Climate Top Ten for December at Charleston, West Virginia
|Temperatures|
|Precipitation|
|Snowfall|
| Temperatures |
Warm |
Cold |
| # |
Average Temp. |
Year |
# |
Average Temp. |
Year |
| 1. | 47.4 | 1918 | 1. | 26.0 | 1989 |
| 2. | 47.3 | 1971 | 2. | 26.1 | 1963 |
| 3. | 46.9 | 1956&84 | 3. | 28.6 | 2000 |
| 4. | 46.7 | 1923 | 4.
| 29
| 2010
|
| 5. | 45.2 | 1931 | 5.
| 30.1
| 1960
|
| 6. | 45.1 | 1911 | 6.
| 30.4
| 1944
|
| 7. | 44.8 | 1982 | 7.
| 30.8
| 1962
|
| 8. | 43.6 | 1990 | 8.
| 31
| 1976
|
| 9.
| 42.6
| 1906
| 9.
| 31.1
| 1945
|
| 10.
| 42.5
| 2011
| 10.
| 31.5
| 1958
|
| NORM: 37.4
|
| Precipitation |
Wet |
Dry |
| # |
Precip. (inches) |
Year |
# |
Precip. (inches) |
Year |
| 1. | 8.02 | 1978 | 1. | 0.45 | 1965 |
| 2. | 7.41 | 1901 | 2. | 0.78 | 1925 |
| 3. | 7.01 | 1990 | 3. | 1.02 | 1947 |
| 4. | 6.87 | 1914&22 | 4. | 1.23 | 1955 |
| 5. | 6.35 | 1972 | 5. | 1.24 | 1958 |
| 6. | 5.92 | 1926 | 6. | 1.31 | 1940 |
| 7. | 5.89 | 1991 | 7. | 1.44 | 1963 |
| 8. | 5.73 | 1951&56 | 8. | 1.46 | 1938 |
| 9. | 5.64 | 2007 | 9. | 1.57 | 1997 |
| 10. | 5.49 | 1902 | 10. | 1.61 | 1885 |
| NORM: 3.27
|
| Monthly Snowfall |
Greatest |
Least |
| # |
Amount (inches) |
Year |
# |
Amount (inches) |
Year |
| 1. | 21.9 | 1995 | 1. | 0.0 | 1940+ |
| 2. | 18.6 | 1962 | 2. | `T'
| 1949+&94,2011
|
| 3.
| 18.4
| 2010
| 3. | 0.1 | 1986 |
| 4.
| 17.2
| 1917, 2009
| 4. | 0.2 | 1924+ |
| 5.
| 16.6
| 1967
| 5. | 0.4 | 1979&2006 |
| 6.
| 16
| 1916
| 6. | 0.5 | 1926&13 |
| 7.
| 14.1
| 1989
| 7. | 0.7 | 1991 |
| 8.
| 13.7
| 1944
| 8. | 0.8 | 1971 |
| 9.
| 13.2
| 1945
| 9. | 0.9 | 1964 |
| 10.
| 12.6
| 1963
| 10. | 1.0 | 1927&38 |
| MEAN: 6.7
|