Clarksburg Benedum, 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 Clarksburg Benedum's primary NOAA station, CLARKSBURG BENEDUM AP.
The climate verdict for Clarksburg Benedum
Clarksburg Benedum, West Virginia has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 55°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 55°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 189 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Clarksburg Benedum: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003802 · Clarksburg Benedum, WV 55°F mean · 44.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lexington
- PRCP-MID 44.8"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,661 HDD
- STN-1 USW00003802
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lexington, VA (+ 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.
- Clarksburg Bene… (this station) 55°F
- Hot Inez, KY 55°F
- Near Lexington, VA 55°F
- Near Bluestone Lake, WV 55°F
- Near Reno Tahoe, NV 55°F
Climate Living Index · Clarksburg Benedum
Clarksburg Benedum: 65/100 · grade C
Clarksburg Benedum publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Clarksburg Benedum, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 101 calendar days | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 44.8 in · 9.8 from 35 in | 65/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.9°F · 12.6° from 67.5°F | 59/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 189 days/year | 56/100 · C |
Clarksburg Benedum · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Clarksburg Benedum is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.6°F and warmest-month mean 74.8°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
- 74.8°F
- Coldest month
- 33.6°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 Clarksburg Benedum sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Clarksburg Benedum's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 60th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 41st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Clarksburg Benedum compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Clarksburg Benedum'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.1" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.6" | 16.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.9" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.3" | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.0" | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.2" | 13.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.4" | 21.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 101 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near January 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 12, then returns to freezing around December 3, covering 101 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 13, when 51% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 8 at 38%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 169 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 21 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 Clarksburg Benedum.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
15.1 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
14.6 days with precipitation
15.8 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
14.9 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
13.6 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
14.3 days with precipitation
Clarksburg Benedum 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. Clarksburg Benedum has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.4" and October 3.0". 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.
How Clarksburg Benedum's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 168 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 44.8" between them, or roughly 0.27 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
189 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,661
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,028
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WV closest to Clarksburg Benedum 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 (55°F here).
- Booneville, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- California, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Cave Junction, OR 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Coalmont, TN 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Eldon, MO 44.8" · 0.0" off
- Oregon City, OR 44.8" · 0.0" off
- Island Pond, VT 44.9" · 0.0" off
- Parsons, KS 44.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Clarksburg Benedum's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Clarksburg Benedum's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,661 annual heating degree days against 1,028 for cooling. Its 41.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Clarksburg Benedum's frost-free season lasts about 189 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 Clarksburg Benedum's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.2°F. The annual average is 55°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Clarksburg Benedum's 44.8 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 Clarksburg Benedum'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 Clarksburg Benedum, 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 Clarksburg Benedum's primary station: CLARKSBURG BENEDUM AP (USW00003802). 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 Clarksburg Benedum; 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 Clarksburg Benedum 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.