Charleston Yeager, WV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Charleston Yeager's primary NOAA station, CHARLESTON YEAGER AP.
The climate verdict for Charleston Yeager
Water is the standout signal in Charleston Yeager, West Virginia: 46.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.
- 56°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 73/100
- comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.2"
- annual precipitation · 32" snow
- 193 days
- frost-free growing season
Charleston Yeager: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013866 · Charleston Yeager, WV 56°F mean · 46.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,391
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oneida
- PRCP-MID 46.2"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 73/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,353 HDD
- STN-1 USW00013866
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Oneida, KY (+ 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.
- Charleston Yeag… (this station) 56°F
- Cold Barbourville, KY 56°F
- Hot Dennard, AR 56°F
- Near Oneida, KY 56°F
- Near Cape May, NJ 56°F
Climate Living Index · Charleston Yeager
Charleston Yeager: 60/100 · grade C
Charleston Yeager publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Charleston Yeager, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 91 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.1°F · 11.4° from 67.5°F | 63/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 46.2 in · 11.2 from 35 in | 60/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 193 days/year | 59/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 31.5 inches/year | 37/100 · F |
| Summer moisture balance | 64.7°F mean dew point | 37/100 · F |
Charleston Yeager · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Charleston Yeager is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 35.0°F and warmest-month mean 75.8°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 75.8°F
- Coldest month
- 35.0°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 Charleston Yeager sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Charleston Yeager's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 64th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 29% wettest
- Charleston Yeager's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 39th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Charleston Yeager compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Charleston Yeager's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Charleston Yeager's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 74 complete annual observations from 1949 to 2025, CHARLESTON YEAGER AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Charleston Yeager primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.3" | 10.3" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.4" | 7.7" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.1" | 5.9" | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 0.5" | 3.5 | 0.3 |
| May | 76°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.1 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| September | 80°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| October | 69°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 0.6" | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.2" | 1.5" | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.6" | 5.0" | 19.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 7, short of 90°F on every date, while 91 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 26°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 3, then returns to freezing around December 4, covering 91 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 February 24, when 48% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 15 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 151 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 15 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 Charleston Yeager.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 10.3"
14.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.7"
13.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.9"
14.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
13.4 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
10.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
11.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.0"
14.2 days with precipitation
Charleston Yeager spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Charleston Yeager has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.4" and October 2.9". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
How Charleston Yeager's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 151 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 46.2" between them, or roughly 0.31 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Charleston Yeager
Charleston Yeager averages 31.5 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 24 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 31.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 24 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 7% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
193 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,353
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,162
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 5.3 | 23% | 46% |
| February | 64% | 5.6 | 24% | 44% |
| March | 58% | 5.7 | 28% | 34% |
| April | 64% | 4.7 | 26% | 25% |
| May | 73% | 3.7 | 22% | 18% |
| June | 74% | 3.4 | 21% | 11% |
| July | 77% | 2.9 | 19% | 11% |
| August | 77% | 2.7 | 26% | 13% |
| September | 76% | 3.2 | 31% | 20% |
| October | 68% | 3.8 | 35% | 30% |
| November | 69% | 4.8 | 26% | 44% |
| December | 71% | 5.1 | 23% | 49% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Charleston Yeager 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 (56°F here).
- Bushland, TX 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Colorado City, AZ 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Cullowhee, NC 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Eldon, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Blackville, SC 46.2" · 0.0" off
- Clewiston, FL 46.2" · 0.0" off
- Wedgefield, SC 46.2" · 0.0" off
- Appomattox, VA 46.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Charleston Yeager
heating led · wet · mid swing
Charleston Yeager's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,353 annual heating degree days against 1,162 for cooling. Its 40.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Charleston Yeager's frost-free season lasts about 193 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Charleston Yeager coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 35°F (2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Charleston Yeager typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Charleston Yeager snow peak
January
Charleston Yeager averages 31.5 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Charleston Yeager's primary station: CHARLESTON YEAGER AP (USW00013866). 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 Charleston Yeager; 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 Charleston Yeager 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.