Climate at a Glance
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Charleston, West Virginia
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1972
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1972 1-Month |
63.8°F (17.7°C) | 63.7°F (17.6°C) |
0.1°F (0.1°C) | 34th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1967 |
40th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2018 | ||||
Apr–May 1972 2-Month |
58.9°F (14.9°C) | 59.9°F (15.5°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 26th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1961 |
48th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1991 | ||||
Ties: 1982, 1995 | ||||||
Mar–May 1972 3-Month |
53.6°F (12.0°C) | 55.2°F (12.9°C) |
-1.6°F (-0.9°C) | 19th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1971 |
55th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1951, 1993 | ||||||
Feb–May 1972 4-Month |
48.8°F (9.3°C) | 50.8°F (10.4°C) |
-2.0°F (-1.1°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1958 |
56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1981, 1996 | ||||||
Jan–May 1972 5-Month |
46.5°F (8.1°C) | 47.5°F (8.6°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.5°C) | 29th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1978 |
45th Warmest | Warmest since: 1964 | 2012 | ||||
Dec 1971–May 1972 6-Month |
46.5°F (8.1°C) | 45.8°F (7.7°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1978 |
16th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1952, 1976, 1992, 1997, 2006 | ||||||
Nov 1971–May 1972 7-Month |
46.3°F (7.9°C) | 46.0°F (7.8°C) |
0.3°F (0.1°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1978 |
23rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 1990, 1992 | ||||||
Oct 1971–May 1972 8-Month |
48.4°F (9.1°C) | 47.2°F (8.4°C) |
1.2°F (0.7°C) | 60th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1977 |
13th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Ties: 2008 | ||||||
Sep 1971–May 1972 9-Month |
50.9°F (10.5°C) | 49.5°F (9.7°C) |
1.4°F (0.8°C) | 61st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1977 |
11th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1986, 2008 | ||||||
Aug 1971–May 1972 10-Month |
53.0°F (11.7°C) | 52.0°F (11.1°C) |
1.0°F (0.6°C) | 58th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1977 |
14th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Jul 1971–May 1972 11-Month |
54.8°F (12.7°C) | 54.1°F (12.3°C) |
0.7°F (0.4°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1977 |
15th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 2007 | ||||||
Jun 1971–May 1972 12-Month |
56.3°F (13.5°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
0.8°F (0.4°C) | 57th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1977 |
15th Warmest | Warmest to Date | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1986 | ||||||
Dec 1970–May 1972 18-Month |
51.5°F (10.8°C) | 52.3°F (11.3°C) |
-0.8°F (-0.5°C) | 30th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1978 |
42nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1952, 1973, 1996 | ||||||
Jun 1970–May 1972 24-Month |
55.0°F (12.8°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1978 |
39th Warmest | Warmest since: 1955 | 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1975, 1996 | ||||||
Jun 1969–May 1972 36-Month |
54.5°F (12.5°C) | 55.5°F (13.1°C) |
-1.0°F (-0.6°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1979 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1957 | 2018 | ||||
Jun 1968–May 1972 48-Month |
54.3°F (12.4°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 22nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1980 |
47th Warmest | Warmest since: 1958 | 2019, 2020 | ||||
Jun 1967–May 1972 60-Month |
53.9°F (12.2°C) | 55.4°F (13.0°C) |
-1.5°F (-0.8°C) | 18th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1981 |
50th Warmest | Warmest since: 1961 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 16, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/