Canaan Valley, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Canaan Valley's primary NOAA station, CANAAN VALLEY #2.
The climate verdict for Canaan Valley
Water is the standout signal in Canaan Valley, West Virginia: 56.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 47°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.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 56.2"
- yearly precipitation total
- 140 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Canaan Valley: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00461397 · Canaan Valley, WV 47°F mean · 56.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bigfork
- PRCP-WET 56.2"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,871 HDD
- STN-1 USC00461397
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bigfork, MT (+ 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.
- Canaan Valley (this station) 47°F
- Cold Glady, WV 47°F
- Hot Lund, NV 47°F
- Near Bigfork, MT 47°F
- Near Satus Pass, WA 47°F
Climate Living Index · Canaan Valley
Canaan Valley: 30/100 · grade F
Canaan Valley publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Canaan Valley, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 158 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.7°F · 20.8° from 67.5°F | 26/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 56.2 in · 21.2 from 35 in | 24/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
Canaan Valley · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Canaan Valley is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 25.4°F and warmest-month mean 66.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 66.4°F
- Coldest month
- 25.4°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 Canaan Valley sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Canaan Valley's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 74%
- Among 6,861 stations, Canaan Valley sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 9% wettest
- Canaan Valley's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 40th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Canaan Valley compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Canaan Valley'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 | 34°F (1°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 4.8" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 4.5" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 4.8" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.9" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 5.4" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 5.4" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.8" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.7" | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.7" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 4.9" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 77°F around July 6, short of 90°F on every date, while 158 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 7, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 158 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 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Canaan Valley.
Where Canaan Valley Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 56 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Canaan Valley 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
Canaan Valley 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 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Canaan Valley has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.8" and October 3.7". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
140 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,871
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
236
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Canaan Valley 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 (47°F here).
- Allison, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- American Falls, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Cherokee, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Forsyth, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (56.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Pikeville, TN 56.2" · 0.0" off
- Sparkman, AR 56.2" · 0.0" off
- Mableton, GA 56.2" · 0.0" off
- Valley Head, AL 56.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Canaan Valley's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Canaan Valley's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,871 annual heating degree days against 236 for cooling. Its 41.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 140 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Canaan Valley's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.0°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Canaan Valley carries 56.2 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 Canaan Valley'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 Canaan Valley, 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 Canaan Valley's primary station: CANAAN VALLEY #2 (USC00461397). 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 Canaan Valley; 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 Canaan Valley 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.