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Climate Top Ten for May at Parkersburg, West Virginia

Period of Record: 1885 to 2025

 

Temperatures (°F)
Warmest Coldest
# Average Temp. Year # Average Temp. Year
1. 71.2 2018 1. 56.5 1997
2. 71.0 1944 2. 57.6 1917
3. 70.3 1962 3. 57.7 1924
    1991     1994
5. 70.2 1896 5. 58.1 2005
6. 69.2 1982 6. 58.6 1897
7. 69.1 1911 7. 58.8 1967
    1965 8. 58.9 1989
 9.  69.0 1918 9. 59.2 2008
10. 68.0 1953, 1959, 2012 10. 59.4 2002
Normal: 63.3 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals)
 
Precipitation (Inches)
Wettest Driest
# Amount Year # Amount Year
1. 10.00 1968 1. 0.53 1939
2. 8.49 2020 2. 0.60 2007
3. 8.40 1990 3. 0.82 1966
4. 8.11 1995 4. 0.99 1963
5. 7.72 2010 5. 1.05 1885
6. 7.50 1933 6. 1.10 1964
7. 7.11 1996 7. 1.22 1932
8. 7.06 1983     1965
9. 6.94 1967 9. 1.29 1930
10. 6.61 2001 10. 1.36 1977
Normal: 4.17 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals)
 
Snowfall (Inches)
Greatest Least
# Amount Year # Amount Year
1.  T 1927  1.  0.0 1926
    1929     1928
    1931     1930
    1933     1932
    1934     1935
    1936     1937
    1938     1939
    1941     1940
    1944     1942
    1945+     1943+
Normal: 0.0 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals)

 

  Please note that official snowfall records for the Parkersburg climate thread ended after Spring of 1998. 

 Snowfall records since then are supplemental and are not part of the official Parkersburg climate thread.

Snowfall data from fall of 1998 onward (along with the monthly normal) is from the Parkersburg cooperative observer.

 

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