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Charleston’s warm December to break 1918 record

Charleston Gazette-Mail photo by F. Brian Ferguson Oakey Heath, of Houston, Texas, jogs along Kanawha Boulevard last Thursday. Charleston is on track for its warmest December to date, with an average temperature of 49.6 degrees for the month.
Charleston Gazette-Mail photo by F. Brian Ferguson
Oakey Heath, of Houston, Texas, jogs along Kanawha Boulevard last Thursday. Charleston is on track for its warmest December to date, with an average temperature of 49.6 degrees for the month.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the warmest year on record draws to a close, the month of December has been far from a winter wonderland in the West Virginia capital.

Charleston is on track for its warmest December to date, with an average temperature of 49.6 degrees for the month, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record, set in 1918, was a full two degrees cooler, at 47.4 degrees.

“Charleston is on pace to set the record for warmest December on record; we’re currently 12 degrees above average for the month, and 2.2 degrees above the former record,” said Mike Charnick, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston.

“It isn’t official yet . . . it is going to drop a bit, because we’re expecting a slightly cooler day today,” he said, “but as of right now, we will stay safely above the former record, whether it’s 2 degrees above or a little lower.”

Huntington likely will fall just short of a new record…

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