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West Virginia Climate Normals
(1971-2000)
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Month |
Mean Temperature (°F) |
Maximum Temperature (°F) |
Minimum Temperature (°F) |
Precipitation (inches) |
January |
30.2 |
3.46 |
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February |
33.4 |
3.11 |
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March |
41.8 |
3.97 |
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April |
50.9 |
3.63 |
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May |
59.9 |
4.57 |
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June |
67.9 |
4.23 |
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July |
72.0 |
4.75 |
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August |
70.6 |
4.13 |
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September |
63.9 |
3.51 |
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October |
52.8 |
3.05 |
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November |
43.2 |
3.37 |
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December |
34.4 |
3.38 |
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Annual |
51.8 |
45.16 |
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Temperatures:
- The maximum temperature recorded in West Virginia is 112 °F. This record high was recorded twice, once in Moorefield on August 4, 1930 and in Martinsburg on July 10, 1936.
- The lowest temperature evere recorded in West Virginia was –37 °F. This record low was recorded in Lewisburg on December 30, 1917.
Rainfall:
Period |
Amount |
Location |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
2 Hours |
19 Inches |
Rockport |
July 18, 1889 |
24 Hours |
19 Inches |
Rockport |
July 18, 1889 |
Month |
26.66 Inches |
Rockport |
July 1889 |
Year |
89.01 Inches |
Bayard |
1926 |
Period |
Amount |
Location |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Year |
9.5 Inches |
Upper Tract |
1930 |
Snowfall:
Period |
Amount |
Location |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
24 Hours |
35 Inches |
Flat Top |
January 27-28, 1998 |
Single Storm |
57 Inches |
Pickens |
November 24-29, 1950 |
Month |
104 Inches |
Terra Alta |
January 1977 |
Year |
301.4 Inches |
Kumbrabow State Forest |
1959-60 Winter |
Uniform Depth |
62 Inches |
Snowshoe |
March 8, 1978 |
Period |
Amount |
Location |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Year |
0.2 Inches |
Old Ohio River Dam #26 |
1931-32 Winter |
* State Extreme Weather Data compiled by Ken Batty, Lead Forecaster at the Charleston, WV National Weather Service.
Temperature Extremes - Monthly:
Month |
Maximum (°F) |
Year |
Place |
Minimum (°F) |
Year |
Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January |
83 |
1914 |
Smithfield* |
–36 |
1985 |
Snowshoe |
February |
86 |
1932 |
Moorefield |
–35 |
1899 |
Dayton |
March |
94 |
1907 |
Romney* |
–22 |
1960 |
Kumbrabow State Forest |
April |
101 |
1925 |
Martinsburg |
–4 |
1923 |
Cheat Bridge |
May |
105 |
1895 |
Nuttallburg |
14 |
1947 |
Canaan Valley* |
June |
109 |
1925 |
Burlington |
22 |
1945 |
Pickens' |
July |
112 |
1936 |
Martinsburg |
27 |
1988 |
Canaan Valley |
August |
112 |
1930 |
Moorefield |
25 |
1982 |
Canaan Valley |
September |
107 |
1895 |
Nuttallburg |
15 |
1942 |
Bayard |
October |
102 |
1919 |
Moorefield |
3 |
1962 |
Buckeye |
November |
89 |
1948 |
Madison |
–14 |
1956 |
Canaan Valley |
December |
84 |
1951 |
Hogsett Gallipolis Dam |
–37 |
1917 |
Lewisburg |
* Temperature also recorded at an earlier date.
