WARM WEATHER YEAR Some Cities in West Virginia Set Record In 2012 For Warm Weather
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Jan. 2, 2013 10:24 AM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
The National Weather Service said 2012 is among the warmest years on record in some West Virginia cities.
Preliminary data show average temperatures in Beckley, Clarksburg and Elkins were the second-warmest on record.
Elkins' average temperature was 52.7 degrees. The record, 53.3 degrees, was set in 1921.
Beckley's average temperature, 54.5 degrees, is the highest since the record 55.6 degrees in 1931.
In Clarksburg, the average temperature was 54.3 degrees. The record is 54.4 degrees set in 1931 and tied in 1998.
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