Burton, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Burton's primary NOAA station, BURTON.
The climate verdict for Burton
Water is the standout signal in Burton, West Virginia: 50.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 50.6"
- annual precipitation
- 161 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Burton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00461290 · Burton, WV 51°F mean · 50.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,087
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Quincy
- PRCP-WET 50.6"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,725 HDD
- STN-1 USC00461290
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Quincy, WA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WV station list.
- Burton (this station) 51°F
- Cold Mannington, WV 51°F
- Hot Lukachukai, AZ 51°F
- Near Quincy, WA 51°F
- Near Betatakin, AZ 51°F
Climate Living Index · Burton
Burton: 43/100 · grade D
Burton publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Burton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 51.1°F · 16.4° from 67.5°F | 45/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 50.6 in · 15.6 from 35 in | 45/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 155 calendar days | 43/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 161 days/year | 34/100 · F |
Burton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Burton is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 28.6°F and warmest-month mean 72.1°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 72.1°F
- Coldest month
- 28.6°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Burton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Burton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 45th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 18% wettest
- Burton's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 51st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Burton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Burton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 4.0" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 3.4" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 4.0" | 21.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 4.3" | 11.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 5.6" | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.7" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.4" | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.4" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 4.4" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 155 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 4, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 155 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
April 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Burton.
Where Burton Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Burton earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Burton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Burton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.7" and February 3.4". The three wettest months together take 32% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
161 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,725
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
676
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Burton on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (51°F here).
- Alpine, UT 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Baiting Hollow, NY 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Burr Oak, KS 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Crab Orchard, KY 50.5" · 0.0" off
- Kingston Springs, TN 50.5" · 0.0" off
- Whitesburg, KY 50.5" · 0.0" off
- Wynne, AR 50.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Burton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Burton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,725 annual heating degree days against 676 for cooling. Its 43.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Burton's frost-free season lasts about 161 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Burton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.5°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Burton carries 50.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Burton's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Burton, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Burton's primary station: BURTON (USC00461290). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Burton; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Burton comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.