Climate Top Ten for May at Beckley, West Virginia
Period of Record: 1893 to 2025
| Temperatures (°F) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warmest | Coldest | ||||
| # | Average Temp. | Year | # | Average Temp. | Year |
| 1. | 67.7 | 2018 | 1. | 54.2 | 1997 |
| 2. | 66.6 | 1991 | 2. | 54.7 | 1954 |
| 3. | 66.0 | 2019 | 1994 | ||
| 4. | 65.6 | 1918 | 4. | 55.0 | 1924 |
| 5. | 65.5 | 2012 | 5. | 55.1 | 1967 |
| 6. | 65.3 | 1962 | 6. | 55.4 | 1961 |
| 7. | 65.2 | 2015 | 7. | 55.5 | 1923 |
| 8. | 64.7 | 2004 | 8. | 55.6 | 2005 |
| 9. | 64.6 | 1953 | 9. | 56.1 | 1940 |
| 1965 | 1989 | ||||
| Normal: 61.3 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals) | |||||
| Precipitation (Inches) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wettest | Driest | ||||
| # | Amount | Year | # | Amount | Year |
| 1. | 9.56 | 1924 | 1. | 0.65 | 1896 |
| 2. | 8.27 | 1935 | 2. | 1.03 | 1977 |
| 3. | 7.65 | 2001 | 3. | 1.14 | 2015 |
| 4. | 7.58 | 1998 | 4. | 1.31 | 1964 |
| 5. | 7.52 | 1996 | 5. | 1.36 | 1970 |
| 6. | 7.47 | 2010 | 1999 | ||
| 7. | 7.19 | 2009 | 7. | 1.45 | 1966 |
| 8. | 7.13 | 1985 | 8. | 1.46 | 1941 |
| 9. | 7.11 | 2004 | 9. | 1.52 | 1897 |
| 10. | 6.98 | 1919 | 10. | 1.53 | 1925 |
| Normal: 4.68 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals) | |||||
| Snowfall (Inches) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest | Least | ||||
| # | Amount | Year | # | Amount | Year |
| 1. | 10.0 | 1923 | 1. | 0.0 | 1908 |
| 2. | 3.0 | 1897 | 1909 | ||
| 3. | 1.3 | 1989 | 1910 | ||
| 4. | 1.0 | 1940 | 1911 | ||
| 5. | 0.5 | 1894 | 1912 | ||
| 6. | T | 1898 | 1913 | ||
| 1931 | 1914 | ||||
| 1951 | 1915 | ||||
| 1960 | 1916 | ||||
| 1966+ | 1917+ | ||||
| Normal: 0.0 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals) | |||||
T signifies a trace amount.
'+' signifies that there are additional years with the listed amount that are not denoted on the table.
Statistics Last Updated: 6/2/2025
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