Climate Top Ten for December at Parkersburg, West Virginia
Period of Record: 1885 to 2024
| Temperatures (°F) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warmest | Coldest | ||||
| # | Average Temp. | Year | # | Average Temp. | Year |
| 1. | 47.2 | 1889 | 1. | 21.3 | 1989 |
| 2015 | 2. | 24.8 | 1917 | ||
| 3. | 45.2 | 1923 | 3. | 25.6 | 1963 |
| 4. | 44.5 | 1982 | 4. | 26.1 | 2000 |
| 5. | 44.1 | 1956 | 5. | 27.4 | 1903 |
| 1984 | 2010 | ||||
| 7. | 43.9 | 2021 | 7. | 28.2 | 1935 |
| 8. | 43.6 | 1971 | 8. | 28.4 | 1910 |
| 9. | 43.3 | 1918 | 1958 | ||
| 10. | 43.1 | 1931 | 10. | 28.9 | 1962 |
| Normal: 36.3 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals) | |||||
| Precipitation (Inches) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wettest | Driest | ||||
| # | Amount | Year | # | Amount | Year |
| 1. | 8.10 | 1990 | 1. | 0.46 | 1965 |
| 2. | 6.94 | 2012 | 2. | 0.72 | 1955 |
| 3. | 6.72 | 1978 | 3. | 0.90 | 1917 |
| 4. | 5.81 | 2018 | 4. | 1.06 | 1958 |
| 5. | 5.51 | 1944 | 5. | 1.15 | 1938 |
| 2019 | 6. | 1.17 | 1941 | ||
| 7. | 5.36 | 1923 | 7. | 1.18 | 1963 |
| 8. | 5.34 | 2007 | 8. | 1.35 | 2010 |
| 9. | 5.24 | 1915 | 9. | 1.39 | 1976 |
| 10. | 5.21 | 1991 | 10. | 1.45 | 1980 |
| Normal: 3.36 (1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals) | |||||
| Monthly Snowfall (Inches) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest | Least | ||||
| # | Amount | Year | # | Amount | Year |
| 1. | 29.1 | 1890 | 1. | 0.0 | 1931 |
| 2. | 19.8 | 1910 | 2005 | ||
| 3. | 16.3 | 1944 | 2006 | ||
| 4. | 13.4 | 1935 | 4. | T | 1940 |
| 5. | 13.1 | 1929 | 1941 | ||
| 6. | 12.7 | 1962 | 1971 | ||
| 7. | 12.4 | 1945 | 1994 | ||
| 8. | 11.5 | 1942 | 2015 | ||
| 9. | 11.0 | 1904 | 2016 | ||
| 10. | 10.1 | 1974 | 2021 | ||
| Normal: 1.3 (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: 1/3/2025
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