Charley, KY 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 Charley's primary NOAA station, CHARLEY 2 SW.
The climate verdict for Charley
Water is the standout signal in Charley, Kentucky: 46.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.1"
- annual precipitation
- 176 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Charley: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00151517 · Charley, KY 54°F mean · 46.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pineville
- PRCP-MID 46.1"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,853 HDD
- STN-1 USC00151517
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pineville, WV (+ 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 KY station list.
- Charley (this station) 54°F
- Hot Staunton Wtp, VA 54°F
- Near Pineville, WV 54°F
- Near Trinidad, CO 54°F
- Near Waynesboro Wtp, VA 54°F
Climate Living Index · Charley
Charley: 55/100 · grade C
Charley publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Charley, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 46.1 in · 11.1 from 35 in | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.0°F · 13.5° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 140 calendar days | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 176 days/year | 47/100 · D |
Charley · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Charley is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.1°F and warmest-month mean 74.0°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
- 74.0°F
- Coldest month
- 33.1°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 Charley sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Charley's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 29% wettest
- Charley'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 Charley compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Charley's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.9" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.0" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.6" | 7.4 | 0.9 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.6" | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| October | 69°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.1" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.3" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 140 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 25, then returns to freezing around November 7, covering 140 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 11, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 5 at 28%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 134 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 14 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 Charley.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
12.4 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
Charley 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 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Charley has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 4.7" and February 2.9". 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.
How Charley's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 134 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 46.1" between them, or roughly 0.34 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
176 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,853
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
875
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KY closest to Charley 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 (54°F here).
- Boardman, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Damascus, MD 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Elsberry, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Estacada, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Greencastle, IN 46.1" · 0.0" off
- Moundsville, WV 46.1" · 0.0" off
- Keene, NH 46.1" · 0.0" off
- Siloam, GA 46.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Charley's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Charley's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,853 annual heating degree days against 875 for cooling. Its 40.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Charley's frost-free season lasts about 176 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 Charley's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.9°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Charley carries 46.1 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 Charley'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 Charley, 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 Charley's primary station: CHARLEY 2 SW (USC00151517). 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 Charley; 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 Charley 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.