Cacapon State Park, 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 Cacapon State Park's primary NOAA station, CACAPON ST PK #2.
The climate verdict for Cacapon State Park
Cacapon State Park, West Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 52°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 42.8"
- annual precipitation
- 181 days
- frost-free growing season
Cacapon State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00461324 · Cacapon State Park, WV 52°F mean · 42.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,499
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Avondale
- PRCP-MID 42.8"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,376 HDD
- STN-1 USC00461324
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Avondale, PA ( -0.1 °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.
- Cacapon State P… (this station) 52°F
- Cold Athens OU, OH 52°F
- Near Avondale, PA 52°F
- Near Southside, WV 52°F
- Near Star Tannery, VA 52°F
Climate Living Index · Cacapon State Park
Cacapon State Park: 58/100 · grade C
Cacapon State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cacapon State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 42.8 in · 7.8 from 35 in | 72/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 129 calendar days | 59/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.4°F · 15.1° from 67.5°F | 51/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 181 days/year | 51/100 · D |
Cacapon State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cacapon State Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 30.6°F and warmest-month mean 73.7°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
- 73.7°F
- Coldest month
- 30.6°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 Cacapon State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cacapon State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 51st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 64th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 49th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cacapon State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cacapon State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Cacapon State Park's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 33 complete annual observations from 1974 to 2024, CACAPON ST PK #2 warmed at a fitted rate of 0.33°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Cacapon State Park primary station fitted change +0.33 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 3.6" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.2" | 24.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.0" | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.5" | 6.2 | 0.2 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.4" | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.9" | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.4" | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.6" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 129 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 24, then returns to freezing around November 17, covering 129 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 10, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 9 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 98 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cacapon State Park.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
7.1 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
Cacapon State Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Cacapon State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.9" and February 2.2". 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.
When it rains in Cacapon State Park, it arrives in quantity
42.8" of precipitation falls across only about 98 wet days here, averaging 0.44 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 98 a year, 27% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
181 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,376
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
800
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Cacapon State Park 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 (52°F here).
- Auburn, NE 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Blanding, UT 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Cleveland, OH 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Cosby, MO 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (42.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Healdsburg, CA 42.8" · 0.0" off
- Gainesville, TX 42.8" · 0.1" off
- Lexington, VA 42.9" · 0.1" off
- Moberly, MO 42.7" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Cacapon State Park's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Cacapon State Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,376 annual heating degree days against 800 for cooling. Its 43.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Cacapon State Park's frost-free season lasts about 181 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 Cacapon State Park's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.1°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Cacapon State Park's 42.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Cacapon State Park'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 Cacapon State Park, 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 Cacapon State Park's primary station: CACAPON ST PK #2 (USC00461324). 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 Cacapon State Park; 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 Cacapon State Park 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.