Buckeye, West Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Buckeye's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 45.8 inches of precipitation and 37 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.0°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,163 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBuckeye
- Station IDUSC00461215
- Location38.19°N 80.13°W
- Elevation2,123 ft (647 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Buckeye is 62°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 34%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Buckeye.
- Jan 38° 19°
- Feb 42° 21°
- Mar 51° 27°
- Apr 63° 36°
- May 72° 45°
- Jun 79° 54°
- Jul 82° 59°
- Aug 81° 58°
- Sep 75° 52°
- Oct 64° 39°
- Nov 52° 28°
- Dec 42° 23°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Buckeye each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.84 in), the least in October (2.99 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 19°F | 28.3°F | 3.66 | 8.7 | 14 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 42°F | 21°F | 31.3°F | 3.12 | 10.6 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 51°F | 27°F | 38.7°F | 4.37 | 8.3 | 13 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 36°F | 49.4°F | 4.11 | 1.1 | 14 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 45°F | 58.7°F | 4.84 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 79°F | 54°F | 66.7°F | 4.12 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 82°F | 59°F | 70.5°F | 4.22 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 81°F | 58°F | 69.4°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 75°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 3.48 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 39°F | 51.4°F | 2.99 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 52°F | 28°F | 40.1°F | 3.22 | 1.4 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 42°F | 23°F | 32.1°F | 3.94 | 7.2 | 13 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 38°F | 50.0°F | 45.77 | 37.4 | 150 | 4 | 149 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −7°C | −2.1°C | 93 mm | 22 cm |
| February | 6°C | −6°C | −0.4°C | 79 mm | 27 cm |
| March | 10°C | −3°C | 3.7°C | 111 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 17°C | 2°C | 9.7°C | 104 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 22°C | 7°C | 14.8°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 20.8°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 4°C | 10.8°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | −2°C | 4.5°C | 82 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 5°C | −5°C | 0.1°C | 100 mm | 18 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00461215; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Buckeye?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00461215.
When is the last frost at Buckeye?
In Buckeye, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 3 in half of years and after May 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before October 2 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 31 year in 10 after May 22; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before October 2; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 161 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 184 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 21 in half of springs and before October 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buckeye in zone 6b in ZIP code 24924, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (27 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in West Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00461215; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Buckeye?
In a normal year in Buckeye, 4 days a year reach 90°F, 149 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 150 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 149a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 25high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 150a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 13a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1960) is 98°F, on July 5, 2012; the lowest is −26°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2003, with 61.27 in; the snowiest season is 1986–87, with 82.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00461215; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00461215. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Buckeye?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Buckeye, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and January the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.8 |
| February | 58% | 2.5 |
| March | 63% | 3.6 |
| April | 67% | 4.8 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 74% | 6.0 |
| July | 74% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.4 |
| October | 69% | 3.2 |
| November | 68% | 2.3 |
| December | 57% | 1.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Buckeye record?
A normal year at Buckeye brings 5,949 heating degree days, 11% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 511 cooling degree days, 44% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,695 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,136 | 0 |
| February | 942 | 0 |
| March | 815 | 0 |
| April | 469 | 1 |
| May | 218 | 24 |
| June | 46 | 99 |
| July | 9 | 179 |
| August | 13 | 149 |
| September | 107 | 54 |
| October | 426 | 4 |
| November | 749 | 0 |
| December | 1,020 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,949 | 511 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00461215. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Buckeye been warmer than normal?
2022 averaged 49.6°F, 0.4°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 50.0°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.9°F | +0.9°F | 40.44 | 28.5 |
| 2022 | 49.6°F | −0.4°F | 52.33 | 22.9 |
Over 42 complete years from 1961 to 2022, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.7°F per century (+0.31°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00461215; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Buckeye's climate compare?
Buckeye is warmer than 8 of the 63 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 22. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.0°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Buckeye is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Buckeye share this climate record?
Hillsboro has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Hillsboro, WV225 people · 5 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Buckeye's climate
What is the coldest month at Buckeye?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow at Buckeye?
Yes: 37 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (10.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Buckeye?
May, with 4.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.99 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Buckeye in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Buckeye in zone 6b in ZIP code 24924, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Buckeye?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 3; in one year in ten it comes after May 22. Waiting until May 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- West Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Marlinton, WV3 miles from this station, 47.2°F a year
- Snowshoe, WV16 miles from this station, 43.1°F a year
- Frost (3 mi NE), WV19 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Gathright Dam, VA19 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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