Cacapon State Park #2, West Virginia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cacapon State Park #2's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 42.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.3°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,087 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCacapon State Park #2
- Station IDUSC00461324
- Location39.51°N 78.30°W
- Elevation958 ft (292 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Cacapon State Park #2 is 63°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cacapon State Park #2.
- Jan 40° 21°
- Feb 43° 23°
- Mar 52° 30°
- Apr 64° 40°
- May 73° 49°
- Jun 81° 58°
- Jul 85° 62°
- Aug 83° 60°
- Sep 77° 53°
- Oct 66° 42°
- Nov 54° 32°
- Dec 44° 25°
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 Cacapon State Park #2 each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.93 in), the least in February (2.21 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 21°F | 30.6°F | 3.63 | 7 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 23°F | 33.2°F | 2.21 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 52°F | 30°F | 40.6°F | 3.03 | 8 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 40°F | 51.8°F | 3.46 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 49°F | 61.1°F | 4.43 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 81°F | 58°F | 69.3°F | 4.93 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 85°F | 62°F | 73.7°F | 4.35 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 83°F | 60°F | 71.7°F | 3.09 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 53°F | 64.9°F | 4.39 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 42°F | 53.7°F | 3.35 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 32°F | 43.3°F | 2.64 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 25°F | 34.5°F | 3.30 | 7 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 41°F | 52.4°F | 42.81 | 98 | 19 | 122 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −6°C | −0.8°C | 92 mm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.7°C | 56 mm |
| March | 11°C | −1°C | 4.8°C | 77 mm |
| April | 18°C | 4°C | 11.0°C | 88 mm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 113 mm |
| June | 27°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 125 mm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 110 mm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 78 mm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 112 mm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 85 mm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 67 mm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.4°C | 84 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Winchester (24 miles away), gets 23 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00461324; 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 Cacapon State Park #2?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00461324.
When is the last frost at Cacapon State Park #2?
In Cacapon State Park #2, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 6 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
- April 231 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 180 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 205 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cacapon State Park #2 in zone 7a in ZIP code 25422, 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 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (18 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 USC00461324; 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 Cacapon State Park #2?
In a normal year in Cacapon State Park #2, 19 days a year reach 90°F, 122 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 98 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 122a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 20high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 98a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 104°F, on July 17, 1988; the lowest is −26°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2012, with 52.68 in; the snowiest season is 1993–94, with 66.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00461324; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00461324. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cacapon State Park #2?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cacapon State Park #2, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (77%) and December the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 63% | 1.9 |
| February | 66% | 2.7 |
| March | 66% | 3.7 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 69% | 5.3 |
| June | 75% | 6.0 |
| July | 77% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.2 |
| October | 70% | 3.1 |
| November | 69% | 2.2 |
| December | 62% | 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 Cacapon State Park #2 record?
A normal year at Cacapon State Park #2 brings 5,376 heating degree days, 0% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 800 cooling degree days, 12% 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 3,173 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,068 | 0 |
| February | 890 | 0 |
| March | 756 | 1 |
| April | 406 | 10 |
| May | 171 | 50 |
| June | 32 | 159 |
| July | 2 | 270 |
| August | 8 | 217 |
| September | 88 | 83 |
| October | 360 | 9 |
| November | 651 | 0 |
| December | 946 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,376 | 800 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00461324. 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 Cacapon State Park #2 been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 54.5°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.4°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.8°F | −0.6°F | – |
| 2023 | 54.2°F | +1.8°F | 36.02 |
| 2024 | 54.5°F | +2.1°F | – |
Over 33 complete years from 1974 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.0°F per century (+0.33°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00461324; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cacapon State Park #2's climate compare?
Cacapon State Park #2 is warmer than 24 of the 63 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 16. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.4°F is warmer than 51%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cacapon State Park #2 is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 Cacapon State Park #2 share this climate record?
8 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Lake Holiday, VA2,059 people · 14 mi S
- Hancock, MD1,570 people · 15 mi NE
- Great Cacapon, WV836 people · 7 mi N
- Berkeley Springs, WV752 people · 9 mi NE
- Pecktonville, MD132 people · 17 mi NE
- Little Orleans, MD68 people · 10 mi NW
- Warfordsburg, PA55 people · 18 mi N
- Gore, VA52 people · 17 mi S
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 Cacapon State Park #2's climate
What is the coldest month at Cacapon State Park #2?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow at Cacapon State Park #2?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Winchester (24 miles away), records 23 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Cacapon State Park #2?
June, with 4.93 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.21 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cacapon State Park #2 in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cacapon State Park #2 in zone 7a in ZIP code 25422, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Cacapon State Park #2?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 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
- Martinsburg, WV18 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Winchester, VA24 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- Cumberland, MD26 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Romney, WV28 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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