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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
432 PM EDT THU JUL 16 2026
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NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS JUNE WITH VARYING PRECIPITATION DEPARTURES...........
COMPARED TO HISTORICAL RECORDS AND THE 1991-2020 U.S. CLIMATE NORMALS, MEAN TEMPERATURES
THIS JUNE WERE NEAR NORMAL ACROSS THE NWS CHARLESTON FORECAST AREA, RANGING WITHIN TWO
DEGREES ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL. NO TOP 10S WERE SET AT ANY OF THE OFFICIAL NWS CHARLESTON
CLIMATE LOCATIONS THIS JUNE IN TERMS OF MEAN TEMPERATURES.
AS IS TYPICAL DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, PRECIPITATION TOTALS THIS JUNE ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA VARIED SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON LOCATION, RANGING ANYWHERE FROM APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 9
INCHES. THIS RESULTED IN A WIDE RANGE OF DEPARTURES, WITH SOME LOCATIONS MORE THAN 3 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL, WHILE OTHERS ENDED UP OVER 4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. FOR INSTANCE, ONLY 1.38 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION WAS OBSERVED AT THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATION IN SOUTH POINT, OHIO, WHICH
WAS 3.16 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, 8.64 INCHES WAS OBSERVED IN
BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA AT THE RALEIGH COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, WHICH WAS 4.34 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. IN FACT, THIS WAS THE WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR BECKLEY, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF
8.07 INCHES SET IN 2016. NO OTHER TOP 10S WERE SET AT ANY OF THE OTHER OFFICIAL NWS CHARLESTON
CLIMATE LOCATIONS THIS JUNE IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION.
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