Davis, West Virginia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Davis's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 75°F July afternoons, with 63.2 inches of precipitation and 170 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.6°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 24°C, 1,604 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDavis (3 mi SE)
- Station IDUSC00462211
- Location39.10°N 79.43°W
- Elevation3,715 ft (1,132 m)
- Population578
On October 23, the normal high in Davis is 55°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 46%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Davis.
- Jan 32° 16°
- Feb 35° 18°
- Mar 43° 24°
- Apr 56° 34°
- May 64° 45°
- Jun 72° 53°
- Jul 75° 57°
- Aug 74° 55°
- Sep 68° 50°
- Oct 57° 38°
- Nov 46° 29°
- Dec 36° 21°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Davis each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 75°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in July (6.27 in), the least in September (4.07 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 16°F | 23.9°F | 6.20 | 45.0 | 23 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 35°F | 18°F | 26.2°F | 5.28 | 43.1 | 20 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 43°F | 24°F | 33.5°F | 5.90 | 26.0 | 18 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 34°F | 45.0°F | 5.31 | 10.6 | 16 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 64°F | 45°F | 54.6°F | 5.70 | 0.5 | 17 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 72°F | 53°F | 62.2°F | 6.21 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 75°F | 57°F | 66.0°F | 6.27 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 74°F | 55°F | 64.4°F | 4.49 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 68°F | 50°F | 58.8°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 57°F | 38°F | 47.8°F | 4.09 | 5.5 | 14 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 29°F | 37.2°F | 4.12 | 11.2 | 14 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| December | 36°F | 21°F | 28.8°F | 5.52 | 28.3 | 20 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 37°F | 45.7°F | 63.16 | 170.2 | 198 | <1 | 142 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −9°C | −4.5°C | 157 mm | 114 cm |
| February | 2°C | −8°C | −3.2°C | 134 mm | 109 cm |
| March | 6°C | −4°C | 0.8°C | 150 mm | 66 cm |
| April | 13°C | 1°C | 7.2°C | 135 mm | 27 cm |
| May | 18°C | 7°C | 12.6°C | 145 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22°C | 12°C | 16.8°C | 158 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24°C | 14°C | 18.9°C | 159 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23°C | 13°C | 18.0°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20°C | 10°C | 14.9°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 4°C | 8.8°C | 104 mm | 14 cm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 2.9°C | 105 mm | 28 cm |
| December | 2°C | −6°C | −1.8°C | 140 mm | 72 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00462211; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Davis?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (11).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00462211.
When is the last frost in Davis?
In Davis, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after May 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 10 in half of years and before September 27 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 91 year in 10 after May 25; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 101 year in 10 before September 27; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 153 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 173 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Davis in zone 6a in ZIP code 26260, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Davis's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (18 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in West Virginia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00462211; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Davis?
In a normal year in Davis, a 90°F day is rare, 142 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 198 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 142a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 59high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 198a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 41a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2002) is 89°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −18°F, on January 8, 2014.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 80.28 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 251.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00462211; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00462211. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Davis?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Davis, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (55%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 55% | 1.7 |
| February | 59% | 2.5 |
| March | 62% | 3.5 |
| April | 66% | 4.7 |
| May | 67% | 5.3 |
| June | 73% | 5.9 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.2 |
| September | 74% | 4.3 |
| October | 67% | 3.0 |
| November | 66% | 2.1 |
| December | 55% | 1.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Davis need?
A normal year in Davis brings 7,194 heating degree days, 34% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 188 cooling degree days, 79% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,982 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,274 | 0 |
| February | 1,086 | 0 |
| March | 978 | 0 |
| April | 600 | 1 |
| May | 328 | 7 |
| June | 122 | 37 |
| July | 45 | 74 |
| August | 69 | 50 |
| September | 204 | 17 |
| October | 533 | 1 |
| November | 834 | 0 |
| December | 1,122 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,194 | 188 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00462211. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Davis been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 45.7°F, equal to the 1991-2020 normal of 45.7°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.0°F | +1.3°F | 57.06 | 92.0 |
| 2022 | 46.0°F | +0.3°F | 54.02 | 123.2 |
| 2023 | 47.2°F | +1.5°F | 53.49 | 107.1 |
| 2024 | 48.2°F | +2.5°F | 58.73 | 146.8 |
| 2025 | 45.7°F | at normal | 63.49 | 163.6 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00462211. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Davis's climate compare?
Davis is warmer than 0 of the other 62 places with their own NOAA record in West Virginia, and wetter than 58. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.7°F is warmer than 22%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Davis is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Davis share this climate record?
Thomas has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Thomas, WV593 people · 5 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Davis's climate
What is the coldest month in Davis?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (75°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Davis?
Yes: 170 inches in a normal year, falling on 65 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (45.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Davis?
July, with 6.27 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 4.07 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Davis in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Davis in zone 6a in ZIP code 26260, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Davis's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Davis?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after May 25. Waiting until May 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- West Virginia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Canaan Valley #2, WV4 miles from this station, 46.7°F a year
- Parsons, WV11 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
- Bayard, WV12 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Petersburg, WV17 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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