 | 1969-70 |
| 8. | 41.0 | 1951-52 | 8. | 32.5 | 1960-61 |
| 9. | 40.9 | 1932-33&1952-53 | 9. | 32.7 | 1917-18, 1944-45 |
| 10. | 40.8 | 1910-11&1929-30 | 10. | 33.0 | 1957-58 |
| NORM: 36.4 | |||||
| Precipitation Dec-Jan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wet | Dry | ||||
| # | Precip. (inches) | Year | # | Precip. (inches) | Year |
| 1. | 18.74 | 1922-23 | 1. | 4.39 | 1940-41 |
| 2. | 18.26 | 1978-79 | 2. | 5.15 | 1968-69 |
| 3. | 16.21 | 1936-37 | 3. | 5.16 | 1976-77 |
| 4. | 16.20 | 1956-57 | 4. | 5.56 | 1996-97 |
| 5. | 15.95 | 1949-50 | 5. | 5.87 | 1900-01 |
| 6. | 15.47 | 1901-02 | 6. | 6.15 | 2006-07 |
| 7. | 15.21 | 1993-94 | 7. | 6.32 | 1929-30 |
| 8. | 14.96 | 1890-91 | 8. | 6.43 | 1903-04&2000-01 |
| 9. | 14.76 | 1914-15 | 9. | 6.51 | 2001-02 |
| 10. | 14.75 | 1915-16 | 10. | 6.66 | 1947-48 |
| NORM: 9.46 | |||||
| Seasonal Snowfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest | Least | ||||
| # | Amount (inches) | Year | # | Amount (inches) | Year |
| 1. | 106.0 | 1995-96 | 1. | 1.2 | 1931-32 |
| 2. | 76.6 | 1977-78 | 2. | 3.2 | 1948-49 |
| 3. | 61.0 | 2009-10 | 3. | 3.7 | 1921-22 |
| 4. | 58.6 | 1993-94 | 4. | 4.0 | 1930-31&1932-33 |
| 5. | 54.6 | 1978-79 | 5. | 4.2 | 1922-23 |
| 6. | 53.4 | 1959-60 | 6. | 6.5 | 1918-19 |
| 7. | 51.5 | 1963-64 | 7. | 8.1 | 1937-38 |
| 8. | 50.9 | 1986-87 | 8. | 8.2 | 1908-09 |
| 9. | 49.3 | 1962-63 | 9. | 8.3 | 2011-12 |
| 10. | 48.9 | 1913-14 | 10. | 9.0 | 1926-27 |
| MEAN: 27.8 | |||||